Augustus Furst

Augustus Furst © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active as of 2009 Real Name: Dr. Augustus Furst Earliest Appearance: 1950 Affiliation: First Family Base of Operations: First Family's Headquarters on Mount Kirby in Astro City Personal Data Date of Birth: Approximately in 1930 or 1931 InfoDump Headlines: June 10, 1964(approximately): Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #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: Samaritan#1 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City: Astra Special #1, 2 Astro City: Silver Agent #2 Event Timeline 1954     Dialog Rivalry Between The Furst Family and Kratorr Begins. 1961     Caption Adoption of Nick and Natalie Furst. 1971/08/06     Flashback The Arrest of Julius Furst for Selling Nuclear Secrets to the Kardonese. 1982     Current Omega Rangers Join the Battle Against Kerresh the Devaster. 1982/05/03     Current Silver Agent's Appointed Arrival at Romeyn Falls. 1996/01     Current Rex and Natalie Call in Reinforcements. 1996/09     Current Heroes of Astro City battle Thunderhead. 1996/11     Current Furst Family Visit Monstro City in Search of Astra. 2000     Flashback Armageddon Attempts the Destruction of all Reality. 2004/10     Current Omnius Rex/Danielle Battles Honor Guard. 2009/05     Current Matt and Astra teleport to First Family HQ. 2009/05     Current In the Transitions Chamber, Astra and Matt prepare for their visit to "The Knot". 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. History Dr. Furst attended Harold Jordan Memorial High School in St. Paul Minnesota. His and his brother, Julius' careers took off in 1950, when Augustus was sent to Romania to deal with an energy loss issue, that turned out to be Onggu the Omnivorous. Dr. Furst figured out that it was alien life and figured out a way to get rid of the being, which led him to get on the cover of Scientific American. A few months later some discovery led him to being on the cover of Time Magazine. 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. According to Julius, Madame Majestrix is the only one who could ever deal with Dr. Furst. He helped repair Beautie one time after she was torn apart by The Living Nightmare. Equipment 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; a former pipe-smoker, Dr. Furst can frequently be seen holding the device in his mouth, its stem pressed between his lips.