(November 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
- Ann Busiek (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
- Awards
[no title indexed]
Astro City / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marta Dobrescu; Winged Victory [Lauren Freed]
- Reprints
-
in Astro City (Tilsner, 1999 series) #2 -
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: 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)
-
Safeguards
Astro City / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Kurt Busiek
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson
- Inks
- Brent Anderson
- Colors
- Steve Buccellato; Electric Crayon
- Letters
- Richard Starkings; Comicraft
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Morning in Shadow Hill, below the looming bulk of Mount Kirby's eastern face--Shadow Hill, where night falls first in Astro City.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- First Family: Astra Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Rex
Unholy Alliance: Demolitia; Flamethrower; Glowworm; Slamburger; Spice
Darcy Conroy; Marta Dobrescu; Mrs. Dobrescu; Nicu Dobrescu; The Hanged Man; Winged Victory [Lauren Freed]; Mr. Irons; Shellie; Jenny - Synopsis
- Each morning Marta commutes from Shadow Hill to downtown Astro City. But when a co-worker offers her a place in her apartment in town, Marta has to choose between her traditional life at home and life in the city.
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Homages in this story include Mount Kirby, Grandenetti Ave., Kiefer St., Szenic's Market, Fass Gardens, Rensie Avenue, Derbyfield, Binderbeck Plaza, and the Grant, Miller, Conroy, McConnell & Ingersoll law firm. Honor Guard and Samaritan are mentioned in the story.
Greetings from Astro City
letters page / 4 pages
- Script
- Kurt Busiek
- Pencils
- Art Nichols (background art); George Tuska (illo); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
- Inks
- Art Nichols (background art); Joe Sinnott (illo); Alex Ross (painted, cover illo)
- Colors
- Alex Ross (painted, cover illo); ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Crackerjack [Eugene Wallace]; The Silver Agent [Alan Craig]
Indexer Notes
Letters with responses from Kurt Busiek, an illustration of The Silver Agent, 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
- First Family: Astra Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Rex
- 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.
Safeguards
Astro City -
2.
Greetings from Astro City
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3.
Astro City Character Gallery
Astro City
This issue was modified by, among others
- Del Gruber
- Ralf Haring
- Katy Hayhurst
- Pat Lang
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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