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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published December 1996
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.60 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jonathan Peterson (editor in chief); Jim Lee (publisher); Ann Huntington Busiek (managing editor)

Cover Details

Characters Brian Kinney; Rex; Ironhorse; Jack-in-the-Box
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painted)
Inks Alex Ross (painted)
Colors Alex Ross (painted)
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession (DC, 1999 series) #nn

24 page Astro City story "New Kid in Town"

Characters Brian Kinney; Crossbreed [Mary; Peter; Daniel; David; Joshua; Noah]; Black Badge [K.O. Carson]; First Family [Rex; Julius Furst]; Sledgehammer; Rockslide; Krunch; Wrestla; Lummox; Ironhorse; Jack-in-the-Box [also as Zachary Johnson]; Jedson Godfrey; Crackerjack; Quarrel [Jess]; Tamra Dixon; Glue-Gun; Confessor
Synopsis Brian Kinney arrives in Astro City and finds a job at Bruiser's, a bar "costumes" frequent. The owner, seeing something more in Brian, helps him get a job at a classier place, Butler's. When Glue-Gun crashes through the skylight there and tries to make Brian a hostage, Brian knocks him out, drawing the ire of his fellow busboys, but also the attention of the Confessor.
Genre superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Brent E. Anderson
Inks Will Blyberg
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters John G. Roshell; Comicraft
Notes Homages in this story include the Outcalt Bridge, Fass Gardens, and Bakerville. Some of the people of Astro City call the Crossbreed, the Jesus Freaks. Brian's narration mentions the Devil's Own and Temblor. Also mentioned in the story are Samaritan, Air Ace, and Anders Van Rupert, who is rumored to have been Leopardman. Part 1 of 6. This storyline picks up plot threads from Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image, 1995 series) #5.
Reprinted in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confession (DC, 1999 series) #nn