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Issue: Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1997
 
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Publisher: FlagImage
Indicia Publisher: Homage Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 302
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $31.75 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: Collects the Confessor story from Astro City (Image, 1996 series) #4-9 plus the story from Astro City (Homage; Wizard, 1996 series) #1/2.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
typeset
Subject Matter
Introduction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
New Kid in Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Brian Kinney
Brian Kinney arrives in Astro City to meet super-heroes.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #4 published December 1996
was New Kid in Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
First appearance Brian Kinney.
Learning the Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Altar Boy [Brian Kinney]; The Confessor; Crackerjack
Altar Boy captures a fake Crackerjack.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #5 published January 1997
was Learning the Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Brian Kinney becomes Altar Boy, the Confessor's sidekick.
The Gathering Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Altar Boy; The Confessor
Confessor and Altar Boy capture the Gunslinger. Mordecai Chalk is called in to find the mass murderer.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #6 published February 1997
was The Gathering Dark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Altar Boy figures out that Confessor is a Vampire.
Eye of the Storm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Altar Boy; The Confessor
Confessor tells Altar Boy his origin.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #7 published March 1997
was Eye of the Storm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Origin of Confessor.
Patterns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Altar Boy; The Confessor
The Confessor confronts the mayor and proves he's an alien.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #8 published April 1997
was Patterns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
My Father's Son

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Altar Boy; The Crossbreed and others
The Crossbreed lead the fight against the aliens.
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #9 published May 1997
was My Father's Son [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Altar Boy becomes the new Confessor.
The Nearness of You

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
John Roshell
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Hanging Man
The Hanging Man helps a man haunted by a woman in his dreams.
Reprinting
FlagWizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1996
was The Nearness of You [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
Dramatis Personae

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Brent Anderson
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Preliminary sketches of Confessor, Altar Boy, the Gunslinger, Iron Horse, the All American, and the Slugger with descriptions of their development.
New Kid in Town

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Brian Kinney
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #4 published December 1996
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
Learning the Game

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
The Confessor
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #5 published January 1997
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
The Gathering Dark

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
The Confessor; Altar Boy
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #6 published February 1997
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
Eye of the Storm

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
Aliens
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #7 published March 1997
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted,E
Patterns

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
various
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #8 published April 1997
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
My Father's Son

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
various
Reprinting
FlagKurt Busiek's Astro City #9 published May 1997
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
The Nearness of You

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brent Anderson
Will Blyberg
Alex Sinclair
Subject Matter
superhero
Astro City
various
Reprinting
FlagWizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 published January 1996
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Sketches are presented here for first time only cover is reprinted.
Acknowledgements

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek; Brent Eric Anderson; Alex Ross
Brent Anderson
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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