Description
Genre: superhero
First Line of Dialogue or Text: It was in Astro City, in 1972, that it started.
Synopsis:
Beginning the longest, most ambitious ASTRO CITY epic ever! In the wake of a global catastrophe during the early ’70s, two brothers deal with family secrets and social upheaval, involving heroes from Jack-In-the-Box to the Blue Knight, newcomers like Apollo Eleven, and the unsettling events leading to the final fate of the Silver Agent. THE DARK AGE consists of four 4-issue arcs stretching across Astro City’s darkest era. Find out why the ’70s were so troubled through the eyes of two men who survived the depths of it!
Characters:
The Apollo Eleven
Aquarina [Renata Delamare]
Arthro [Simon McCaleb]
Commander One [Andrew Garrison]
Encephalon [Leonard Vindari]
Gas Giant [Robin Carruthers]
Ichthyos [Xi Lun Chu]
Kahoutek [Jeremy Niederdorff]
L.G.M.
Nihil [Troy Willets]
Shrff [Clayton Rhodes]
Strangeling [Lafayette O’Hearn]
First Family
Augustus Furst
Julius Furst
Natalie Furst
Nick Furst
Jack-in-the-Box [Jack Johnson]
Kaspian
N-Forcer
The Old Soldier (newspaper photo)
Praetor
The Silver Agent [Alan Craig]
Starfighter [Duncan Keller]
Stumberjack
The Tourist
Charles Williams
Darnice Williams
Royal Williams
NM: 7253, 7254
