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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #4
Publication Date: November 1995
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Issues: #4 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: ImageView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Image Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.20 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Winged Victory; Marta
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAstro City #1 published ?
In Issue: FlagAstro City #2 published ?
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City #[nn] [Fifth Printing] published May 1996
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Safeguards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Brent Anderson
Inker(s): Brent Anderson
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato; Electric Crayon
Letterer(s): Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Marta; The Hanged Man; Mr. Irons; Winged Victory; Darcy Conroy; Shellie; Jenny; Mama (Marta's mother); Nicu (Marta's father); First Family [Nick Furst; Natalie Furst; Julius Furst; Augustus Furst; Rex]; Unholy Alliance [Demolitia; Flamethrower; Glowworm; Spice; Slamburger]
First Line: Morning in Shadow Hill, below the looming bulk of Mount Kirby's eastern face--Shadow Hill, where night falls first in Astro City.
Synopsis: Each morning Marta commutes from Shadow Hill to downtown Astro City. But when a co-worker offers her a place in her apartment in town, Marta has to choose between her traditional life at home and life in the city.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAstro City #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City #[nn] [Fifth Printing] published May 1996
as Safeguards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Homages in this story include Mount Kirby, Grandenetti Ave., Kiefer St., Szenic's Market, Fass Gardens, Rensie Avenue, Derbyfield, Binderbeck Plaza, and the Grant, Miller, Conroy, McConnell & Ingersoll law firm. Honor Guard and Samaritan are mentioned in the story.
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Greetings from Astro City

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Art Nichols (background art); George Tuska (illo); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Inker(s): Art Nichols (background art); Joe Sinnott (illo); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Colorist(s): ?; Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Silver Agent; Crackerjack
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Letters with responses from Kurt Busiek, an illustration of The Silver Agent, and a preview of the next issue with a small reproduction of its cover.
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Astro City Character Gallery

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): First Family [Nick Furst; Natalie Furst; Julius Furst; Augustus Furst; Rex; Astra Furst]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City #[nn] [Fifth Printing] published May 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil design sketch

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