Astro City (Kurt Busiek’s…, Vol. 2)

    (Image, 1996-2000)
™ and ©1996 Juke Box Productions

Kurt Busiek’s Astro City can almost be called an anthology title. Created by Kurt Busiek, (Marvels, Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Astro City features a day–in–the–life style of storytelling that discloses the exploits of the Samaritan, The Hanged Man, The Old Soldier, Jack–in–the–Box, First Family, and Winged Victory, as well as the hopes and dreams of the average citizen.

Although Astro City is home to an assortment of new and fascinating individuals, those characters are simply a tapestry on which Busiek shows the reader that life in a place as wondrous as this has much in common with ours. The title has a rich backstory of the Astro City universe already established, and the course of each story reveals intriguing clues about its history. Kurt Busiek’s Astro City evokes a time when super–heroes were idealistic and approachable, instead of cynical and grim.

— George Haberberger

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#0.5 Date:  1/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $5.25 8 copies available from $3.75	1st appearance of Time-Keeper; Honor Guard versus Time-Keeper; Wizard promotional item	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#0.5 Variation A Date:  1/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $6.50 6 copies available from $4.99	Reprints The Nearness of You and Clash of Titans; Alternate cover (bird creature); Includes bonus story; Wizard Certificate of Authenticity	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#0.5 Platinum Edition Date:  1/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $49.00 No copies available	Platinum edition; Reprints The Nearness of You and Clash of Titans; Alternate cover (bird creature); Includes bonus story; Wizard Certificate of Authenticity	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#1 Date:  9/1/1996 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $4.25 9 copies available from $1.50	Honor Guard versus weather god	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#1 (2nd printing) Date:  9/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $1.00 1 copy available for $1.00		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#1 3-D Edition Date:  12/1/1997 Cover Price:  $4.95 NM Guide:  $4.00 2 copies available from $4.00	3D Special	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#1 American Entertainment Edition Date:  9/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $30.00 2 copies available from $12.99	American Entertainment Variant	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#2 Date:  10/1/1996 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $4.00 7 copies available from $2.99		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#3 Date:  11/1/1996 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $5.00 6 copies available from $2.99		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#4 Date:  12/1/1996 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $3.75 7 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Brian Kinney (The Altar Boy) (out of costume)	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#5 Date:  1/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $4.75 7 copies available from $0.99	1st appearance of The Altar Boy (Brian Kinney); Origin of The Altar Boy (Brian Kinney)	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#6 Date:  2/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $3.00 7 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of The Gunslinger; The Confessor revealed as vampire	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#7 Date:  3/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 12 copies available from $0.99	Origin of The Confessor I	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#8 Date:  4/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 9 copies available from $0.25	Death of The Confessor I; Astro City mayor revealed as alien operative; Indicia Says June 1997	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#9 Date:  5/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 10 copies available from $2.25	1st Appearance of The Confessor II	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#10 Date:  9/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.25 7 copies available from $1.50	1st appearance of Junkman; Origin of The Junkman; Cover Says October 1997	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#11 Date:  11/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 7 copies available from $1.88	1st Appearance of The Box; 1st appearance of The Jackson; Jack-in-the-Box vs. alternate versions	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#12 Date:  12/1/1997 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.25 11 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Jack-in-the-Box II (Roscoe James)	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#13 Date:  2/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 13 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Loony Leo; Origin of Loony Leo	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#14 Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 11 copies available from $1.69	1st Appearance of Steeljack; Origin of Steeljack	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#15 Date:  12/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 12 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of new Goldenglove; 2nd Appearance of Steeljack	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#16 Date:  3/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 12 copies available from $0.99	Origin of El Hombre	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#17 Date:  5/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.25 15 copies available from $0.99	Origin of The Mock Turtle	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#18 Date:  8/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 15 copies available from $0.99	Steeljacket recruited by Conquistador	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#19 Date:  11/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 13 copies available from $0.99	Steeljacket attempts to convince Honor Guard of Conquistador threat	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#20 Date:  1/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 10 copies available from $1.25	Steeljacket versus Conquistador; Conquistador revealed as El Hombre	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#21 Date:  3/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 8 copies available from $0.90		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	#22 Date:  8/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 9 copies available from $1.50	1st Appearance of Crimson Cougar; Origin of Crimson Cougar	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	Book #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $19.95 NM Guide:  $21.00 2 copies available from $7.50	Confession Graphic Novel; Collects Astro City (Vol. 2) #4-9, #1/2; Published by Homage Comics	Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman	Brent Anderson
	Book #1 (2nd printing) Date:  Cover Price:  $19.99 NM Guide:  $19.99 No copies available		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	Book #1 Hardcover Date:  Cover Price:  $29.95 NM Guide:  $50.00 No copies available	Signed hardcover edition; Collects Astro City (Vol. 2) #4-9, #1/2; Confession Graphic Novel	Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman	Brent Anderson
	Book #2 Date:  9/1/1997 Cover Price:  $19.95 NM Guide:  $13.50 1 copy available for $13.50	Family Album; Collects #1-3 and #10-13; Introduction by Harlan Ellison	Kurt Busiek, Harlan Ellison	Brent Anderson, Will Blyberg
	Book #2 (4th printing) Date:  Cover Price:  $19.99 NM Guide:  $19.99 No copies available		Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	Book #2 (5th printing) Date:  Cover Price:  $16.99 NM Guide:  $16.99 No copies available		Kurt Busiek	Brent Eric Anderson
	Book #2 Hardcover Date:  Cover Price:  $29.95 NM Guide:  $34.00 No copies available	Hardcover; Collects #1-3 and #10-14; Wraparound dust jacket	Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman	Brent Anderson
	Book #3 Date:  12/1/1996 Cover Price:  $19.99 NM Guide:  $18.00 1 copy available for $17.10	Collects Astro City (Vol. 2) #14–20; The Tarnished Angel	Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman	Brent Anderson
	Book #3 Hardcover Date:  Cover Price:  $29.95 NM Guide:  $42.00 1 copy available for $42.00	The Tarnished Angel; Collects Astro City (Vol. 2) #14-20; ca. 2000	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson