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Astro City (Comic Book)
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Astro Citynote The full name is technically Kurt Busiek's Astro City, which was requested by his editor who thought "Astro City" by itself sounded too hokey is a comic book series (or, more accurately, sequence of mini-series and ongoings) written by Kurt Busiek and first published in 1995. Co-created by Busiek, interior artist Brent Anderson, and designer and cover artist Alex Ross, the series was originally published by Image, then moved to Homage/Wildstorm, staying with Wildstorm when it was bought by DC. When DC discontinued the Wildstorm imprint, the title was moved to Vertigo, and after Vertigo was discontinued, the creators took it back to Image.The titular location is home to a great many Super Heroes. The series does not have one continuing arc or viewpoint character. The stories vary in length, from one to two issues up to a sixteen-issue arc. Each story tends to focus on a different group or character, often taking the viewpoint of minor characters watching events unfold.Astro City is treated in a more or less "realistic" fashion,note though the creator gently rejects the term "realistic" often focusing on the emotional and personal lives of the heroes or those who just happen to live in the same universe. This puts it in the same class as Watchmen, The Golden Age, Kingdom Come, and Busiek's own Marvels.The in-universe Back Story of Astro City goes back to at least the 19th century, with heroes like the Old Soldier (believed dead in 1863) and Ironhorse the Human Locomotive (first seen in 1862), and probably even earlier, as Coyotl appears to have been present in pre-Columbian America.The list of superheroes and villains (individuals and groups) mentioned is really, REALLY long. The character page is here.After an indefinite hiatus due to Busiek's health issues, the comic resumed publication in June 2013 as an ongoing monthly series published by DC Comics. It was part of their Vertigo line, but divorced from the new, Vertigo/Wildstorm-inclusive DCU. The monthly ended in June 2018, with the series initially planned to continue as original graphic novels, but following a number of internal changes at DC, the creative team decided to take the series over to Image Comics, bringing it together with the rest of Busiek's creator-owned titles. The entire back catalog of Astro City collections was made available digitally in August 2021, and a new one-shot was released in March 2022. The series is on hold for the time being, but more is planned.On March 23, 2018 it was announced that Fremantle Media would be adapting Astro City for television. Busiek later reported in the 2022 one-shot that the TV series was now with another company. | |
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Krigari Ironhand's second defeat against Honor Guard came because he abducted all of their members except for Mermaid, whom he didn't think was worth bothering with. She manages to free them all. | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left: At one point in "The Dark Age", while the rest of Royal's gang is fighting Jack-in-the-Box, Royal rolls under a car to avoid capture. Once the fight is over, he simply rolls out and runs away. | |
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Secret Identity | |
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Secret Identity: Played with every way possible. Some supers have their identities publicly known and are treated like celebrities, such as with the First Family. Others are shrouded entirely in myth and feared or shunned, like The Confessor or the Blue Knight. And still others have revealed their identities to the authorities while keeping them secret from the public at large, such as the Street Angel and Quarrel. Roustabout has, in reality, a public identity in the Close-Knit Community of the carnival and the towns it visits, but because he's wanted by the law, the community acts as a large-scale Secret-Keeper and even feigns Obfuscating Stupidity as if it were an Extra-Strength Masquerade. In one story, a petty criminal stumbles upon Jack-in-the-Box's identity, then starts thinking about the ways he might exploit the information. The more he thinks about it, the more he realizes that it will all end VERY badly for him. He decides to forget everything and leave town instead. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: "Hero's Reward" is about Duncan Keller, a.k.a. the hero Starfighter, adjusting to being this. The Lorus, the source of his powers, has decided he should enjoy his retirement, and he should accept that it's okay to just take it easy for a while. The Black Rapier, leader of Honor Guard, voluntarily retires after decades of super-heroics. Dr. Cannon, Honor Guard's on-call medic, was formerly the superhero known as Tenspeed. Though they stopped short of giving themselves a team name, Charles and Royal Williams qualify — they go from being a pair of vengeful Nineties Anti Heroes to running a chartered fishing business in Mexico. "Old Times" shows that Supersonic still has the speed and the strength of his youth, if not the cleverness. | |
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Starfish Language | |
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Starfish Language: The Enelsians. Their speech amongst their own kind is represented by alien glyphs... which are actually part of a cypher in English. Translating what they are really saying is a fun little puzzle, if you have the time. | |
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Applied Phlebotinum | |
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"The Tarnished Angel" indicates that most B-grade supervillains suffer from this. They're often ordinary folks who happen to come across some sort of Applied Phlebotinum, then try to leverage it into riches and power. | |
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Animal Superheroes | |
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"Who's a Good Dog?" is a fun, upbeat adventure of Andy Merton and his pet corgi Hank after they've fused to become the superhero G-Dog. Then the veterinarian reminds Andy that Hank is in his old age. | |
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Thinking Up Portals | |
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Thinking Up Portals: The Silver Adept can open portals that allow her to travel instantaneously from one point to another, even across dimensional realms. The only exceptions are when mystical phenomena interfere with her travels, which require her assistant to help find alternate routes. | |
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Mutagenic Goo | |
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Mutagenic Goo: Alan Craig was fleeing from gangsters near Romeyn Falls when he found a cave with a giant glob of floating silver inside. Touching it instantly revitalized his body, and he eventually became the legendary hero known as the Silver Agent. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Alex Ross appear as three bank robbers hiding in a sewer in the "Confession" story arc. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Shazam! expy The Gentleman is modeled after Fred MacMurray (who has always been co-creator Alex Ross' model for Captain Marvel), while his sidekick Young Gentleman is modeled after Elvis Presley (a huge real-life fan of CM Junior). Similarly, his daughter Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong is modeled after Judy Garland (in a nod to Mary Marvel originally being modeled after Garland). The Green Man, in addition to being a Swamp Thing Captain Ersatz, is also heavily inspired in appearance by Alan Moore, the best-known writer of Swamp Thing. The British villain The Headmaster of Crime is John Cleese in a monocle and mortarboard. Tom O'Bedlam is essentially Tom Wolfe, immaculate white suit and all. One of the scientists in "Resistance" is a blatant personification of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. | |
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Captain Geographic | |
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It's mentioned that there are superheroes in other cities and countries, but most places with heroes seem to only have a handful, whereas Astro City has a highly disproportionate number. One character compares the city's abundance of super-beings as the equivalent to Los Angeles' earthquakes. Flashbacks show that even thousands of years before the city existed, the land itself attracted heroes of legend, including the super-powered kind. | |
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Phantom Zone | |
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Subverted with Samaritan, who has a Phantom Zone that he uses only as storage space for the many awards and souvenirs that he receives, and which merely gather the extradimensional equivalent of dust. | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste: Evil Sorcerer Infidel lives in an ornate floating palace, is tended to by beautiful naked homunculi, and eats and drinks the finest foods available anywhere. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Street Angel has one after Black Velvet confronts him with the Fridge Logic of Thou Shalt Not Kill. Specifically, she pointed out that for all of his nonlethal combat tactics, it's not like he ensured medical attention for every internal injury he caused and that many thugs likely died in cold alleys because of Street Angel's beatings. | |
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Multinational Team | |
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Multinational Team: The Apollo Eleven was originally a team of ten astronauts from various nations tasked with establishing an international Moon base. However, they made contact with extraterrestrials who transformed their bodies and returned them to Earth as their emissaries. They are accompanied by L.G.M., one of the aliens. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Prior to his Darker and Edgier turn, the Street Angel used to use non-lethal gimmicked throwing rings ("halos") to snare and catch his opponents. After his Darker And Edgier turn, he replaced them with halos made of high-impact ceramics with a steel core. | |
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Conflicting Loyalty | |
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Conflicting Loyalty: While working undercover for E.A.G.L.E., Charles Williams has to decide between reporting a major operation to his superiors or going after the man who killed his parents. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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The Lawmen are a group of hooded supremacists who attacked a gay pride parade. | |
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Godiva Hair: Infidel's homunculi appear as naked women with flowing hair. In "The Gordian Knot", Astra's former boyfriend Gavrad is dating Carissa, an orange humanoid alien with floor-length hair and wearing only a bikini bottom. | |
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SuperVillain | |
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Super Villain: It being a superhero genre series, there's scads of supervillains running around, from the reality-shattering Infidel to the Butt-Monkey Glue-Gun. | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One: Deliciously deconstructed in "Show 'Em All" — the Junkman pulls off a major heist without a hitch, and lives a life of luxury while everyone wonders who was the brilliant criminal who committed the robbery. However, he is soon frustrated at not getting recognition for the heist, especially since the public assumes that the heroes must have caught the mastermind somehow at another time. This eventually drives him to repeat the robbery again, but with deliberately-included minor flaws, so he can get captured. He is then thrilled to be recognized for the initial robbery and savors the high-profile trial detailing his heist in extraordinary detail, at which point he plans to escape the consequences anyway. | |
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Shared Mass Hallucination | |
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Shared Mass Hallucination: In "The Dark Age", there is a brief mention of a battle with the L.S.Deviant, an alien that induced reality-warping hallucinations throughout the city — cars eating pedestrians, buildings breathing, people sprouting wings... | |
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Cultural Rebel | |
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Cultural Rebel: Sticks is a gorilla who grew up in an enclave of warriors and protectors. Unfortunately, he wants to be a musician. | |
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Villain Team-Up | |
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Villain Team-Up: Villain teams seldom appear, and when they do, it's often as peripheral detail instead of the focus of a story. That said, a few do appear: The Unholy Alliance is a recurring team of villains who team up for various reasons, though the members also work on their own. The roster changes a bit from story to story, but core members tend to be Demolitia (team lead), Slamburger, Glowworm, and Flamethrower. Sugar and Spice are two scantily-clad women who commit various robberies with gimmick devices. Sugar wears a pink negligee with frill trim, while Spice wears a black dominatrix costume and wields a bullwhip. They have also worked with the Unholy Alliance from time to time. In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack has a brief flashback to when he was part of the Terrifying Three — Cutlass, Steeljack, and the first Quarrel. It comes up again in his return arc, as Cutlass seeks him out to help clear her name. Team Carnivore in "Pastoral" are a group of genetically-manufactured Beast Men. They appear to have been created together. | |
