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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1996
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.60 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jonathan Peterson (editor in chief); Amy Zimand (assistant editor); Jim Lee (publisher); Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)

Cover Details

Characters Winged Victory; N-Forcer; Cleopatra; First Family [Rex; Julius Furst; Augustus Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Astra Furst]; Juice; Gentleman; Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]; Beautie; Samaritan
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painted)
Inks Alex Ross (painted)
Colors Alex Ross (painted)
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album (DC, 1999 series) #nn; in Kurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special (DC, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)

24 page Astro City story "Welcome to Astro City"

Characters Samaritan; Thunderhead; Helia; Winged Victory; Marcy Doerr; Ben Pullam; Faithie Pullam; Meg Pullam; Samaritan; Iron Legion; Air Ace (statue); Looney Leo (on sign on restaurant); Silver Agent (statue); Thunderhead; N-Forcer; Cleopatra; Beautie; Winged Victory; Gentleman; Juice; First Family [Astra Furst; Rex; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Nick Furst; Natalie Furst] Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]; Crackerjack; Quarrel; Hanged Man; Otter; Nightingale; Sunbird; Mrs. Damiani; Helia
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.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Brent E. Anderson
Inks Will Blyberg
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters John Roshell [as John Gaushell]; Comicraft
Notes Homages in this story include the Fox-Broome University. Ben Pullam's narration mentions the Silversmith and the Brahmin.
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album (DC, 1999 series) #nn; in Kurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special (DC, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)