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Astro City #3 page 11

Artist: Brent Anderson (All)

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Title:	Astro City #3 page 11
Artist:	Brent Anderson (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	238
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	6/26/2021
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This is a definitive Astro City page in my opinion.

Going on 25 years now, Astro City is a love letter to superhero comics. The first two volumes are still the most classic stories introducing analogues to Superman, The Fantastic Four, Captain America, Batman and Robin, and Spider-Man.

This page is from the first appearance of Jack In the Box, the stand in for Spider-Man. The character designs by Alex Ross are pitch perfect in their uniqueness while instantly invoking their silver age counterparts.

The left panel highlights Brent Anderson�s kinetic energy while giving an ideal image of Jack In the Box. Throughout the page you see the criminals reaction to him, which is the crux of Astro City�s magic.

As a bonus, I think that�s writer Kurt Busiek depicted as one of the bar patrons.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/26/2021

Nice early page in the first series. Anderson really gave Busiek's man on the street stories a lot of realism and nods to era's in comics past. The first person styled self contained issues gave us a day in the life of heroes and regular people affected by the battle of good and evil as they saw it. Astro City 3 was the Spidey issue and Busiek really connected with the character and audience.

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