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"It" Is Dehumanizing | |
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"It" Is Dehumanizing: The Zirr Empire refer to the captured Darcy Conroy-Furst as "it" in their broadcasts. | |
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The Queenpin | |
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The Queenpin: "The Voice of the Turtle" has the Red Queen, a.k.a. Lucia, childhood girlfriend of the Mock Turtle. She built up a criminal empire using a combination of her own cleverness and guile, his intelligence, and various stolen goods. | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain: One issue reveals that the Time-Keeper, a time-themed villain in a referee outfit, managed to trigger a Crisis Crossover by starting a fight with a god and shattering time itself as a result. | |
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Clothes Make the Superman | |
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Clothes Make the Superman: American Chibi's powers come from her mystic hair scrunchies. Later, the scrunchies become a Transformation Trinket for her creator, Marguerite. | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: A variation occurs with Beautie and the daughter of Dr. Gearbox. When Beautie tries to figure out why she periodically suffers bouts of amnesia, she eventually discovers that she was invented by Elaine Girbachs, the prodigy daughter of a Gadgeteer Genius. However, he denounces Beautie because he thinks engineering and mathematics are not proper fields for girls; this causes the daughter to angrily renounce Beautie, ordering her to go away and "FORGET FOREVER!" | |
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Genre Shift | |
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Genre Shift: A meta-example — Kurt Busiek has noted that Max O'Millions, an Honor Guard member in The '50s and The '60s, started life as an "Astro Comics"note see Direct Line to the Author, above non-superhero character similar to Richie Rich. He was retooled into a superhero when they came back into vogue, in homage to a similar retooling for characters like Martian Manhunter. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: Zootsuit is only named in the solicit for Vertigo issue #41, not the issue itself. He does get named a few issues down the line, however. | |
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Comic-Book Time | |
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Comic-Book Time: Averted; the Astro City characters age in real time. In the first issue of the second series in 1995, POV character Ben Pullam is an adult man with two young daughters moving to Astro City for the first time. In the first issue of the Vertigo series in 2013, Ben is back as an older man and his two daughters return now as grown women in their late twenties. Astra, the First Family's daughter, is ten years old in a 1996 story, and graduates from college in her own 2009 mini-series. In the interval, her uncle Nick has gotten married and has super-powered twin children of his own. The Black Rapier, a longtime leader of Honor Guard, retires in a 2014 story and even mentions his 45-year-long crime-fighting career (aided by a rejuvenation serum). Being Badass Normals, Quarrel and Crackerjack are acutely aware of the effects of advancing age on their bodies and reflexes. Starfighter got his powers during the Vietnam War; by 2017, he's a white-haired senior writing novels and enjoying quiet time with his (alien) family. | |
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A Father to His Men | |
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The leading example in Astro City is unarguably the Silver Agent. A natural leader and All-Loving Hero, he selflessly helps anyone in need regardless of the risk to himself. He ends up being an inspiring figure for over 43 centuries to beings throughout the universe. | |
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Howard Hughes Homage | |
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Howard Hughes Homage: The Astro-Naut is an overt copy of Howard Hughes, being the Badass Bookworm millionaire owner of an aerospace company who goes on epic adventures. The only reason he won't share his inventions with the US military is the fear that The World Is Not Ready. | |
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Underestimating Badassery | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1a8dc238 | comment |
Underestimating Badassery: Krigari Ironhand's second defeat came about because he abducted all the members of the Honor Guard save Mermaid, whom he didn't think was worth bothering with. She managed to free everyone else. | |
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You Meddling Kids | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1abf68d5 | comment |
You Meddling Kids: "The Cat Who Walked Through Walls" ends with the villain Popinjay muttering "...if not for that ridiculous feline!" | |
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Tropaholics Anonymous | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1afb845c | comment |
Tropaholics Anonymous: In "Aftermaths", we see that Michael Tenicek from "The Nearness Of You" now runs "Miranda's Friends", a support group for people who have lost loved ones or suffered emotional trauma due to superpowered struggles. | |
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The Ghost | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1ba17583 | comment |
The Ghost: The occult serial killer in the Confessor arc is never seen or even named. Except for a brief glimpse at the end, as a gigantic Eldritch Abomination fighting the Hanged Man. | |
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End of an Age | |
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End of an Age: "The Dark Age" explores how the optimism of the The '50s and The '60s transformed into an era of public skepticism in their leaders, the rise of violent and reckless "heroes", and more. At the end, it is agreed that this age ended when Samaritan averted the Challenger disasternote In the very first issue of Astro City and ushered in a new, brighter era of inspirational heroism. | |
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Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1c08ee8f | comment |
Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: Infidel narrates that he once destroyed the universe in a "fit of pique." After discovering even that wouldn't kill Samaritan (and Samaritan realizing the same for Infidel), they collaborated to put everything back together. Once that was done, they decided to have dinner together once a year instead of constantly putting reality at risk. | |
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Pyromaniac | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1c0dbffc | comment |
The villain Flamethrower is this, with a touch of Pyromaniac thrown in. | |
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Fight Off the Kryptonite | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1c4ae832 | comment |
Fight Off the Kryptonite The Confessor's Heroic Sacrifice involves taking on men armed with hologram cross-generators, guns that shoot giant wooden stakes, holy water, etc. and succeeding in revealing the Alien Invasion despite all this. And don't forget he wears a shirt with a big, shiny cross on it because the constant pain this causes helps him overcome the vampiric bloodlust. In "The Tarnished Angel" arc, once the conflicted Steeljack finally realizes what he's fighting for and that he's the only one who can save everyone, he's able to overcome the special "vibro-magnetic" weapons that were used to take him down before. | |
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Reformed, but Rejected | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1c5599e4 | comment |
Reformed, but Rejected: In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack leaves prison tired of being a supervillain and simply wants to make an honest living for himself. However, he is shunned by most employers, and the only work offers he gets are for supervillain jobs, which he cannot accept lest he break parole. When he tries to investigate a string of murders, his efforts are met with rejection and scorn from people who assume he's up to no good. | |
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Superhero Capital of the World | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1c61fc50 | comment |
Superhero Capital of the World: While every major city has its own superheroes, Astro City itself attracts an unusually large number of them. Sometimes lampshaded by characters who find the heavy concentration of super-activity to be part of the city's appeal. | |
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Playing with Fire | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1cc9f5e5 | comment |
Playing with Fire: The villain Flamethrower is this, with a touch of Pyromaniac thrown in. There's an alien species called the Thermians who are Wreathed in Flames and wear backpacks that let them manipulate fire. | |
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Welcome to the Big City | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1d3d3c32 | comment |
Welcome to the Big City: Happens to Brian Kinney when he first arrives in Astro City. Fortunately for him, the Crossbreed are there to gently persuade the pickpocket to return his wallet. | |
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Power Limiter | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1dce4748 | comment |
Power Limiter: Lord Sovereign has a fragment of the Sekhmet Stone embedded in his armor; it's the only thing that allows him to control his dark energies and prevent them from overwhelming him. | |
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Vice City | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1e763245 | comment |
Kiefer Square is a Vice City version of this trope. The locals are all working-class folks, many of whom get by as B-grade villains or Mooks, but they still have the local Gossipy Hens and street roughs, and don't hesitate to come together when the neighborhood is imperiled. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1e7c47ab | comment |
Stealth Pun: The supervillain Slamburger appears to be made of ground beef. See also the Crossbreed: David (the giant), Daniel (the lion-man), Peter (rock-skinned stone manipulator), Mary (winged flyer), Joshua (sonic screams) and Noah (commands rain and lightning). Though in this case, the characters make it deliberately clear that these are religious references, not much stealth utilized. And the astronauts-turned superheroes in the Apollo Eleven. Why, yes, they did land on the moon. The name came first (from Alex Ross), and the characters followed. The Confessor. Vampires are stereotypically associated with bats, making him a literal Batman. The main prison is Astro City is Biro Island Correctional Facility. In British English, a "biro" is a generic term for a pen. | |
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Artificial Human | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1ee0948e | comment |
Infidel's homunculi appear as naked women with flowing hair. | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1ee9819e | comment |
Scary Shiny Glasses: Simon Magus' glasses give off a constant glow, as if they're hiding some great power behind them. | |
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1.0 | |
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Tragic Intangibility | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1f6854a4 | comment |
Tragic Intangibility: Robin Carruthers and Simon McCaleb of the Apollo Eleven are deeply in love. Unfortunately, the incident that gave them powers has turned Simon into a four-armed insectoid being, while Robin is now an intangible being made of gas. | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1f7c89f6 | comment |
Nigh-Invulnerability: Steeljack is 800 pounds of living metal, making him damn tough to hurt. He can still be incapacitated or killed by other, indirect means. | |
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You Know I'm Black, Right? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1f9fac06 | comment |
You Know I'm Black, Right?: A boisterous, money-grubbing comic publisher did not know that the supervillain Glowworm was black before depicting him as a white supremacist in a Jack-in-the-Box story. The results were not pretty. | |
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Deal with the Devil | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_1fc8335e | comment |
Deal with the Devil: In order to complete his work, Dr. Bertram Garneau — a fervent progressive idealist — makes an agreement with an amoral arms dealer to sponsor his research. | |
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Alternate Company Equivalent | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_200c8312 | comment |
Alternate Company Equivalent: The backbone of the series. Every character is an entirely original creation, but they all draw on archetypes from other comics. Samaritan is basically Superman but with a Time Travel origin, the Silver Agent is Captain America as a metaphor for The Silver Age of Comic Books, The First Family is basically the Fantastic Four but multi-generational, Jack-in-the-Box is heavily inspired by Spider-Man but with a variety of gadgets instead of powers, and so on. As The Gentleman is a Golden Age Expy of Captain Marvel, it's rather fitting that he's drawn to resemble Alex Ross's renditions of the Big Red Cheese (especially since Ross paints almost all of the Astro City covers). | |
