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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published April 1997
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jonathan Peterson (editor in chief); Jim Lee (publisher); Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)

Cover Details

Characters First Family [Astra Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Nick Furst; Natalie Furst; Rex]; Nightingale; Sunbird; The Black Rapier; N-Forcer; Beautie; The Gentleman; Samaritan; Winged Victory; MPH; Jack-in-the-Box; Altar Boy; The Hanged Man; Crackerjack; Cleopatra; Daniel (of the Crossbreed)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painted)
Inks Alex Ross (painted)
Colors Alex Ross (painted)
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession (DC, 1999 series) #nn

24 page Astro City story "Patterns"

Characters Mordecai Chalk; Mayor Stevenson; Confessor; Altar Boy; Winged Victory; E.A.G.L.E. [Extranormal Activities Garrison for Law Enforcement]; Crossbreed; Samaritan; Unclean; First Family; Jack-in-the-Box; Tamra Dixon
Synopsis The government actively tries to capture superhumans, as the mayor blames Confessor for the Shadow Hill murders. But as the Confessor mounts the fight of his life against governement troops, he exposes the mayor for what he truly is.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Brent E. Anderson
Inks Will Blyberg
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters John Roshell; Comicraft
Notes Homages in this story include Mount Kirby, Gaines River, and Mooney's. It is mentioned in this story that Jack-in-the-Box was presumed dead in 1982. The Gentleman and Hanged Man are mentioned as still at large by a newscast. Part 5 of 6.
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession (DC, 1999 series) #nn