Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two No.3

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Full Title: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #3

Story Title: Street-Fighting Men

Cover Date: June 2007

Cover Price: $2.99

Credits: Kurt Busiek (Story), Brent Anderson (Art), Alex Ross (Cover), Comicraft's John Roshell (Lettering and Design), Alex Sinclair (Colors), Ben Abernathy (Editor), Kristy Quinn (Assistant Editor), Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor)

Publisher: Wildstorm (DC Comics Imprint)

Appearances: Simon Magus, Grimoire, Jack-in-the-Box, Hellhound, The Shaders (First), Jitterjack, Charles Williams, Joey Platypus, Aubrey Jason, Royal Williams, The Deacon, Platypus Mob, Street Angel, Black Velvet, E.A.G.L.E., Apollo Eleven-, (Commander One, Aquarina, Gas Giant, L.G.M., Nihil, Strangeling), First Family-, (Augustus Furst, Julius Furst, Natalie Furst, Nick Furst, Rex Zorus ) Demonwaves, Gunbirds, Energy Brown, Silver Agent

Mentions: Bamboo, The Deuce, Mister Badd, Dr. Lewis Oscar Croft, Oswald "Massacre" Morton, The Thumper, The Thumper, Derelikt, Chaosmarchers, Qestoth Sul, Johnny Dark, The Birdman

Narrative Voice: Alternating between Charles Williams and Royal Williams

Issue Summary: The sorcerer Simon Magus and Grimoire take center stage as a new factor enters Astro City's most turbulent decade: The Innocent Gun! Plus, while the gang war rages, guns of another sort spell disaster for the Williams family, as one brother seeks to kill and the other is targeted for death.

Date of Story: over two days in late January 1977