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Reveal Shot | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_207e000c | comment |
Reveal Shot: The end of "Pastoral" reveals what Cammie saw that made up her mind about Caplinville. | |
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Punch-Clock Villain | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_20860a0e | comment |
Punch-Clock Villain: In "Ellie's Friends", Ellie's nephew Fred is making money on the side by renting out Ellie's collection of robot friends as mooks and henchmen to anyone. Ellie ends up getting arrested as a result. | |
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Gentleman Thief | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_20d965e | comment |
Gentleman Thief: Ned of "Deep Dark Woods" originally started off as a dapper criminal called the Gentleman Bandit. | |
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It Only Works Once | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_20e6a6e7 | comment |
It Only Works Once: The Innocent Gun was a powerful mystic superweapon that was left behind by alien Precursors to be used to protect humanity from a vaguely unspecified future threat, and was crafted so that it could only be used once. Unfortunately, the Point Man ended up using it against another menace, leaving the gun unavailable for the original threat. | |
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All Crimes Are Equal | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_211eedd | comment |
All Crimes Are Equal: Some of the Sociopathic Heroes in "The Dark Ages" take this view, dispensing major punishment for crimes as minor as littering. In one example, The Pale Horseman incinerates three teenage boys for stealing shopping carts. | |
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Heroic Vow | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_21af9165 | comment |
Heroic Vow: Appears in flashback in "Old Times"; in his heyday, Supersonic pledged to himself to always use an original method against each of his opponents. When he's called out of retirement to stop a rampaging robot, he feels shamed because his impending senility has reduced him to simply hitting it until it stops. | |
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Homemade Inventions | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_21cc1bfe | comment |
Homemade Inventions: This is The Junkman's gimmick; after being forced to retire, he decided to show the world the foolishness of throwing things away. He robs a bank with toy soldiers made into miniature robots, an Etch-a-Sketch repurposed as a fluoroscope, and other equally recycled equipment. | |
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Good Is Not Dumb | |
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Good Is Not Dumb: Many of the heroes are reasonably nice even as they foil the villains' plans, but the Gentleman is arguably the quintessential example — he is unerringly polite, and was still smart enough to avoid capture by alien invaders who had imprisoned almost all of the other heroes. | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation: Pyramid, a recurring worldwide evil organization with an Egyptian theme. | |
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Mistaken Identity | |
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Mistaken Identity: When the Mock Turtle arrives in Kiefer Square, Steeljack thinks he's the latest target of the Kiefer Square murders. In reality, he's being hunted by the Chessmen in retaliation for a totally unrelated matter. | |
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Holding Both Sides of the Conversation | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_232e4ee0 | comment |
Holding Both Sides of the Conversation: Atomicus uses his self-duplicating power to conceal his secret identity. | |
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Missing White Woman Syndrome | |
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Missing White Woman Syndrome: Briefly referenced in "Confession", when a series of ritualistic killings becomes worthy of a public panic only after an archetypal blonde high-school sweetheart becomes one of the victims. | |
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Patriotic Fervor | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_23be181a | comment |
Patriotic Fervor: Discussed in "The Dark Age"; the disillusionment many Americans felt in The '70s — that the United States was no longer a flawless leader of the world — is reflected in the public's growing skepticism about superheroes. Meanwhile, a group called the Sterling Foundation pushes for a renewed sense of nationalism, urging Americans to "stand up" against opposition and criticism. | |
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Genre Deconstruction | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_23e32a30 | comment |
Genre Deconstruction: Astro City is a deconstruction and a reconstruction; it focuses on the impact of superheroes on regular people, but also on the inner thoughts of heroes and villains. Even more so, it deals with those issues in ways that are not just negative or cynical as deconstructions often are. For example, one story deals with a parent bringing his children to Astro City, only to be greeted with a chaotic night full of angry weather elementals; yet despite the danger, he decides they should stay, as the strength and idealistic community of the city were values he wanted his children to have. Other stories deal with a hero trying to balance the needs of his neighborhood and the needs of his unborn child, or a lawyer leveraging superhero tropes to benefit his client but subsequently endangering his family. Kurt likes to keep his fans guessing. | |
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Changing of the Guard | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_245cb69d | comment |
Changing of the Guard: Given the long line of legacy heroes in the 'verse, this happens fairly often. The first Jack-in-the-Box was killed in action, although his family knew only that he vanished without a trace. It wasn't until years later that his son discovered a hidden cache of his costumes and equipment, and decided to become the second Jack-In-The-Box and avenge his father's death. Jack-In-The-Box II had a two-issue story arc on his succession. Jack is confronted by nightmarish futuristic versions of his son, who blame Jack for their fate — in their Alternate History, Jack died before they were born, and was therefore unable to be a father figure in their lives. When Jack later discovers his wife is pregnant, he has to decide between giving up his super-hero identity or risk leaving behind a twisted offspring. The problem is resolved when Jack passes his super-hero identity to an acrobatic gang member, whom he aids from his home basement with remote-control spy cameras and microphones. The mantle of The Confessor is passed on when the original Confessor is killed and his sidekick chooses to take over the role. Played with in the case of Quarrel, a male villain whose daughter inherits his title and equipment, but ends up becoming a hero instead — just as he wanted. Comes up in the story of Starfighter as well, in a different way. As his powers begin to fade, he wonders what he's done wrong... only for the entity that grants said powers to explain it just wants him to have a peaceful retirement. It then presents him with a list of several worthy candidates to take on the mantle, one of whom is his daughter. | |
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Ascended Fanboy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_246c5b47 | comment |
Ascended Fanboy: Altar Boy starts off as a small-town child who wishes to make his name as a Kid Sidekick. American Chibi is an ascended fangirl. She squees whenever Samaritan compliments her on a job well done, and is absolutely over the moon when he names her a member of the Honor Guard. Wolfspider is a downplayed example — while he grew up watching and admiring Honor Guard, he's really excited to join his childhood cartoon heroes "Queenslaw". | |
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Go Through Me | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_25208c30 | comment |
Go Through Me: At one point, Royal Williams is trapped on a rooftop as the Blue Knight prepares to shoot him. Suddenly, his brother Charles appears, standing in front of Royal and insisting that the Knight will have to shoot him first if he wants to get his brother. | |
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Palette Swap | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2557e3a9 | comment |
Palette Swap: Infidel once did something that gave Samaritan a blue costume and red hair. | |
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Trapped on the Astral Plane | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_257a52ac | comment |
Trapped on the Astral Plane: The Body Surfer supervillain called the Silver Brain was banished to another plane of existence years ago by Samaritan. He keeps escaping by possessing the denizens of that other realm and riding their bodies back to the physical world. Teen superteam the Jayhawks were presumed dead when caught in a massive explosion. Actually, they've been trapped in an intangible state all that time, only able to watch, and unable to get anyone's attention. | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_25b5600 | comment |
The Green Man, in addition to being a Swamp Thing Captain Ersatz, is also heavily inspired in appearance by Alan Moore, the best-known writer of Swamp Thing. | |
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Red Right Hand | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_25b7257f | comment |
Red Right Hand: Royal recognizes Aubrey Jason as his parents' killer by his distinctive facial scar. | |
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I Just Want to Have Friends | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_26764512 | comment |
I Just Want to Have Friends: In Astra's first appearance, she loves her parents and the rest of the First Family, but despite her powers and super-adventures she's still a child and desperately yearns for the friendship of other kids her age. She then runs off to have an "adventure", leaving her superpowered family going out of their minds with worry about which of their enemies have taken her while she's attending elementary school and mastering hopscotch. In "Wish I May...", Teen Genius Evil Nerd Simon Says works with his Arch-Enemy Starbright to bring Simon's old school friends to his lair so they can celebrate Simon's sixteenth birthday party together. | |
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Cop/Criminal Family | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_26bb1906 | comment |
Cop/Criminal Family: The two viewpoint characters in "The Dark Age" are brothers Charles and Royal Williams. Charles is a policeman, and Royal is a petty criminal. | |
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Past Experience Nightmare | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_26fb2f9e | comment |
Past Experience Nightmare: Used repeatedly in "The Dark Age" as Charles and Royal Williams recall the night their apartment exploded and their parents were killed. When they finally confront Lord Sovereign, his enhanced mental powers allow him to enter their memory and taunt them about killing everyone they've ever known. | |
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Captain Ethnic | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_272b44e | comment |
Captain Ethnic / Captain Geographic: The further away a hero is from Astro City proper, the more likely they are to be one of these. This is quite deliberate, to allow for a strong sense of place when outside of the boundaries of Astro City. Las Vegas' big hero is the neon-themed Mirage. New York is defended by Skyscraper. Boston has the Silversmith (after Bostonian silversmith Paul Revere) and The Brahmin. Chicago has The Untouchable. Austin, Texas has Lonestar. Atlanta, Georgia (home of Coca-Cola) has The Real Thing. Detroit, the Motor City, has MPH. Los Angeles has Starpower, a Chrome Champion wearing an oversized film strip. The All-American and Slugger can be seen as representing the United States as a whole, whose tactics and abilities all come from sports. Australia's most notable heroes include Kookaburra, Barrier, Bullroarer, and the Colonial. Later issues introduced another hero called Wolfspider, and the villains Coolangatta Pete, the Exo-Skells, and Jack Panzer. There's also a popular kids' cartoon called "Queenslaw", about a team of (fictional) Australian superheroes — Cap'n Cookaburra, Banana Bender, Goldrush, Krokolite, Seadragon, the Territorian, and Numbat. British crime lords include The Red Queen, Clever Dick, the Toff and the Headmaster of Crime, while its heroes include The Lion and the Unicorn, Larkspur, and Popstar. Germany has Iron Cross. Kenya has Anansi, who creates illusions. India has a team of super-powered street urchins called The Unclean. Brazilian heroes mentioned are the Birds of Paradise, a trio of flying, scantily-clad women. | |
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Skull for a Head | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_27ba1b50 | comment |
Skull for a Head: The Blue Knight wears a face mask that projects a holographic skull. | |
