# Astro City Is Back!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743 "2003-02-17T23:05:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743/1 "2003-02-17T23:05:12Z")

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Run, do not walk to your nearest comic store and get the new Astro City. This is one of the best comic books ever written. don’t miss out!

ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK! ASTRO CITY IS BACK!

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**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743/2 "2003-02-17T23:15:36Z")

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Damn you Kurt Busiek! How dare you let your health problems delayt my beloved Astro City for so long, you selfish bastard. . .

Er . . . I mean . . . new Astro City? Neat!

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743/3 "2003-02-17T23:16:57Z")

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AND…AND…it’s guaranteed to be on time!!! Really! I mean it!

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-city-is-back/155743/4 "2003-02-18T16:58:14Z")

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It was good, too – I was afraid Busiek might have lost a step, but this was a solid issue, better IMO than the introductory issue from the 1996 series.

–Cliffy