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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 10
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Collects the first six volumes of the comic-book series "Astro City," which chronicles the hopes, dreams, and trials of ordinary people and superheroes in a city with a long history of protection from such powerful figures as Samaritan and Winged Victory.
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Astro City volume 13
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"A super-powered convict must turn detective to protect his community. A young lawyer becomes entangled with a chilling avenger. A television actor finds himself playing superhero for real. A living cartoon reflects on his strange life. And much more, including a guide to Astro City's heroes, history and neighborhoods illustrated by an all-star roster of artists."--Provided by publisher.
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Astro City volume 1
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"A hero dreams of flight. An alien spy prepares for invasion. A young man is mentored by a hero with dark secrets. A street criminal discovers a hero's identity. And much, much more. Step into a world of heroes and see them from a whole different perspective. These are the multiple-award-winning stories that began the epic series and changed how we think about superheroes"--Amazon.com.
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"When you're the Silver Adept, one of Astro City's newest and most powerful mystic heroes, your life is full of magic, battle, demons, apocalypses and more. When you're the Adept's personal assistant, though, life gets really weird. A look at the woman behind the hero. Collects ASTRO CITY #11-16"--
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 7
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Astro City is a shining metropolis on a hill where super-heroes patrol the skies. However, things were not always as bright as they are today. In the early 1970's, in the wake of a global catastrophe, two brothers, one good and one evil must deal with family secrets and social upheaval, involving heroes from Jack-In-the-Box to the Blue Knight and the unsettling events leading to the final fate of the mysterious Silver Agent.
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 2
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"Brian Kinney has left his rural home, seeking adventure in the big city - Astro City. After working his way into the super-hero scene as a busboy and waiter, Brian attracts the attention of Astro City's vigilante Confessor. Dubbed Alter Boy, Brian becomes the Confessors sidekick. While Astro City suffers under the looming threat of a serial killer on the loose and the city government moves to ban super heroes altogether, Brian questions the actions...
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 9
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"Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson launch their next epic in the world of Astro City when a mysterious door appears, heralding the arrival of the Ambassador. But when an ordinary man is caught in a cosmic conflict, it is up to favorites like Samaritan and Honor Guard, as well as new heroes, to rise to the occasion and save the world! Astro City #1-6"--
14) Marvels
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"Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour our world. This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of Marvels"--P. [4] of cover.
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"A major new epic begins featuring Winged Victory, Samaritan, and the Confessor, three of Astro City's most popular heroes. When criminal charges are brought against Winged Victory, the Confessor must investigate and it leads to open combat with Samaritan! Can Astro City's three greatest heroes find a way to work together against this mystery threat? Plus, Winged Victory's origin is revealed at last! Collects ASTRO CITY #7-10 and ASTRO CITY VISITOR'S...
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 8
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Astra Furst, the third-generation Super Hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It?s a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships? and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody?s ever going to forget!
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City volume 5
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Presents a collection of nine short comic stories about extraordinary happenings from the perspective of some of the inhabitants of Astro City.
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Collects X-Men (1991) #27-30 and Annual #2, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #3, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #308-310 and Annual #18, X-Men: The Wedding Album, and What If? (1989) #60. These are tense times for the X-Men. The Legacy virus, which has already killed many mutants both friend and foe, threatens to become a worldwide epidemic. Professor X has captured Sabretooth and locked him in the mansion basement, hoping to eventually cure his raging bloodlust. But...
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Avengers volume 41
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The warlord known as Kang the Conqueror returns - and this time he's enslaving the entire Earth!