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Uncertain Doom | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2854b56d | comment |
Uncertain Doom: Plenty of characters simply vanish between stories with no obvious cause. Given the difficult line of work they live in and the lack of Comic-Book Time, it's not quite clear if they've died in battle, moved away, or simply retired. | |
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Top-Heavy Guy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_28951c74 | comment |
Top-Heavy Guy: Krakkaboom of the 80s Astro City Irregulars, whose bombastic proportions are evidently a side effect of his powers. | |
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1.0 | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_28cd01ca | comment |
Disappeared Dad: Dr. Bertram Garneau was a neurophysiologist who abandoned his wife and child to spend more time fighting for progressive and liberal causes. Even after his wife died from cancer, he left his daughter to fend for herself, occasionally sending money to support her. | |
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Walking the Earth | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_29292e6d | comment |
Walking the Earth: Looney Leo once spent six years wandering around the United States. Being a living cartoon character, he did not need to eat or sleep or be sheltered from the elements, which made it easier. In the early seventeenth century, there was Silverstring, a mysterious musician who wandered from town to town and realm to realm. His magical silver-stringed guitar was said to mesmerize crowds and repel monsters, but he would always move on for new music to learn. He is rumored to have died somewhere near Romeyn Falls. | |
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I Meant to Do That | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_293f8cd8 | comment |
I Meant to Do That: In "The Menace From Earth", the First Family routed the Zirr Empire by destroying their mighty Ubersaurus, humiliated the leaders, and smashed their communications array before leaving. Afterwards, the Zirr Empire tells its citizens that their emperor mercifully allowed the humans to live, exiling them after their deeds, and dismissed the communications array as merely an art piece. Zo the Zirr, who witnessed these events, realizes the official account is a massive pile of Blatant Lies. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_297ab1b9 | comment |
Parental Abandonment: Louisa Garneau loses her parents as a teenager; her father left home to work on advocacy for various progressive and liberal causes, while her mother died of cancer in a hospital. Brian Kinney loses both of his parents at a young age and ends up in an orphanage as a result. El Hombre recruits his Kid Sidekick Bravo after his parents were killed by gang violence. | |
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Detrimental Determination | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_298a9d75 | comment |
Detrimental Determination: This eventually happens to Charles and Royal Williams, due to their growing obsession with hunting down their parents' killer. The two pursue him across multiple hideouts all over the planet, oblivious to the collateral damage and endangered innocents in their wake. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2a090d00 | comment |
The Black Rapier, a longtime leader of Honor Guard, retires in a 2014 story and even mentions his 45-year-long crime-fighting career (aided by a rejuvenation serum). | |
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Beast Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2ab73660 | comment |
Stormhawk and G-Dog both use a magic amulet that merged them with their pet to form a Beast Man superhero. | |
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1.0 | |
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Secret Relationship | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2bf993ad | comment |
Secret Relationship: As Roustabout is on the run from the law, he and his girlfriend naturally keep quiet. | |
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He Who Fights Monsters | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2c1f1138 | comment |
He Who Fights Monsters: Lampshaded in "The Dark Age" as Charles Williams gets to wondering exactly how much difference there is between the current generation of Darker and Edgier "heroes" and the criminals they fight. Later played straight as Charles and his brother Royal grow obsessed with killing their parents' killer that they become the same callous "heroes" that they despised. | |
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Was It Really Worth It? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2c27353f | comment |
Was It Really Worth It?: At one point, a disillusioned Royal Williams wonders if getting revenge on his parent's killers is worth it if he loses his brother Charles along the way. | |
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Worldbuilding | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2cd0a681 | comment |
Worldbuilding: Astro City is built on this trope — Kurt Busiek has mapped out the entire timeline of the 'verse and will not hesitate to include throwaway references to unexplained people, places, and events in its own history. These often appear to the reader as Call Backs, Cryptic Background References, and Continuity Nods, creating a very strong sense of a fully interconnected and consistent narrative universe. | |
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Frame-Up | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d363f63 | comment |
Frame-Up: In "Confession", there is a spate of robberies seemingly performed by Crackerjack. "Victory" begins with several female villains accusing Winged Victory of secretly being their leader, using her heroic persona as an act. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d6f00e4 | comment |
Psycho for Hire: There's Demolitia and the Unholy Alliance, who enjoy their work too much to be Punch-Clock Villains and are not classy enough to form Murder, Inc. The terrorist organization Pyramid is not above renting out their psycho killer Jitterjack for whoever has the price. For a while, the '90s Anti-Hero Hollowpoint was running a killer-for-hire service. | |
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We Help the Helpless | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d9e89f7 | comment |
We Help the Helpless: This is how Resistor works — at times of intense emotional energy, when peaceful people are being attacked, selfless people nearby who want to help them are transformed into energy beings able to protect them from harm. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d9e89f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d9e89f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2d9e89f7 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2da5273e | type |
Just Like Robin Hood | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2da5273e | comment |
In "The Voice of the Turtle", we get the life story of the Mock Turtle, a soft-spoken, naive, good-hearted inventor who only ever wanted to find a city of dreams. After getting tricked into committing crimes by a manipulative woman, he eventually flees the UK and makes his way to Astro City, where he's saved from his troubles and welcomed as a friend by Steeljack and the denizens of Kiefer Square. The issue ends with him having finally found his city of dreams, happy at last. Then issue 18 opens after his brutal murder. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2da5273e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2da5273e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2da5273e | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e20a6ef | type |
Heroic Pet Story | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e20a6ef | comment |
Heroic Pet Story: "The Cat Who Walked Through Walls" is focused on Kittyhawk, the pet of Sunshrike and Nightingale. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e20a6ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e20a6ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e20a6ef | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e338ce4 | type |
The Cavalry Arrives Late | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e338ce4 | comment |
The Cavalry Arrives Late: in "The Tarnished Angel", the Honor Guard gets to cart off the villain and get medical attention for Steeljack. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e338ce4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e338ce4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e338ce4 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52 | type |
Girlish Pigtails | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52 | comment |
Girlish Pigtails: Several — American Chibi, Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong, and Cammie's nine-year-old cousin Holly in "Pastoral." | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e8875f0 | type |
Misplaced Retribution | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e8875f0 | comment |
Misplaced Retribution: For decades, the Drama Queen believed that the original Jack-in-the-Box was responsible for killing her grandfather, the mob boss known as Mister Drama. She confronts Jack-in-the-Box III at the scene of the death, only to learn that her grandfather killed himself and the original Jack because he was dying of cancer. Shocked by this revelation, she tries to immolate herself instead. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e8875f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e8875f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2e8875f0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2eb5b964 | type |
Dragons Up the Yin Yang | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2eb5b964 | comment |
Dragons Up the Yin Yang: The Jade Dragons are a brother-sister martial arts team. Each sibling had a dragon tattooed along one arm; when put together, the two summoned a spiritual dragon to attack their foes. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2eb5b964 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2eb5b964 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2eb5b964 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2f4d2172 | type |
C-List Fodder | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2f4d2172 | comment |
C-List Fodder: "The Tarnished Angel" has an in-universe version. Someone is murdering the C-list supervillains of Kiefer Square, but their surviving relatives are resigned to the fact that none of them are prominent enough or important enough for the police or the heroes to care. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2f4d2172 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2f4d2172 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_2f4d2172 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_302730a | type |
Fusion Dance | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_302730a | comment |
Andy Merton was a petty criminal who happened to steal the magic amulet that had belonged to Stormhawk. He accidentally triggered it, merging with his corgi and gaining superpowers. He also gained a strong empathic link to the dog, whose sense of loyalty and herd instinct steered him away from crime and toward using his new powers to help people as a hero. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_302730a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_302730a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_302730a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3036294e | type |
Scary Black Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3036294e | comment |
Scary Black Man: Hellhound is a burly black man with a demonic look, a torn leather jacket with chains, and other scary accoutrements. Subverted in that he's one of the nicest heroes around. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3036294e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3036294e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3036294e | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_30e222a1 | type |
Censor Steam | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_30e222a1 | comment |
Censor Steam: A variant involving speed lines is used when Samaritan has his dreams of flying naked. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_30e222a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_30e222a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_30e222a1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_31708bd3 | type |
Terror Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_31708bd3 | comment |
Terror Hero: The Confessor, a Batman Expy who intimidates criminals with scary deep voices and persistent rumors of supernatural origins. During Astro City's equivalent of the Dark Age, other Anti-Hero characters of this vein appeared, including the Blue Knight, the Street Angel, Hellhound, Stone Cold, and the Pale Horseman. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_31708bd3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_31708bd3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_31708bd3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_326a44a1 | type |
Create Your Own Villain | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_326a44a1 | comment |
Create Your Own Villain: Aubrey Jason would have been content to remain a normal human and high-ranking Pyramid leader, but was pushed into acquiring superhuman powers to protect himself from the relentless pursuit of Charles and Royal Williams and their Roaring Rampage of Revenge. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_326a44a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_326a44a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_326a44a1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_32da548d | type |
