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Astro City is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo Imprint. Price per issue is $3.99.

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  • Astro City
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  • Astro City is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo Imprint. Price per issue is $3.99.
  • Astro City was published from 1995–1998, then returned in 2003 with the Local Heroes and The Dark Age story arcs. The Dark Age was set in the 1970s and 1980s and ran 16 issues. In it, the citizens of Astro City ponder the functions and motivations of superpowered individuals, and their overall positions within the community. The Dark Age began publication in 2005 and ended in May 2010, with the final four issues published monthly. In June 2013, another Astro City monthly series debuted from Vertigo Comics.
  • Astro City is a comic series about a city of the same name full of super heroes and super villains. It sometimes explores darker themes.
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City is a comic book series centered around a fictional American city of that name. Written by Kurt Busiek, the series is co-created and illustrated by Brent Anderson with character designs and painted covers by Alex Ross. The first series debuted in August 1995 published by Image Comics, and since then has been published by Homage Comics (now part of Wildstorm Signature Series). The newest entry in the saga, The Dark Age, began in April 2005, with the remainder of the issues to be published in mid-to-late 2006.
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  • Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
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  • y
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  • Astro City vol. 2, #1. Art by Alex Ross.
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  • Confession
  • Life in the Big City
  • Local Heroes
  • Shining Stars
  • Family Album
  • Tarnished Angel
  • The Dark Age Book Two: Brothers in Arms
  • The Dark Age Book One: Brothers and Other Strangers
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  • Astro City: Local Heroes
  • Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Four
  • Astro City: The Dark Age, Book One
  • Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Three
  • Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Two
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 1
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2
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  • 1995(xsd:integer)
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  • Image Comics
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  • 5420(xsd:integer)
  • 5651(xsd:integer)
  • 10797(xsd:integer)
  • 13437(xsd:integer)
  • 18869(xsd:integer)
  • 36521(xsd:integer)
  • 42241(xsd:integer)
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  • y
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 9781401220778(xsd:double)
  • 9781401228439(xsd:double)
  • 9781401229849(xsd:double)
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  • Astro City is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo Imprint. Price per issue is $3.99.
  • Astro City was published from 1995–1998, then returned in 2003 with the Local Heroes and The Dark Age story arcs. The Dark Age was set in the 1970s and 1980s and ran 16 issues. In it, the citizens of Astro City ponder the functions and motivations of superpowered individuals, and their overall positions within the community. The Dark Age began publication in 2005 and ended in May 2010, with the final four issues published monthly. In June 2013, another Astro City monthly series debuted from Vertigo Comics.
  • Astro City is a comic series about a city of the same name full of super heroes and super villains. It sometimes explores darker themes.
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City is a comic book series centered around a fictional American city of that name. Written by Kurt Busiek, the series is co-created and illustrated by Brent Anderson with character designs and painted covers by Alex Ross. The first series debuted in August 1995 published by Image Comics, and since then has been published by Homage Comics (now part of Wildstorm Signature Series). The newest entry in the saga, The Dark Age, began in April 2005, with the remainder of the issues to be published in mid-to-late 2006.
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