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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1
Publication Date: September 1996
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Issues: #1 of 16 Issues (18 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: 3 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Legion; Mrs. Damiani
First Line: The sun’s out, and there’s a breeze, and we don’t bother to unpack, we just get outside.
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.
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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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Miscellaneous
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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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Greetings from Astro City
Character(s): First Family [Astra Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Rex]
First Line: Welcome.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Bob Sobocinski, Dennis Gutierrez, Blake M. Petit, John Ellis, Jeffrey Carter, Avi Glijansky, and Roy Flinchum.

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