Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City

1995 • 192 pages

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Collects the first six volumes of the comic-book series 'Astro City,' which chronicles the hopes, dreams, and trials of ordinary people and superheroes in a city with a long history of protection from such powerful figures as Samaritan and Winged Victory.

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17 primary books

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Astro City is a 17-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, and Brent Anderson.

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Rob

I read this a while ago. Realized I only had digital stuff on my Goodreads shelves.

Astro City is kind of a “what if superheroes, but day to day” comic. I'm not much of a comics guy and even less of a superhero guy, but this one hits me just right. Not every issue is about the superheroes; some are about the people who live in the same world as they do.

There are almost as many superhero genre deconstructions as there are superhero series these days, but this is one of the gems.

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