Astro City Metrobook Volume 6 [Paperback]

The most interested game in town, as far as capted crusaders are concerned. —The Washington Post

In this sixth volume, star creators Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross and friends bring you more stories that change how we think about superheroes.

The Broken Man’s history, spanning over a century and a half, is revealed at last. Michael Tenicek, Astro City’s most tragic survivor, hosts a support group for others like himself. And in between, we meet or re-meet heroes and villains ranging from Jack-in-the-Box to Mister Manta to Kittyhawk, G-Dog and the Pet Patrol. Star creators Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross and friends bring to live the heroes, villains and others of comics’ most astonishing city.

Collects ASTRO CITY vol 3 #35-52Kurt Busiek broke in as a comics writer in 1982, with stories inGreen Lantern#162 andPower Man & Iron Fist#90, both out the same day. Since then, he’s worked on just about everything fromAction ComicstoZot!, including runs onAvengers, Iron Man, Superman, Conan, and others, along with co-creatingThunderbolts,The Power Companyand more. Best known for his work on the multiple-award-winningMarvelsand ASTRO CITY, he’s been turning more and more to creator-owned work of late, including such projects as ARROWSMITH,Superstar,Shockrocketsand THE WIZARD'S TALE, and is currently working on more ASTRO CITY along with his new series THE AUTUMNLANDS, drawn by Benjamin Dewey.

Brent Eric Anderson was born in San Jose, California in 1955 and grew up on the West Coast. His favorite comics – on the rare occasion he was allowed to read them – wereArchie,Stumbo the Giant,Hot Stuff the Little Devil, andDennis the Menace. His mother, influenced by the widespread bias against comics in the 1950s, favored classic children’s literature, such asTreasure lCÓ