Arch-Enemy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_32da548d | comment |
Starbright is replaced by his former Arch-Enemy Simon Says after the original dies on a mission. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_32da548d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_32da548d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_32da548d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3300f2be | type |
Extra-Strength Masquerade | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3300f2be | comment |
Extra-Strength Masquerade: In "Pastoral", the Close-Knit Community's means of acting as a collective Secret-Keeper is by using Obfuscating Stupidity. They do it so well that Cammie feels like they are in a Masquerade that only she can see through. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3300f2be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3300f2be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3300f2be | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3322dd48 | type |
Hollywood Law | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3322dd48 | comment |
Hollywood Law: In "Things Past", Steeljack's trial is hijacked when Cutlass' high-priced private attorney shows up, takes over his case, presents a litany of evidence and witnesses proving Steeljack's innocence, and moves to have the case dismissed... all in the span of a few hours. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3322dd48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3322dd48 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3322dd48 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_334b7f3a | type |
Cryptic Background Reference | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_334b7f3a | comment |
Cryptic Background Reference: Used liberally. Right from the first issue we're given all sorts of names and concepts that are not given direct exposition, it is simply expected that readers will fill in the gaps with their knowledge of comic book tropes. In particular, the death of a hero named Silver Agent is referenced in quite a few issues, we even see a memorial at one point. Why did he die? Why does the memorial say "To Our Eternal Shame"? This would go unrevealed for a long, long time, until the "The Dark Age" revealed that he was framed for murder by the Mad Maharajah, and the government executed him to show they still had control over superheroes. Using time travel, he saved the entire city mere minutes after his death, and saved the world several times years later, illustrating that he was a hero to the last. The kicker? The Mad Maharajah wasn't even really dead. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_334b7f3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_334b7f3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_334b7f3a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3356ed55 | type |
I Wish It Were Real | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3356ed55 | comment |
I Wish It Were Real: An element in several stories. Loony Leo was a cartoon character brought to life because of a mishap with the Golden Age villain Professor Borzoi's Belief Ray. Leo stopped the villain and started to fade away, but The Gentleman convinces the crowd to save him by believing Leo was real. Beautie is an adult-sized manifestation of the popular Beautie doll for girls. She is actually a robot invented by the genius daughter of a Gadgeteer Genius, who used the doll as a model. One day, the heroes of the popular Australian kids' TV show "Queenslaw" manifested in the real world, fighting crime to the delight of kids and adults nationwide. They're actually a gang of criminals who used Professor Borzoi's Belief technology to commit robberies while impersonating the heroes. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3356ed55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3356ed55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3356ed55 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33aa30e3 | type |
The Man They Couldn't Hang | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33aa30e3 | comment |
The Man They Couldn't Hang: Played with by The Hanged Man, who is implied to be the victim of a hanging several centuries ago. Whether or not he currently counts as alive is another matter... It's subsequently implied in "Waltz of the Hours" that he's not what he's assumed to be, that he's been known by other names in other times and places, and that "The Hanged Man" is merely his most recent name. "The Party of the First Part" reveals that he already had "The Hanged Man" as his name in 18th century France, and that he took a new host there after his old body was destroyed, that of a criminal being hanged who accepted his offer of redemption. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33aa30e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33aa30e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33aa30e3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33ec1e36 | type |
Army of Lawyers | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33ec1e36 | comment |
Simon Sterling of Sterling Industries is an arms dealer who provides super-tech to government agencies. He's been exposed for illegally selling weapons on the black market to criminals and hostile nations, but have avoided prosecution thanks to his vast fortune and Army of Lawyers. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33ec1e36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33ec1e36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_33ec1e36 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3407c500 | type |
The World Is Not Ready | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3407c500 | comment |
The World Is Not Ready: This is the reason that the Astro-Naut gave for not sharing his technological discoveries with the United States government — he had battled enough Planet Looters before that he feared humans would do the same thing to other worlds. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3407c500 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3407c500 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3407c500 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_34258d8a | type |
Good-Guy Bar | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_34258d8a | comment |
Good-Guy Bar: Within Astro City are two prominent examples. Bruiser's Bar is a rough-and-tumble dive, complete with popcorn, longnecks, and arm-wrestling. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Butlers, a very discreet private club with formal eveningwear and elegantly catered meals, suitable for special events. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_34258d8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_34258d8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_34258d8a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35022c20 | type |
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35022c20 | comment |
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Dr. Bertram Garneau kept the critical knowledge of his neuro-memetic imprint research in his mind, so his Corrupt Corporate Executive sponsor would not be able to exploit it. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35022c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35022c20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35022c20 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3517000d | type |
Mad Scientist | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3517000d | comment |
Dr. Saturday is a Mad Scientist who builds giant robots that resemble cartoon characters. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3517000d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3517000d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3517000d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_352151a3 | type |
Recursive Reality | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_352151a3 | comment |
Recursive Reality: "Sorrowsday" introduces the Moleculands, an entire set of microscoping realities like Subatomia and the Quarkrealms. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_352151a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_352151a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_352151a3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35cae9cc | type |
Sex Magic | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35cae9cc | comment |
Sex Magic: At least one of Simon Magus' rituals require having sex with his assistant Grimoire. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35cae9cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35cae9cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35cae9cc | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35d7be67 | type |
Hermetic Magic | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35d7be67 | comment |
Hermetic Magic: Simon Magus was specifically designed to look more "European hermetic" than "carnival prestidigitator". | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35d7be67 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35d7be67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_35d7be67 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_36999dd | type |
This Means War! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_36999dd | comment |
This Means War!: Played for drama in "Serpent's Teeth", when an alternate-timeline version of Jack-in-the-Box II's son uses Jack's "Of course you realize, this means war" as motivation to become a Knight Templar on the city's criminals... without realizing Jack was quoting Bugs Bunny. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_36999dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_36999dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_36999dd | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_371b253a | type |
Testosterone Poisoning | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_371b253a | comment |
Testosterone Poisoning: Karnazon, a massive, over-the-top muscle-bound Long-Haired Pretty Boy Walking Shirtless Scene with a Manly Chin. A Foil to Winged Victory, his goal is to defeat her and assert the inherent superiority of men over women. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_371b253a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_371b253a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_371b253a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3722d66c | type |
Hold Your Hippogriffs | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3722d66c | comment |
Hold Your Hippogriffs: A straight example from "The Gordian Knot": "The Menace From Earth" features the First Family's adventures on the planet Zirros, told from the perspective of a native, and features a lot of this as a result. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3722d66c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3722d66c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3722d66c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_372bc105 | type |
Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_372bc105 | comment |
Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: It varies by the viewpoint character. Busiek seems to be experimenting with stories where neither the idealistic nor the cynical characters come out constitutionally certain that their core beliefs are correct as the series progresses (e.g. the Samaritan and Beautie one-shots). As a whole, the series tends more towards idealism than cynicism. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_372bc105 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_372bc105 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_372bc105 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37446b86 | type |
Disowned Parent | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37446b86 | comment |
Disowned Parent: Downplayed with Jessie Taggart. She's deeply disappointed to learn that her father is the criminal Quarrel, where she holds a grudge against him for nearly 40 years and ignores his attempts at reconciliation. On the other hand, she expresses this most of the time by tersely ignoring him, and when he gets older she secretly supports the assisted living facility where he resides. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37446b86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37446b86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37446b86 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37690091 | type |
Stable Time Loop | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37690091 | comment |
Stable Time Loop: Preserving this is why the Silver Agent voluntarily allows himself to be executed in 1973 by the people of Astro City. Prior to his execution, he had been pulled into the far future to lead a war against a galaxy-spanning menace. As he traveled back to the present day, he continued to help and inspire more people in their times of need — and he was afraid that trying to avoid his fate would lead to alternate timelines that would erase their efforts. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37690091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37690091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37690091 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3787fba | type |
Extradimensional Power Source | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3787fba | comment |
