(August 1995)
Image,
1995 Series
- Price
- 2.25 USD; 3.20 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Image Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Image
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Astro City / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Inks
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Colors
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (logo design, see notes); John Roshell (logo design, see notes); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Samaritan [Asa Martin]
- Awards
- Reprints
-
in Astro City (Tilsner, 1999 series) #1 [Samaritan variant] -
in Astro City (NORMA Editorial, 2009 series) #1 -
in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) (1996 [May 1999]) - in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (Image, 1996 series) (1996)
-
in Astro City (Semic S.A., 1997 series) (décembre 1997) - in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
- in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
- in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #1 (March 2022)
- in Image Firsts: Astro City (Image, 2022 series) #1 (May 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos A #75: ASTRO CITY on 16 March 2021.
In Dreams
Astro City / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Kurt Busiek (credited)
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Brent Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- Steve Buccellato (credited); Electric Crayon (credited)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In my dreams I fly.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Honor Guard [Beautie; The Black Rapier; Cleopatra [Sarah Brandeis]; MPH [Michael Hendrie]; N-Forcer; Quarrel [Jessica Darlene Taggart]; Samaritan [Asa Martin]]; The Menagerie Gang [Foxie Loxy]; Ms. Cavendish; The Living Nightmare [Pete Carney]; Dr. Saturday; Shakira; Rich; Karen
- Synopsis
- Though Samaritan devotes every moment of his waking day to using his great powers to aid humanity, it is only in dreams that he can enjoy them.
- Reprints
- in Astro City (NORMA Editorial, 2009 series) #1
- in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) (1996 [May 1999])
- in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (Image, 1996 series) (1996)
- in Astro City (Semic S.A., 1997 series) (décembre 1997)
- in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
- in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
- in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #1 (March 2022)
- in Image Firsts: Astro City (Image, 2022 series) #1 (May 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
The Biro Island in the story is most likely an homage to comics creator Charles Biro. Jack-in-the-Box's name appears in a newspaper's headline. The Irregulars appear on a page pinned on Asa Martin's office wall. Asa Martin is assigned an article on the First Family to proof-check. Gnomes, The Deacon, and Pyramid are discussed at an Honor Guard meeting.
Astro City Pullout Poster
Astro City / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Printed between pages 14 and 15 of the story sequence.
Reproduction of cover, printed sideways across the centerspread, with the text elements of the cover removed, except for the logo, which is reduced and moved to the bottom-right of the image.
Greetings from Astro City
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Kurt Busiek (credited)
- Pencils
- Art Nichols (credited) (background art); Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration)
- Inks
- Art Nichols (credited) (background art); Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration)
- Colors
- Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration); ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Elliot Mills; The Silver Agent [Alan Craig]
Indexer Notes
Kurt Busiek discusses the genesis of his writing Astro City, and a preview of the next issue with a small reproduction of its cover.
Astro City Character Gallery
Astro City / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Samaritan [Asa Martin]
- Reprints
- in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) (1996 [May 1999])
- in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
- in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil design sketch.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Astro City -
1.
In Dreams
Astro City -
2.
Astro City Pullout Poster
Astro City -
3.
Greetings from Astro City
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4.
Astro City Character Gallery
Astro City
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Ralf Haring
- Katy Hayhurst
- Pat Lang
- Jim Van Dore
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