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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1
Publication Date: September 1996
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Issues: #1 of 16 Issues (17 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: Homage ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Homage Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $3.60 CAD
$2.50 USD
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Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jonathan Peterson (editor in chief); Amy Zimand (assistant editor); Jim Lee (publisher); Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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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; N-Forcer; Cleopatra; First Family [Rex; Julius Furst; Augustus Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Astra Furst]; Juice; Gentleman; Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]; Beautie; Samaritan
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAstro City #7 [unnamed variant] published ?
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special #1 published December 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special #1 published December 1997
as Cover - Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover minus text, 3-D effects added
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album #[nn] [Second Printing] published May 1999
as Welcome to Astro City [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album #[nn] published September 1999
as Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Welcome to Astro City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Brent E. Anderson
Inker(s): Will Blyberg
Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair
Letterer(s): John Roshell [as John Gaushell]; Comicraft
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Samaritan; Thunderhead; Helia; Winged Victory; Marcy Doerr; Ben Pullam; Faithie Pullam; Meg Pullam; Samaritan; Iron Legion; Air Ace (statue); Looney Leo (on sign on restaurant); Silver Agent (statue); Thunderhead; N-Forcer; Cleopatra; Beautie; Winged Victory; Gentleman; Juice; First Family [Astra Furst; Rex; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Nick Furst; Natalie Furst] Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]; Crackerjack; Quarrel; Hanged Man; Otter; Nightingale; Sunbird; Mrs. Damiani; Helia
Synopsis: Ben Pullam wonders if he made the right decision moving his daughters to Astro City, especially when the elemental god Thundercloud declares war on humanity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special #1 published December 1997
as Welcome to Astro City [Story on Interior Page(s)]3-D effects added
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album #[nn] [Second Printing] published May 1999
as Welcome to Astro City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album #[nn] published September 1999
as Welcome to Astro City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Homages in this story include the Fox-Broome University. Ben Pullam's narration mentions the Silversmith and the Brahmin.

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