Extradimensional Power Source: Both Lord Sovereign and The Pale Rider derive their powers from the dark energy in the Void Between the Worlds. The more one uses their powers, the weaker the other becomes; this leads them to try and kill each other. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3787fba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3787fba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3787fba | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37fcf16 | type |
Death Is Cheap | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37fcf16 | comment |
Death Is Cheap: Averted far more often than played straight, but it does get a mention in "Victory" when Winged Victory mentions that one of their villains is dead-dead. Also, in one story an attorney managed to (successfully) get his client off the hook by, among other things, citing the resurrection of one hero, and asking the coroner if he was absolutely certain the murder victim was actually dead before he started the autopsy. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37fcf16 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37fcf16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_37fcf16 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_381855db | type |
Five-Second Foreshadowing | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_381855db | comment |
Five-Second Foreshadowing: While visiting The Fixit Man, Steeljack puts on a pair of mystic glasses that allegedly revealed who would die soon — and sees the Grim Reaper looming behind Fixit and Cutlass. They are under attack by the Iron Guard seconds later. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_381855db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_381855db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_381855db | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_38326b11 | type |
Clone Degeneration | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_38326b11 | comment |
Clone Degeneration: The acid-spitting, barely-intelligent pile of slime known as Gloo is apparently an imperfect clone of Jack-in-the-Box. Appropriate for a character heavily based on Spider-Man: he gets a malformed clone and a murderous slime-like imitator combined into one! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_38326b11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_38326b11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_38326b11 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_384d0eaf | type |
Lightning Lash | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_384d0eaf | comment |
Lightning Lash: El Hombre had a special, high-tech titanium-steel whip that could snap bullets out of mid-air and shock villains into submission. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_384d0eaf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_384d0eaf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_384d0eaf | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_39db6c28 | type |
Dark Age of Supernames | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_39db6c28 | comment |
Dark Age of Supernames: Although the regular heroes avoid this trope, it was invoked (usually briefly) for characters who appeared during "The Dark Age", such as Stonecold, Broadsword, Hellhound, the Pale Horseman, and Hollowpoint. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_39db6c28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_39db6c28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_39db6c28 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3a3489f | type |
Fourth-Wall Observer | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3a3489f | comment |
Fourth-Wall Observer: There's the Broken Man, who is fully aware of his status as a fictional character and spends most of his time commenting on the same. This is actually his superpower - he's in an institution, but can "sidestep" out of his body, putting him on a metafictional level outside of standard reality. He ran into a surprise when, while trying to tell a story about the Bouncing Beatnik, he introduced another character who promptly hijacked the story to tell their own. Tillie Armstrong is another example; she doesn't quite get that she's fictional, but is well aware there's an outside audience. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3a3489f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3a3489f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3a3489f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3ab4530c | type |
Crisis Crossover | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3ab4530c | comment |
Crisis Crossover: In "The Nearness of You", a man becomes increasingly obsessed about a woman who keeps appearing in his dreams. It turns out it's because a minor villain caused a Temporal Paradox that threatened the universe and required all of the heroes to stop it — and the woman is his wife who ceased to exist in the repaired timestream. Yes, the Crisis Crossover is relegated to a background reference. Also appears in the ending of the "Confession" arc, which is basically a Crisis Crossover as seen from the sidelines. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3ab4530c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3ab4530c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3ab4530c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b4f620a | type |
No Fourth Wall | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b4f620a | comment |
No Fourth Wall: The Broken Man, a (possibly) insane being who directly addresses the readers to enlist them in his quest against the Oubor. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b4f620a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b4f620a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b4f620a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b5fcbb7 | type |
Artifact of Doom | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b5fcbb7 | comment |
Artifact of Doom: The Sekhmet Stone is a giant red stone mask. It has ancient mystic knowledge and power, and it rules the Nebulous Evil Organisation called Pyramid. The Black Opal, of which there were two. The first was acquired by Krigari Ironhand from the Non, another dimension made out of the shattered remnants of dead universes, the opal being the distilled hatred and anger from those universes, and used as the source of Ironhand's power until destroyed by Stormhawk. The second is a cheap imitation, which has long been broken, but if repaired would still be very powerful indeed. The Star of Lahkimpur is a bright green gem with the power to summon the Eldritch Abomination known as the Oubor. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b5fcbb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b5fcbb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b5fcbb7 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b9e360a | type |
Superhero Trophy Shelf | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b9e360a | comment |
Superhero Trophy Shelf: Subverted with Samaritan, who has a Phantom Zone that he uses only as storage space for the many awards and souvenirs that he receives, and which merely gather the extradimensional equivalent of dust. Played straight with the Trophy Room in Honor Guard's flying base. The First Family also have a lot of odds and ends lying around, but how many are trophies (as opposed to Cans O' Evil or "thingummies-Augustus-wants-to-tinker-with-at-some-point") is as of yet unknown. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b9e360a | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b9e360a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3b9e360a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3be94971 | type |
Glory Seeker | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3be94971 | comment |
Glory Seeker: In "Confession", this is what motivates Altar Boy to go to Astro City, as he dreams of being a Kid Sidekick to get the respect his family never received. He snaps out of this mindset after the Confessor's death. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3be94971 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3be94971 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3be94971 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3bfd638c | type |
Warts and All | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3bfd638c | comment |
Warts and All: Most of the heroes have this to some degree. In "Confession", Altar Boy learns that his mentor, the Confessor, is a vampire. Worse, the Confessor refused to declare that he had never killed anyone as a vampire. Even so, his heroism and selflessness not only won over Altar Boy, but also inspired him to take up the mantle. Crackerjack, who's a bombastic, money-seeking vainglorious womanizer, but still a genuine and well-respected ("reasonably respected", at any rate) hero. Winged Victory is revealed to be this in "Victory". She champions women's rights, but recognizes that she's not the be-all-end-all solution to society's gender divide and is just a normal woman trying to do the best she can and lead by example. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3bfd638c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3bfd638c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3bfd638c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: For the longest time, this was the unexplained fate of the Silver Agent (complete with memorial statue inscribed "To Our Eternal Shame"). It was finally revealed that he had been unjustly executed for murdering a foreign head of state, as the public was growing distrustful of superheroes and the government wanted to assert they still had control over metahumans. And even after his death, the Silver Agent still returned to save the world several times afterwards. On a lighter note, Infidel once did something that swapped Samaritan's hair and costume colors. It's not sure what specifically the Astro-Naut did to The Convincer, but it was enough to turn him into a wimpering coward ready to turn state's evidence. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c3f28a5 | type |
Blessed with Suck | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c3f28a5 | comment |
Steeljack is a former super-villain whose entire body is covered in living metal. It cuts down on his sense of touch, but he's completely human underneath. Worse, he's tarnishing with age, suffering from rust and needing to supplement his iron intake as his body begins feeding on itself. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c3f28a5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c3f28a5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3c3f28a5 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3cb68bd3 | type |
Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3cb68bd3 | comment |
Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: In "In the Spotlight", the battle between The Gentleman and Professor Borzoi has Borzoi threaten to crumple his carnation and mess up his hair. Admittedly, these might actually be threatening statements to a dapper fellow like the Gentleman. Also note that the encounter occurred during Astro City's equivalent of The Golden Age of Comic Books, and Borzoi is a Card-Carrying Villain of the idealistic school. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3cb68bd3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3cb68bd3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3cb68bd3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d455888 | type |
Then Let Me Be Evil | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d455888 | comment |
Then Let Me Be Evil: Infidel took his name as a badge of honor when people rose up against him as a monster and a jerk and a heretic and, yes, an infidel.note Granted, the guy really is pretty darn evil long before this. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d455888 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d455888 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d455888 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0 | type |
Powered Armor | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0 | comment |
The Skullcrushers are a high-tech group of mercenaries in skull-shaped Powered Armor. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: Occurs in "Great Expectations," when Mitch Goodman's latest shot is interrupted by the Dark Centurion. As the Crimson Cougar, Mitch leaps into battle, but the Centurion effortlessly beats him into submission. Mitch is reduced to begging for his life, which causes the Centurion to leave in disgust and Mitch's fans to abandon him. Justified, as the attack was a Fake Danger Gambit staged by Mitch and his friends to lower his appeal. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d699462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d699462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3d699462 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3f4ec001 | type |
DestructiveSavior | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3f4ec001 | comment |
Destructive Savior: Played for drama in "Old Times" when Supersonic is called out of retirement to stop a rampaging robot. He's unable to think of a clever scheme to stop it due to his age; instead, he settles for simply pounding it into submission, and the ensuing brawl takes out a dozen residential blocks. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3f4ec001 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3f4ec001 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3f4ec001 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3fca462c | type |
Deus ex Machina | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3fca462c | comment |
