Astro City #50 is bittersweet on many levels. One is that it marks the beginning of the final arc of the regular Astro City comic. Astro City is a comic I've enjoyed for many years from several different publishers. Despite the fact that title has moved around a lot every issue was written by Kurt Busiek. Brent Anderson did the artwork for most of the issues and Alex Ross provided the covers for every issue. That kind of consistency is amazing, especially given the quality of the series throughout. I will miss this series when it's done. No other series portrays what ordinary people would go through in a Superhero universe.
This issue is also bittersweet because we find out that a character I like, Michael Tenicek, never really got over the loss of his wife. He's a perfect symbol of what makes Astro City great, because you come to care about him, even though he never wore a costume, fought crime or had any kind of superpower.
If you've never read Astro City before you can still fully appreciate this arc if you read the Astro City short story "The Nearness of You" first. It's only ten pages and it's available for FREE at Comixology. Read it and enjoy Astro City while you have chance. more
By: Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson
Released: Jan 31, 2018
Our 50th issue begins a special new story: Michael Tenicek lost his wife, years ago, to a chronal cataclysm. But he's not the only one in Astro City whose life has been upended by life among the superheroes. Today, we'll meet others, learn their stories and see how Michael-and friends-cope with their trauma. A sequel to the Eisner-nominated "The Ne...