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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #8
Publication Date: April 1997
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Issues: #8 of 16 Issues (18 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: 36
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Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD
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Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
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In Issue: FlagAstro City #5 published ?
In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] published January 1997
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In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] [2nd Printing] published March 1997
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): E.A.G.L.E. [Extranormal Activities Garrison for Law Enforcement]; The Unclean
First Line: He’d gone into Shadow Hill hunting...
Synopsis: The government actively tries to capture superhumans, as the mayor blames Confessor for the Shadow Hill murders. But as the Confessor mounts the fight of his life against government troops, he exposes the mayor for what he truly is.
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In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] published January 1997
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In Content Item: FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn] [2nd Printing] published March 1997
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Homages in this story include Mount Kirby, Gaines River, and Mooney's. It is mentioned in this story that Jack-in-the-Box was presumed dead in 1982. The Gentleman and Hanged Man are mentioned as still at large by a newscast. Part 5 of 6.

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