Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four No.2

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Full Title: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #2

Story Title: Storms of the Heart

Cover Date: April 2010

Cover Price: $3.99

Credits: Kurt Busiek (Writer), Brent Anderson (Art), Alex Ross (Cover), John Roshell (Design and Lettering), Alex Sinclair (Colors), Scott Peterson (Editor), Kristy Quinn (Assistant Editor), Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor)

Publisher: Wildstorm (DC Comics Imprint)

Appearances: Silver Agent, Ømnix (First), Gloo, Stonecold (First), Rat Patrol (First), Blue Knights (First), Robber Barons (First), Charles Williams, Royal Williams, Mirage, Hellhound, Dynamoids, Dr. Norton Ganss, Aubrey Jason, Street Angel, Pale Horseman (First)

Mentions: Blue Knight, Simon Magus, Honor Guard, First Family, Pyramid, Iron Colonel, Gravitar

Narrative Voice: Alternating between Charles and Royal Williams

Issue Summary: In Las Vegas, while Mirage, Hellhound, and the Silver Age fight off the Dynamoids, the Williams Brothers confront Aubrey Jason and his newly acquired superpowers. In Astro City, the prominence of murderous vigilantes continues to rise, while the character of the populace is growing ever darker and meaner. All the while, some entity from beyond reality feeds on the negative output.

Date of Story: Takes place concurrent and immediately after to the end of Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #1 over July 25 and 26, 1984