| Characters |
Eliot Mills; The Silver Agent; Jack Meskin; Karnus; Shirak the Devourer; The Honor Guard [Max O'Millions; Cleopatra; Leopardman; Kitkat; Starwoman; The N-Forcer; The Bouncing Beatnik]; The Old Soldier |
| Synopsis |
Newspaper editor Eliot Mills explains the meaning of the brief, seemingly insignificant article he has framed on his wall to a novice reporter. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Script |
Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils |
Brent Anderson |
| Inks |
Brent Anderson |
| Colors |
Steve Buccellato; Electric Crayon |
| Letters |
Richard Starkings; Comicraft |
| Notes |
Samaritan's battle with The Living Nightmare headlines a newspaper. Other newspaper headlines include references to The First Family, Commando K, and The Experimentals. Eliot Mills' cup says "World's Finest Granddad" in the style of the classic World's Finest Comics logo. In 1959, The Frontiersman advertises cigarettes. Homages include Briefer's, Toth's Fineries, Maneely's, Tripp's, Jack Meskin, Elias Street Station, Feldstein's Bar & Grill, and Iger Square Station. In Mills' story, The Lamplighter and The All-American are referred to as having just retired in 1959. The Silver Agent's tragic fate is obliquely referred to. |
| Reprinted |
in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) #nn |