25 years ago a bunch of Marvel artists left the Big Two and decided to form their company, with blackjack and hookers. This company would eventually become the closest to a third competitor for DC and Marvel (lol) and the best known creator-owned comic book company out there.
This week it's time to put the spotlight on the "second wave" series, those books that weren't created by the founders but still managed to be an important part of the company's history.
Next up is probably the best creator-owned superhero series of all time, Kurt Busiek's Astro City
The Maxx: Pitt: Hellshock:
Austin Williams
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Ian Lee
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Nicholas Rivera
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Owen Nelson
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Lincoln Howard
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Jose Sanders
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Matthew Rivera
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Grayson Kelly
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Thomas Evans
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Juan Perry
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Liam Gray
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Zachary Martinez
If I remember what I've been told right Astro City avoided the super edge Image was kind of famous for in its early years doesn't it? I remember hearing it described as a love letter to older comics stories. Certainly feels like it so far.
Liam Smith
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Matthew Miller
That's right, yeah. It's like a non-malicious Kingdom Come.
Alexander Barnes
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Nicholas Davis
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Jayden Johnson
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Levi Lopez
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Lucas Martinez
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Brayden Johnson
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Camden Lewis
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Owen Martin
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Landon King
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Jack Bennett
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Jacob Ward
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Jayden James
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James Gomez
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Anthony Martin
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Nicholas Diaz
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Michael Adams
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Ryder Peterson
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Wyatt Jones
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Charles Parker
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Kevin Hill
Oh jeez, all those leftover |'s in those voice boxes. I can't help but read his inner monologue in Chico Marx's voice.
"Some sorti of Weather Disaster-i, probablyi anotheri typhoon."
Jason Garcia
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Jeremiah Adams
Yeah, I have no idea what happened there.
Isaac Jenkins
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Josiah Stewart
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Nathaniel Hall
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Colton Bell
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Logan Taylor
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Cameron Jones
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Samuel Sanders
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Dominic Jackson
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Nolan Nelson
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Christopher Butler
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Colton Hill
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Aiden Harris
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Ayden Davis
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William Torres
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Hunter Morris
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Joshua Wilson
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Joshua Ramirez
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Sebastian Roberts
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Asher Butler
You're all at the Savage Dragon thread, aren't you? Goddammit.
Alexander Cook
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William Jones
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Lincoln Murphy
I'm reading.
Nathaniel Thompson
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Austin Perez
Good, steer clear of shitposting and Sup Forums baiting. It's for the best.
Cameron Moore
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Zachary Russell
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Parker Parker
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Zachary Lopez
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Jackson Perez
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Liam Adams
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Cameron Scott
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Matthew Evans
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William Perez
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Julian Hill
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Isaiah Kelly
Oh, I love Astro City! I remember when I did a complete storytime of it about a year and a half back. Busiek is definitely one of the most consistent writers in the business.
Levi Stewart
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Aiden Baker
You were the guy who introduced me to it, so thank you.
Connor Butler
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Carson James
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James Gray
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Zachary Davis
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Thomas Russell
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Anthony Phillips
Oh shit. Murderanon, you're back! I love this series. Very comfy.
Robert Brown
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Levi Ward
I've been back since like a week, my man. If you're wondering when Invincible is coming back, should be at some point in March, probably.
Christian Clark
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Sebastian Edwards
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Chase Peterson
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Bentley Gomez
It did have its sad moments. Like the silver agent's entire story.
Or that one issue about a guy remembering a girl who doesn't exist. Only later its revealed that she was his wife and doesn't exist because a supervillain broke time and the superheroes tried their best to fix it by rebooting it. So in the new timeline her parents never met but the guy still remembers her. It's even stated that he isn't the only one who lost someone special due to the unknown reboot.
I genuinely fucking cried over that.
Bentley Ramirez
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Robert Thompson
>Or that one issue about a guy remembering a girl who doesn't exist. Only later its revealed that she was his wife and doesn't exist because a supervillain broke time and the superheroes tried their best to fix it by rebooting it. So in the new timeline her parents never met but the guy still remembers her. It's even stated that he isn't the only one who lost someone special due to the unknown reboot. To be fair, that was HIS fault, but yes, probably one of the saddest cape stories of all time.
Leo Ross
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Xavier Wilson
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Jonathan Diaz
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Liam Bailey
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Aaron Cruz
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Jaxon Harris
its nothing like Kingdom Come at all
Benjamin Campbell
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Xavier Fisher
I don't mean literally Kingdom Come, I mean in the sense that they both went against the trend of extreme 90's antiheroes, but while KC was very aggressive in its posture, Astro City just... is, it doesn't attack 90's stuff, it just shows you why Busiek prefers classic heroes.
Gabriel Campbell
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Xavier Gonzalez
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Ian Turner
Wait who's fault? The guy didn't mess with time. Th villain did, unless you were blaming him.
