#41

Synopsis

The story of how brilliant inventor Roy Virgil became the space hero Astro-Naut, how he fell out of favor during World War II, and how he apparently sacrificed himself to save Romeyn Falls in 1946. As a reward, his friend and mayor Joe Greenwald renamed the city Astro City in 1947.

Reprinted in

• Astro City #16
• Astro City Metrobook #6

Credits

Script

Kurt Busiek, Ibrahim Moustafa, Justin Jordan

Pencils

Brent Anderson, Ibrahim Moustafa

Inks

Brent Anderson, Ibrahim Moustafa

Painting

Alex Ross

Colours

Pete Pantazis, Alex Sinclair

Letters

John Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, Comicraft

Cover

John Paul Leon

Editor

Molly Mahan

Group editor

Jamie S. Rich

Sample art

Ibrahim Moustafa

Characters

• Xalzana
• The Astro-Naut
• Roy Virgil
• All-American
• The Convincer
• Kitkat
• Slugger
• Starwoman
• Tabitha Grey
• The Bouncing Beatnik
• Alan Craig
• Barbara Hammacher
• Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo
• N-Forcer
• Wilbert
• Ener-Jeannie
• Natalie Furst
• The Lion
• The Old Soldier
• Nick Furst
• Jack-in-the-Box
• Adam Peterson
• Jake Buller
• The Lamplighter
• Augustus Furst
• El Hombre
• Johnny Homicide
• Solid
• The Unicorn
• Tillie Armstrong
• Black Badge
• Cleopatra
• Loony Leo
• Zootsuit
• K.O. Carson
• Julius Furst
• Jack Johnson
• Liquid
• Vapor
• Ken Davis
• The Trumpeter
• The Black Rapier
• Joe Greenwald
• Little Miss Muffet
• Max O'Millions
• Ersatz Ed
• Michael Hendrie
• MPH
• Atomicus
• The Gentleman
• Hummingbird
• The Silver Agent
• Johnny Appleton
• The Broken Man
• Pr'slla of K'ntar

Other printings & variants

• Alex Ross Samaritan Cover