Astro City

Of course, a weekly year-long series probably means we'll get less Astro City, which is not a good thing, no matter how good Trinity turns out to be.

Trinity Sounds Like a Well-Planned Concept | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

Busiek and Anderson take their time with Astro City, which is frustrating because it's easily one of the best superhero comics of the past decade.

What I bought – 13 February 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

Astro City, which is the actual city in the book, is filled with a ton of superheroes, and Busiek takes his time introducing readers to a ton of them over the long run of the title it's been going on since 1995.

Top 100 Comic Book Runs #30-26 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

Kurt Busiek was up next talking about "Astro City," which has just had a movie deal announced with Working Title pictures.

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After all, the killer Aubrey Jason is now working for the new crimelord of Astro City, and more than that, is protected by Pyramid.

Astro City: The Dark Age Book II #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

Astro City , in any form, has never hit a dead spot for me.

Astro City: The Dark Age Book II #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

When this is used as a metaphor to refer to superheroes as in Astro City and other series; similar to the use of “mask” to refer to superheroes or “powers” in the comic book Powers it makes sense because they are referring to a whole class of people.

NBC set to roll out more caped crusader television? | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

As the people rioted, the masks of Astro City come out, and we see the superheroes trying desperately to stop the rioting, with one notable exception: The Street Angel.

Astro City: The Dark Age Book II #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

The cops check, and find Charles alive, while above the city, The Agent uses strange energy that looks remarkably like the Empyrean Fire of Samaritan, another Astro City stalwart to give Black Velvet a peaceful end, and quell the rioting.

Astro City: The Dark Age Book II #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

The Dark Age is not the best of the Astro City series. still better than most comics though.

On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Astro City: The Dark Age | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009