The Worst Family

The Worst Family © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Presumed active Earliest Appearance: 1971 Personal Data InfoDump First Mentioned: Astro City: Local Heroes #4 Event Timeline The Worst Family The First Family's evil counterparts from a parallel universe. History August 6, 1971 - Julius Furst was arrested when it was discovered he stole nuclear secrets from the U.S. and sold them to a foreign power. It was later discovered that the real culprit was Julius's counterpart in the Worst Family. Speculations, Theories According to creator Kurt Busiek, it was important to set Augustus and Julius's hometown as one of the Twin Cities, thought it didn't really matter which one. (It ended up being St. Paul) Could the Worst Family hail from Minneapolis in their reality? There version of Astro City could be known as AtroCity as a play on words and the good vs bad worlds.