Deus ex Machina: Used in the original, Greek, sense of the term. How do you prove to a bunch of normal people that your wife really was erased from existence by changes in the timelines? You don't. The Hanged Man shows up and does it for you. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3fca462c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3fca462c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_3fca462c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_402b438d | type |
Clothes Make the Legend | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_402b438d | comment |
Clothes Make the Legend: Played straight, as most costumed super-beings in Astro City will wear the same outfit for decades, even in the case of generational Legacy Characters. If a character does change their appearance, it's typically justified, such as the N-Forcer upgrading his armored suits. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_402b438d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_402b438d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_402b438d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403ad150 | type |
The Bermuda Triangle | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403ad150 | comment |
The Bermuda Triangle: Monstro City (where Rex Zorus of the First Family came from) is located on the sea floor of the Triangle. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403ad150 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403ad150 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403ad150 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403f1a36 | type |
Steal the Surroundings | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403f1a36 | comment |
Steal the Surroundings: Occurs in "Where the Action Is". When a cosmic being gets irritated with Manny Monkton fabricating unflattering stories about it, it causes Manny's entire office building — with Manny inside — to disappear for parts unknown. Something causes Simon Magus' home to disappear in "The Day the Music Died". | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403f1a36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403f1a36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_403f1a36 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40634d30 | type |
Bouncing Battler | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40634d30 | comment |
Bouncing Battler: The Bouncing Beatnik. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40634d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40634d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40634d30 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_407e5ed1 | type |
Mistaken for Flirting | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_407e5ed1 | comment |
Mistaken for Flirting: Played for drama in "Shining Armor", as Irene misinterprets Atomicus' hesitation about their relationship as a hint that she had to prove herself worthy to him. In actuality, he's scared of relationships since he was Really Was Born Yesterday, and her efforts only make things worse... | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_407e5ed1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_407e5ed1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_407e5ed1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40fabf7f | type |
Rings of Death | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40fabf7f | comment |
Rings of Death: Street Angel's halos during The '70s are made of high-impact ceramic with a steel core. They might not be fatal, but they will inflict a lot of injury and possibly maim... | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40fabf7f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40fabf7f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_40fabf7f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_411a35bd | type |
Body Surf | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_411a35bd | comment |
The Body Surfer supervillain called the Silver Brain was banished to another plane of existence years ago by Samaritan. He keeps escaping by possessing the denizens of that other realm and riding their bodies back to the physical world. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_411a35bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_411a35bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_411a35bd | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4179d411 | type |
Spooky Séance | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4179d411 | comment |
Disputed wills on Shadow Hill are quickly resolved by contacting the deceased directly to clarify matters. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4179d411 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4179d411 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4179d411 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | type |
Brainwashed | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | comment |
Brainwashed: As part of their training regiment, Pyramid troops undergo brainwashing to support Pyramid and become fearless footsoldiers. This is done by a combination of mandatory pills, sleeping gas, and speakers broadcasting propaganda. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | type |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | comment |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Gormenghast is a digital consciousness that wants to Take Over the World. Its "body" is whatever elaborate base it chooses to occupy. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42259839 | type |
Spider People | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42259839 | comment |
Spider People: Little Miss Muffet was a short-lived local superhero; she resembled a blond young girl with six arms who could climb walls. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42259839 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42259839 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42259839 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42632336 | type |
Mecha-Mooks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42632336 | comment |
Dr. Gearbox builds a variety of devices, vehicles, and Mecha-Mooks with his expertise. His daughter, Elaine Girbachs, also qualifies, as her expertise surpassed her father's. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42632336 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42632336 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_42632336 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4280d1fd | type |
Spock Speak | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4280d1fd | comment |
Spock Speak: Several characters do this, most notably the robot Beautie. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4280d1fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4280d1fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4280d1fd | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_431b76b5 | type |
Smash Mook | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_431b76b5 | comment |
It's not sure what specifically the Astro-Naut did to The Convincer, but it was enough to turn him into a wimpering coward ready to turn state's evidence. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_431b76b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_431b76b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_431b76b5 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4335f3d0 | type |
Robot Superhero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4335f3d0 | comment |
Robot Superhero: Beautie is a super-strong flying robot that resembles an adult-sized Beautie fashion doll. Rivets, the Robot Kid, is an android programmed to be a heroic teen superhero. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4335f3d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4335f3d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4335f3d0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_434a6d40 | type |
Evil Sorcerer | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_434a6d40 | comment |
"The Dark Ages" featured the Hellsignor, a skeletal Evil Sorcerer who called himself "Satan's Archbishop". | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_434a6d40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_434a6d40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_434a6d40 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_435eafe8 | type |
Follow the White Rabbit | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_435eafe8 | comment |
Follow the White Rabbit: Done with a kitten in "Pastoral", which leads Camilla to a discovery that solidifies her summer plans. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_435eafe8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_435eafe8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_435eafe8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_43be2121 | type |
Logging onto the Fourth Wall | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_43be2121 | comment |
Logging onto the Fourth Wall: "Pastoral" featured a character looking up the hero Roustabout on herocopia.com. If you looked up herocopia.com at the time, you got taken to the same page as in the comic. For a time, herocopia.com was a sanctioned fan site, until a database error erased most of the wiki. Fortunately, it has since been restored and is now the most extensive wiki for the series online. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_43be2121 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_43be2121 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_43be2121 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4548e6d9 | type |
Innocent Bystander | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4548e6d9 | comment |
Innocent Bystander: The villains in "Pastoral" menace the people attending a carnival in an attempt to draw out local hero Roustabout. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4548e6d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4548e6d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4548e6d9 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45af45f7 | type |
They Just Don't Get It | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45af45f7 | comment |
They Just Dont Get It: In one story about a doorman at a high class hotel, he explains that when people come to Astro City the first time, they just don't understand how different it is. This included a snobbish agent who was trying to contact Samaritan and almost got herself killed, a normal crook who didn't understand the rules of the underworld in Astro City, and a family that was stopping there during a layover. Most of the folks left and didn't come back. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45af45f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45af45f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45af45f7 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45d7a6e0 | type |
Actor/Role Confusion | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_45d7a6e0 | comment |
Mitch Goodman, the former stuntman who plays The Crimson Cougar on the soap opera "Tomorrow's Dawn", seizes any opportunity he can to become a famous star. When his popularity soars after he stops a robbery, he doesn't hesitate to milk the Actor/Role Confusion for his benefit. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Glue-Gun is a super-villain whose main purpose is to be humiliated by the protagonists. | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4852f325 | comment |
I Just Want to Be Normal: Astra Furst knows she's a super-powered Energy Being, and a member of a superhero family, and has absolutely no problem with joining in to save the world when needed. It's what happens between world-saving that gets to her, like being home-schooled and never meeting anyone her age, having to keep a special diet which usually tastes like crap (manganese-flavoured breakfast cereal, anyone?), being restricted in her romantic life and not really having any career choices other than the Family Business... Further explored with the Sideliners, people who have powers that would be useful if they chose to be heroes (or villains), but who for various reasons prefer to lead ordinary lives. Occasionally some villain will get it into their head to capture one of these people and try to force them into service (sometimes after trying and failing to coax them with the promise of money), but such villains are typically in for a rude awakening; Sideliners tend to keep in contact with each other for just such an occasion, and while they don't like to fight, many of them can and will when necessary. Then there's Sticks, who wants nothing more than to be the drummer in a rock 'n roll band. Unfortunately, he's constantly being pursued by super-villains who want to recruit (or enslave) a hyper-intelligent six-foot-plus silverback gorilla into their ranks... | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_485eb589 | comment |
The First Family also have a lot of odds and ends lying around, but how many are trophies (as opposed to Cans O' Evil or "thingummies-Augustus-wants-to-tinker-with-at-some-point") is as of yet unknown. | |
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Brainwashing for the Greater Good | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_487c525d | comment |
Brainwashing for the Greater Good: The insect aliens of the Zirr Empire have The Understanding, which mentally bonds them and removes all traces of individual doubt or uncertainty. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ridiculously Fast Construction | |
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Ridiculously Fast Construction: A newspaper clipping from the "Local Heroes" trade paperback mentions that Honor Guard often uses alien technology to quickly repair damages after super-powered fights. It is also mentioned that quick repairs to the city's infrastructure is Serious Business to the Astro City Department of Public Works. | |
