(June 2003)
DC,
2003 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.95 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 2003-04-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Homage Comics
- Barcode
- 761941237848 00211
- Editing
- Ben Abernathy (editor); Kristy Quinn (assistant editor); Ann Busiek (managing editor)
Shining Armor
Astro City / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Atomicus [Adam Peterson]; Irene Merryweather
- Reprints
-
in Astro City: Local Heroes (DC, 2004 series) (2004 [February 2005]) - in Astro City: Local Heroes (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([December] 2005)
- in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #2 (August 2022)
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Shining Armor
Astro City / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Kurt Busiek
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson
- Inks
- Brent Anderson
- Colors
- Alex Sinclair
- Letters
- John Roshell; Comicraft
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Atomicus [Adam Peterson] (flashback, origin); Dr. Cyclotron (flashback); The Flying Fox [Samantha Cronin]; The Living Nightmare (flashback); Irene Merryweather; Vasily Petrov (flashback); Balloon Bandits
- Synopsis
- Atomicus, who is new to life on earth, takes a secret identity in order to learn more about life and to be near Irene. She misinterprets his intentions and endlessly tries to prove his secret identity, in the manner of the Silver Age relationship of Lois Lane and Superman. She finally drives the exasperated hero from earth, disgracing herself in the eyes of the public.
- Reprints
- in Astro City: Local Heroes (DC, 2004 series) (2004 [February 2005])
- in Astro City: Local Heroes (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([December] 2005)
- in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #2 (August 2022)
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- Keywords
- Lesbian; mother; secret identity
Indexer Notes
The creation of Atomicus takes place at Fort Kanigher (referencing Robert Kanigher, long-term writer-editor of DC war comics).
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