Research Catalog

Title

Astro city : shining stars / Kurt Busiek, writer; Brent Anderson, artist; Alex Sinclair & Wendy Broome, colors; Alex Ross, covers; JG Roshell & Comicraft, lettering & design; Busiek, Anderson & Ross, astronomers.

Author

Busiek, Kurt

Publication

New York : DC Comics, c2011.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Anderson, Brent Eric.
• Sinclair, Alex.
• Broome, Wendy.
• Ross, Alex, 1970-
• Roshell, J. G.
• Comicraft.

Description

208 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"Starring the adventures of Astro City's most popular heroes, collecting ASTRO CITY: SAMARITAN #1, ASTRO CITY: ASTRA #1-2, ASTRO CITY: SILVER AGENT #1-2 and ASTRO CITY: BEAUTIE #1. Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships - and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget! Also in this volume: at last, the full story of the Silver Agent's fateful journey through time is revealed - including his origin, his greatest battles and his ultimate fate. Plus, Samaritan has his annual dinner with the Infidel, and Beautie, the life-size super-powered fashion-doll member of Honor Guard, doesn't know who she is. Now, she's determined to get answers"--

Series Statement

Astro City series ; v. 8

Uniform Title

Astro City series ; v. 8.

Genre/Form

Graphic novels

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Samaritan: The Eagle and the Mountain -- Beautie: Her Dark Plastic Roots -- Astra: Graduation Day; The Gordian Knot --The Silver Agent: To Serve and Protect; Home to the Hill -- Sketchbook-- About the Creators.

ISBN

9781401229849 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2011008630

OCLC

762082618

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library