Astro City: Life in the Big City
by Kurt Busiek, Brent E. Anderson, Alex Ross
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Author: Alex Ross, Brent E. Anderson, Kurt BusiekEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-23
ISBN: 156389551X
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Wildstorm
Book Reviews of Astro City: Life in the Big City
Book Review: Uhhh....It was okay.
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me start with this: I am not a big comics fanatic. I read some of these bigger collections from time to time for entertainment, but I've never been to a comic book shop, I don't own a Green Lantern shirt and there's no Superman sticker on my car.
But, I do know what I like and, for me, Astro City was an "okay" collection of new superheroes. This collections includes 5 stories, 2 of which I found tedious. In the intro, Busiek claims to want to get back to basics and stop the "deconstruction" of the superhero. Get out of the superhero's head and back to the action. But, the first and last stories are all about getting into the superhero's head. They were interesting stories, but they went against the spirit Busiek claimed to have been wanting to avoid.
In short, kudos to Busiek for creating a whole new world of superheroes, but this still didn't grab me enough to make me look for further adventures of these new superheroes.
Summary of Astro City: Life in the Big City
This first Astro City volume looks at a day in the life of the Samaritan, the worlds busiest super-hero; an invasion of underground dwellers that is thwarted by the super-team the Honor Guard; a small-time criminals growing paranoia as he comes to believe that the colourful hero called the Jack-in-the-Box is after him; plus stories introducing the First Family, the Hanged Man, Winged Victory, and many others.Superheroes Books
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