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Issue: Astro City #1
Publication Date: August 2013
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Issues: #1 of 52 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Alex Ross "Heroes" Cover
Rating: Rated T Teen
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: VertigoView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/05/2013
Volume:
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194128968700111
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Rated T Teen
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kristy Quinn (editor); Jessica Chen (assistant editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Open the Door...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Samaritan; American Chibi; Winged Victory; Cleopatra; N-Forcer; Assemblyman; Astra Furst
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAstro City: Puertas Abiertas #[nn] published March 2014
In Content Item: FlagAstro City #9 published November 2014
as Astro City #1 cover [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Through Open Doors Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Brent Anderson
Inker(s): Brent Anderson
Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair
Letterer(s): John G. Roshell; Jimmy Betancourt; Comicraft
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): The Broken Man; American Chibi; Samaritan; Winged Victory; Confessor; Crackerjack; Ben Pullam; Maggie Pullam; Faith Pullam; Cleopatra; N-forcer; Astra Furst; Assemblyman; Commander Flint; Telseth
Synopsis: E.A.G.L.E. and superheroes respond to a huge set of doors that materialize over Astro City. Telseth, emerging from the doors, announces that he is an alien plenipotentiary, and asks for an Earth person as an aide. Ben Pullam, whose girls are grown and whose life now holds few challenges, volunteers. In a frame story, the Broken Man tries to enlist the reader for his own purposes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAstro City #9 published November 2014
as Through Open Doors Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Synopsized from the collected edition.
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Welcome to Astro City!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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