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Issue: Astro City: Local Heroes #1
Publication Date: April 2003
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Homage ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Homage Comics
On Sale Date: 02/12/2003
Volume: none
Pages: 36
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UPC/EAN: 76194123784800111
Price: $4.95 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ben Abernathy (editor); Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painter)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painter)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painter)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samaritan
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In Content Item: FlagAstro City: Local Heroes #[nn] published February 2004
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Brent E. Anderson
Inker(s): Brent E. Anderson
Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair
Letterer(s): John Roshell; Comicraft
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samaritan; Confessor; Ragged Tom; Crackerjack; Quarrel; Cleopatra; Slamburger; Demolitia; Jack-in-the-Box; Destructoids; Pete Donacek; girl
Synopsis: Doorman Pete Donacek guides out-of-town visitors as they try to navigate the superpower-rich environment of Astro City. Flashbacks reveal to us that although without powers, he too is a hero, having at risk of his life saved a little girl during the Destructoid attack.
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In Content Item: FlagAstro City: Local Heroes #[nn] published February 2004
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: The story makes several oblique references to several other comics or creators. These include: Classics Illustrated; Joe Maneely; Lev Gleason; M. C. Gaines; Joe Shuster; Dick Sprang (and giant advertising props).

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