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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1
Publication Date: August 1995
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Issues: #1 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: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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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)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Character(s): Samaritan
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAstro City #1 published ?
In Issue: FlagAstro City #1 [Samaritan variant] 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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In Dreams

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): Samaritan [Asa Martin]; Rich; Karen; Shakira; Dr. Saturday; Honor Guard [MPH; The Black Rapier; Cleopatra; Quarrel [Jessica Darlene Taggart]; N-Forcer; Beautie]; The Menagerie Gang [Foxy Loxy]; Ms. Cavendish; The Living Nightmare
First Line: In my dreams I fly.
Synopsis: Though Samaritan devotes every moment of his waking day to using his great powers to aid humanity, it is only in dreams that he can enjoy them.
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 In Dreams [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: The Biro Island in the story is most likely an homage to comics creator Charles Biro. Jack-in-the-Box's name appears in a newspaper's headline. The Irregulars appear in a page pinned on Asa Martin's office wall. Asa Martin is assigned an article on the First Family to proof-check. Gnomes, The Deacon, and Pyramid are discussed at an Honor Guard meeting.
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Astro City Pullout Poster

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Astro City
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reproduction of cover, printed sideways across the centerpread, with the text elements of the cover removed, except for the logo, which is reduced and moved to the bottom-right of the image. Printed between pages 14 and 15 of the story sequence.
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Greetings from Astro City

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurt Busiek
Penciller(s): Art Nichols (background art); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Inker(s): Art Nichols (background art); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Colorist(s): ?; Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Silver Agent; Eliot Mills
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Kurt Busiek discusses the genesis of his writing Astro City, 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): Samaritan
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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