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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #1/2 of 16 Issues (17 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: Homage Comics; ImageView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Homage Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 28
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jonathan Peterson (Editor-in-Chief, Homage Comics); Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor, Juke Box Productions)
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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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[untitled]

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): Hanged Man; Gentleman; Starwoman; Silver Agent; Old Soldier; All-American; Slugger; Samaritan; Winged Victory; M.P.H.; Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]; Bouncing Beatnik; Lamplighter; Rex; Augustus Furst; Nick Furst; Natalie Furst; N-Forcer; Mermaid; Michael Tenicek
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Pages: 1
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The Nearness of You

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek; Len Kaminski (special thanks, story suggestion)
Penciller(s): Brent E. Anderson
Inker(s): Will Blyberg
Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair; Wildstorm FX
Letterer(s): John Roshell; Comicraft
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Michael Tenicek; Miranda Tenicek; Jack-in-the-Box; Hanged Man; Time-Keeper; Tempus Fugitives; All-American; Slugger; Eterneon; Silver Agent; M.P.H.; Samaritan; Winged Victory; First Family [Nick Furst; Natalie Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst]; Lamplighter; Starwoman; Old Soldier; N-Forcer; Beautie; Bouncing Beatnik
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
From Content Item: FlagWizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1996
was The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: A news show mentions the Conquerlord. The Time-Keeper mentions the Astro-Naut.
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Clash of Titans: A New York Romance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Brent Anderson
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A non-Astro City superhero story.
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back cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Brent 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
From Content Item: FlagWizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1996
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1

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