Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 No.2
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Full Title: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #2
Story Title: The Scoop
Cover Date: September 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
Credits: Kurt Busiek (Story), Brent Anderson (Art), Alex Ross (Cover & Back Cover Character Sketch), Richard Starkings and Comicraft (Lettering and Design), Steve Buccellato and Electric Crayon (Coloring and Production), Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor), Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson (Samaritan Figure Drawing), Art Nichols (Letter Column Background Art)
Publisher: Image Comics
Appearances: Elliot Mills (First), Silver Agent (First), Karnus (First), Shirak the Devourer (First), Honor Guard,- (Max O'Millions (First), Cleopatra I (First), Leopardman (First), Kitkat (First), Starwoman (First), N-Forcer, Silver Agent ), Bouncing Beatnik (First), Old Soldier (First)
Mentions: Samaritan, Living Nightmare, Experimentals, First Family, All-American, Lamplighter, Frontiersman, Astro-Naut, Commando K
Narrative Voice: Elliot Mills, speaking to an employee
Issue Summary: Reporter Elliot Mills witnesses a fantastic battle between Shirak the Devourer and his shark-like minions, fighting against Honor Guard and the Old Soldier. Told by his editor they cannot publish such a fantastic story without being able to prove the facts, he is tasked to strip the story down to just the hard, provable facts.
Date of Story: August 9th, 1995 in present; flashback portion to a few dates over late summer/early Fall of 1959. Likely in the last couple of weeks of August or first week of September.
Rocket Headlines: Samaritan Checks Nightmare Rampage, Caped "Samaritan" Saves Challenger, Final Frontier, Who Are The Experimentals?, Unmasked!, Rex & Natalie It's A Girl!, First Family To City: Good-Bye!, Aliens Routed By Honor Guard, Japan Surrenders, Astro-Naut Exposes Fifth Columnists, Commando K Lost Near Pyongyang
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