Kurt Busiek's Astro City #4

(December 1996)

New Kid in Town (Table of Contents)

Astro City / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kurt Busiek

Pencils:

Brent E. Anderson

Inks:

Will Blyberg

Colors:

Alex Sinclair

Letters:

John G. Roshell; Comicraft

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Brian Kinney; Crossbreed [Mary; Peter; Daniel; David; Joshua; Noah]; Black Badge [K.O. Carson]; First Family [Rex; Julius Furst]; Sledgehammer; Rockslide; Krunch; Wrestla; Lummox; Ironhorse; Jack-in-the-Box [also as Zachary Johnson]; Jedson Godfrey; Crackerjack; Quarrel [Jess]; Tamra Dixon; Glue-Gun; Confessor

Synopsis:

Brian Kinney arrives in Astro City and finds a job at Bruiser's, a bar "costumes" frequent. The owner, seeing something more in Brian, helps him get a job at a classier place, Butler's. When Glue-Gun crashes through the skylight there and tries to make Brian a hostage, Brian knocks him out, drawing the ire of his fellow busboys, but also the attention of the Confessor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City Confession (Image, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([March 1999])

Indexer Notes

Homages in this story include the Outcalt Bridge, Fass Gardens, and Bakerville. Some of the people of Astro City call the Crossbreed, the Jesus Freaks. Brian's narration mentions the Devil's Own and Temblor. Also mentioned in the story are Samaritan, Air Ace, and Anders Van Rupert, who is rumored to have been Leopardman. Part 1 of 6. This storyline picks up plot threads from Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image, 1995 series) #5.