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Astro City: Life in the Big City
by Kurt Busiek
This series of short stories was a wonderful exploration of super heroes as actual living people with hopes and dreams. There's no plot or overarching storyline, but Astro City has been populated by interesting people who aren't focused on world domination, but more on what they're going to have for tea.
The heroes are various analogues of those found in the Marvel and DC universes (but different enough...) so they can be appreciated as their characters rather than their past deeds.
The opening story follows a superman-like character who absolutely loves to fly. Unfortunately, because he's so fast, he can only measure his actual flight time in mere seconds as his does battle against the forces of evil (and cats stuck in trees).
Another story follows a henchman as he accidentally spies a hero getting changed and sees his true face. He's then burdened as to what to do with the information and considers various scenarios of what would happen to him if he told someone.
I absolutely loved this book and look forward to getting my hands only volume 2.
The heroes are various analogues of those found in the Marvel and DC universes (but different enough...) so they can be appreciated as their characters rather than their past deeds.
The opening story follows a superman-like character who absolutely loves to fly. Unfortunately, because he's so fast, he can only measure his actual flight time in mere seconds as his does battle against the forces of evil (and cats stuck in trees).
Another story follows a henchman as he accidentally spies a hero getting changed and sees his true face. He's then burdened as to what to do with the information and considers various scenarios of what would happen to him if he told someone.
I absolutely loved this book and look forward to getting my hands only volume 2.