I love that the volumes of Astro City seem to alternate between a big story or smaller, individual character pieces. This volume has three stories to it. I love reading Astro City because it always feels like a history lesson. Sometimes we're seeing characters for the first time, but Kurt Busiek makes us feel like we've been reading about them for years. Sometimes he uses a classic Astro City character and we're just getting yet another chapter in their history. Sometimes he uses the perspective of a peripheral character to tell the story of a hero we already know. This series is so smartly produced, I just don't know how he can continue to turn out story after story like this. I really loved the Samaritan story and especially the Steeljack story in this volume. The Furst Family story was kind of meh to me.
Astro City: Reflections
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Illustrated by: Brent Anderson, Alex Ross
Vertigo
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