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Issue: Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2

- Attribution History

Publication Date: January 1996

Issue #1/2

Detail

Issues: #1/2 of 1 Issue

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Homage; Wizard

Brand:

Indicia Publisher:

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 28

ISBN:

UPC/EAN:

Price: none entered

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Jonathan Peterson (Editor-in-Chief, Homage Comics); Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor, Juke Box Productions)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy paper

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: one-shot

Format Notes:

Reprinted In8

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]0
- The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]3
- The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]3

reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (3 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Brent E. Anderson

Inker(s): Will Blyberg

Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Astro City

Character(s): The Hanged Man; Samaritan; The Gentleman; Winged Victory; Cleopatra; The Old Soldier; The Silver Agent; The Lamplighter; The Black Rapier; N-Forcer; Jack-in-the-Box; Beautie; Confessor

Reprinting

In Issue:

Astro City #1/2 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City Confession #[nn] published January 1997
as The Nearness of You [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] [2nd Printing] published March 1997
as The Nearness of You [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1998
as back cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Nearness of You

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Kurt Busiek

Penciller(s): Brent Anderson

Inker(s): Will Blyberg

Colorist(s): Wildstorm FX; Alex Sinclair

Letterer(s): John Roshell [as John Gaushell]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Astro City

Character(s): Michael Tenicek; Miranda; The Hanged Man

Synopsis: Michael Tenicek cannot stop thinking of the woman who appears in his dreams, Miranda. The Hanged Man explains to Michael that he dreams of his wife from a reality that no longer exists and gives him the option of forgetting or remembering her.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Astro City #1/2 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City Confession #[nn] published January 1997
as The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] [2nd Printing] published March 1997
as The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1998
as The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 16

Notes: A news show mentions the Conquerlord. The Time-Keeper mentions the Astro-Naut.

Sketchbook: Astro City

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?; Kurt Busiek

Penciller(s): Brent E. Anderson

Inker(s): Will Blyberg

Letterer(s): John Roshell [as John Gaushell]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Astro City

Character(s): All-American; Slugger; Time-Keeper; Tempus Fugitives

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Notes: Demonstrates, through examples from page 9 of the main story in this issue, the process of transforming a script into artist roughs, pencil art, and finally inked and lettered art.