Augustus Furst

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World renown scientist and inventor and head of the First Family. He is the older brother of Julius, adoptive father to Nick and Natalie Furst and adoptive grandfather to Astra, Karl, and Sasha Furst.

Contents [hide]

   1 Vital Statistics
   2 InfoDump
   3 Speculations, Observations and Theories
   4 Headlines
   5 Appearances (in published order)
   6 Timeline

[edit] Vital Statistics

Status: active

Real Name: Dr. Augustus Furst

Debuted: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4

Born: approximately in either 1930 or 1931

Earliest known appearance: 1950

Affiliation: First Family

Base of Operations: Mount Kirby

Powers: none [edit] InfoDump

Attended Harold Jordan Memorial High School in St. Paul Minnesota.

Dr. Furst has been married four times. His most notable was wife number two, Nadia, whom he rescued from an alien energy field. She eventually left him for Kaspian and when she turned up missing, her two children were taken in by Dr. Furst.

Dr. Furst carries a small hand-held device called the Energenerator, an energy source that powers many of the gadgets and devices he uses. For the sake of comfort and familiarity, the Energenerator is shaped like a smoking pipe; former pipe-smoker Dr. Furst can frequently be seen holding the device in his mouth, its stem pressed between his lips.

He helped repair Beautie one time after she was torn apart by The Living Nightmare. [edit] Speculations, Observations and Theories [edit] Headlines

Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders(around June 10,1964)

[edit] Appearances (in published order)

Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1, 2, 3, 6, 9, Astro City: Local Heroes #4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 3, 4, Astro City Special: Samaritan Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City Special: Astra #1, 2 [edit] Timeline

Timeline Augustus Furst World renown scientist and inventor and head of the First Family. He is the older brother of Julius, adoptive father to Nick and Natalie Furst and adoptive grandfather to Astra, Karl, and Sasha Furst.

Contents [hide]

   1 Vital Statistics
   2 InfoDump
   3 Speculations, Observations and Theories
   4 Headlines
   5 Appearances (in published order)
   6 Timeline

[edit] Vital Statistics

Status: active

Real Name: Dr. Augustus Furst

Debuted: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4

Born: approximately in either 1930 or 1931

Earliest known appearance: 1950

Affiliation: First Family

Base of Operations: Mount Kirby

Powers: none [edit] InfoDump

Attended Harold Jordan Memorial High School in St. Paul Minnesota.

Dr. Furst has been married four times. His most notable was wife number two, Nadia, whom he rescued from an alien energy field. She eventually left him for Kaspian and when she turned up missing, her two children were taken in by Dr. Furst.

Dr. Furst carries a small hand-held device called the Energenerator, an energy source that powers many of the gadgets and devices he uses. For the sake of comfort and familiarity, the Energenerator is shaped like a smoking pipe; former pipe-smoker Dr. Furst can frequently be seen holding the device in his mouth, its stem pressed between his lips.

He helped repair Beautie one time after she was torn apart by The Living Nightmare. [edit] Speculations, Observations and Theories [edit] Headlines

Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders(around June 10,1964)

[edit] Appearances (in published order)

Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1, 2, 3, 6, 9, Astro City: Local Heroes #4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 3, 4, Astro City Special: Samaritan Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City Special: Astra #1, 2 [edit] Timeline

Timeline Augustus Furst

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World renown scientist and inventor and head of the First Family. He is the older brother of Julius, adoptive father to Nick and Natalie Furst and adoptive grandfather to Astra, Karl, and Sasha Furst.

Contents [hide]

   1 Vital Statistics
   2 InfoDump
   3 Speculations, Observations and Theories
   4 Headlines
   5 Appearances (in published order)
   6 Timeline

[edit] Vital Statistics

Status: active

Real Name: Dr. Augustus Furst

Debuted: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4

Born: approximately in either 1930 or 1931

Earliest known appearance: 1950

Affiliation: First Family

Base of Operations: Mount Kirby

Powers: none [edit] InfoDump

Attended Harold Jordan Memorial High School in St. Paul Minnesota.

Dr. Furst has been married four times. His most notable was wife number two, Nadia, whom he rescued from an alien energy field. She eventually left him for Kaspian and when she turned up missing, her two children were taken in by Dr. Furst.

Dr. Furst carries a small hand-held device called the Energenerator, an energy source that powers many of the gadgets and devices he uses. For the sake of comfort and familiarity, the Energenerator is shaped like a smoking pipe; former pipe-smoker Dr. Furst can frequently be seen holding the device in his mouth, its stem pressed between his lips.

He helped repair Beautie one time after she was torn apart by The Living Nightmare. [edit] Speculations, Observations and Theories [edit] Headlines

Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders(around June 10,1964)

[edit] Appearances (in published order)

Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1, 2, 3, 6, 9, Astro City: Local Heroes #4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 3, 4, Astro City Special: Samaritan Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City Special: Astra #1, 2 [edit] Timeline

Timeline Augustus Furst

Category: Heroes