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Time Zones Do Not Exist | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_498cb6a4 | comment |
Time Zones Do Not Exist: Averted by the Silver Adept, who frequently loses track of critical magical events because she forgets what time zone (whether on Earth or elsewhere) they're occurring in. Fortunately, her secretary keeps her on track — usually... | |
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Heroism Won't Pay the Bills | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_49a4c141 | comment |
Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Averted for the superheroes. Not only can heroes register as Bounty Hunters with local law enforcement agencies, but some teams like Honor Guard and Reflex 6 offer a stipend for members who need financial support. In "Aftermaths", Michael Tenicek is able to devote himself to running a support group for victims of super-battles because Honor Guard has been paying his bills and depositing a modest fund into his bank account. | |
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Most Writers Are Writers | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_49f6a9e4 | comment |
"Where the Action Is" follows a woman who writes comic book stories. | |
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Fish out of Temporal Water | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4acee1ed | comment |
Fish out of Temporal Water: Samaritan is a time-traveler who averted the Challenger disaster, but rewrote his history so that he has no place in the future. Also Infidel, Samaritan's arch nemesis, is a time-lost villain whose own timeline was inadvertently destroyed by Samaritan's actions. Interestingly, neither of them has much trouble adjusting. note Samaritan had to study our era extensively, while Infidel despises his home time period as being full of ignorant plebes, so it was easier than you might think. | |
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Mood-Swinger | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4b4f6a2f | comment |
Mood-Swinger: Tumorr of the Stone Sea Mages goes from house-rattling death-threat roars to hyperactive glee in the blink of an eye. | |
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Girl Next Door | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4c5f0662 | comment |
Girl Next Door: Silver Agent explicitly describes his first girlfriend this way. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Socially Awkward Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4c6f26c | comment |
Socially Awkward Hero: Samaritan suffers from this when his super-heroic peers maneuver him into a dinner date with Winged Victory. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shock and Awe | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5 | comment |
Shock and Awe: Juice of the Astro City Irregulars is a manifestation of electrical energy who can fly and project energy bolts. White Lightning is a supervillain with similar powers. | |
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Awesome Aussie | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4cfe362e | comment |
Awesome Aussie: Wolfspider, mate. | |
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Clap Your Hands If You Believe | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4dbd3706 | comment |
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: In one story, the Golden Age villain Professor Borzoi uses a Belief Ray to make a giant gorilla attack the crowd at a movie theater. A side effect of the ray brings the cartoon character Loony Leo to life. When Leo smashes the ray, he and the gorilla start to fade away, but The Gentleman convinces the crowd to believe in Leo and saves him. That's how Leo's troubles began... | |
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No Guy Wants to Be Chased | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4e0444f2 | comment |
No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Played for drama in "Shining Armor", where Irene Merriweather becomes obsessed with proving her coworker Adam Peterson is actually Superman Expy Atomicus. She thought he was playfully hinting that she needed to prove herself worthy of his love, when in actuality he was a child in a man's body and too confused and frightened to express himself emotionally. She eventually drives Atomicus to leave Earth forever. | |
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Downer Ending | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: "Her Dark Plastic Roots" ends on a fairly down note. Beautie is no closer to learning her origins, and while she is feeling fulfilled at the moment, she will eventually begin re-questioning herself and will go through another cycle of investigation to re-learn who Elaine Girbachs is. Worse, there's no indication that Elaine has taken any of MPH's advice to heart, so she could very well dismiss Beautie once more and perpetuate their cycle of pain. The "Lover's Quarrel" story arc ends on this: Crackerjack has been badly injured and probably crippled for life, the Big Bad who injured him has escaped, and the whole thing was a futile effort for Crackerjack to rejuvenate himself. The only bright spot is that Quarrel has begun to reconcile with her father, and she's giving herself a new purpose in life by tending to Crackerjack's rehabilitation. "What I Did On My Vacation"/"The Other Side of the Story" has a bleak ending with no easy comfort. The Johnson family finally learns that the original Jack-in-the-Box died in a Suicide Attack by his longtime foe Mister Drama. But it's worse for Francesca Darman, a.k.a. the Drama Queen — she had spent decades plotting revenge on Jack-in-the-Box for the death of her grandfather, only to learn that Jack wasn't to blame and that all of her family's emotional pain and suffering was self-inflicted. She survives an attempt to kill herself, but it's unclear if she will ever wake up from her coma, much less make anything close to a recovery. "The Day the Music Died" is a downer on both a narrative and a metaphorical level. The story is Exactly What It Says on the Tin — Glamorax, the current spirit of counterculture music, dies — and there's no sign that it will return. The story also challenges the reader to think about the topic on a metaphysical level, asking if the Real Life spark of musical expressionism has been snuffed out by the industry's overuse of targeted markets, micro-niches, and brand management. | |
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The Nth Doctor | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4eb0815 | comment |
The Nth Doctor: As times change, and the cakewalk disappears from memory, Mister Cakewalk fades away. When jazz kicks up, Jazzbaby appears, and turns out to be a reincarnation of Cakewalk with no recollection of her origins. The pattern repeats with subsequent incarnations, each forgetting their previous lives. | |
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The Atoner | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4ef92d0b | comment |
The Atoner: The Confessor is purposefully torturing himself by using a cross as his costume theme, as a form of mortification in penance for his killings as well as his self-loathing as a vampire. Eth, the narrator of "Sorrowsday." The Street Angel becomes this after turning Darker and Edgier during his time with Black Velvet; in remorse, he left Astro City to do humanitarian work in Africa, before returning to the city to help inner-city youths. In "Mistakes", Marella Cowper becomes this after she overlooks a clue to a hidden Skullcrusher base in Ecuador, turning the area into a war zone. She leaves home and devotes herself to aiding rescue efforts in a desperate attempt to find the child who originally contacted her, getting into more and more dangerous situations as a result. | |
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The First Superheroes | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4f5f091f | comment |
The First Superheroes: The first superhero depends on who you ask, as all of its history is related firsthand by either bystanders or modern heroes, with all the inaccuracies and biases that entails (that the timeline has been repeatedly warped because of Infidel's multiple attempts to erase his nemesis Samaritan from existence does not help.) It's generally held that the first supers emerged in the late nineteenth century, and that, for whatever reason, many of them came to Romeyn Falls, a bustling Midwestern city that became a Weirdness Magnet. These heroes would eventually inspire other heroes, ultimately transforming Romeyn Falls into the modern Astro City. | |
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Smug Super | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_4f88342a | comment |
Crackerjack is a lighter version, in the sense that he fights crime and saves people primarily for his own self-aggrandizement and is, simply put, a bombastic Jerkass. | |
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Temporal Paradox | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_501de366 | comment |
In "The Nearness of You", a man becomes increasingly obsessed about a woman who keeps appearing in his dreams. It turns out it's because a minor villain caused a Temporal Paradox that threatened the universe and required all of the heroes to stop it — and the woman is his wife who ceased to exist in the repaired timestream. Yes, the Crisis Crossover is relegated to a background reference. | |
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Do Well, But Not Perfect | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5049f19d | comment |
Do Well, But Not Perfect: Samaritan works as a newspaper fact-checker in his Secret Identity. He has an advanced computer to actually do the work while he goes on his superheroic rounds, and it slips in occasional errors as part of the facade. Invoked in "Show 'Em All" — the Junkman pulls off a major heist without a hitch, then lives a life of luxury while everyone wonders who was the brilliant criminal who committed the robbery. However, he becomes frustrated at not getting recognition for the heist, especially since the public assumes he must have been caught for another crime. He decides to repeat the robbery again, but with deliberately-included mistakes, so he can get captured and be recognized for the first heist. | |
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Tabloid Melodrama | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5094d45e | comment |
Tabloid Melodrama: Inside Scoop magazine loves to do this to Astra Furst, taking every innocent and mundane aspect of her life and twisting it into breathless drama. They're so relentless that they pay her boyfriend to record their prom night activities, with a million-dollar bonus if he can get a sex tape out of it. When Astra breaks up with him over this, they turn it into scandal fodder within minutes. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: The villains care about what you write about them. Yes, even the cosmic ones. The Blue Knight kills all of the criminals he encounters, whether mob bosses or Mooks transporting goods. Gloo stuffs a family of litterbugs into a wastebasket (they survive), and nearly a dozen Mooks into a compact car (they don't). And the Pale Horseman is worse, dispatching supervillains and jaywalkers alike. He incinerates a trio of teen boys for stealing shopping carts. | |
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Locked into Strangeness | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5148024 | comment |
Locked into Strangeness: Samaritan has his hair turn blue after the Time Travel incident that gives him his powers. He can change it to white at will, but apparently not back to its original black. His archenemy Infidel's hair also changed color as a result of his experimentation with the same energy that caused Samaritan's incident, going from black to green, though when not using his powers it's blonde. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_514d1380 | type |
Trick-and-Follow Ploy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_514d1380 | comment |
Trick-and-Follow Ploy: In "Mistakes", after Marella Cowper realizes an injured man at the refugee camp is a member of the Skullcrushers, she spooks him into returning to base and follows him. Later, it is revealed that Honor Guard did the same thing to Marella, deliberately leaving her badge active so they could follow her to the Skullcrushers. | |
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Drowning My Sorrows | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_52488c54 | comment |
Drowning My Sorrows: Irene Merriweather did this after she scared Atomicus into leaving Earth forever. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_52600ad6 | type |
Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_52600ad6 | comment |
Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: The Hanged Man versus what's implied to be servants of the Oubor, if not the Oubor itself. He won, but lost his host, and had to find a new one. | |
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What Measure Is a Mook? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_52b36340 | comment |
What Measure Is a Mook?: Played for drama in "The Tarnished Angel"; the Conquistador insists on not hurting any people with his plan, but does not consider his criminal underlings as "people." The subject is explored when Royal and Charles go undercover as mooks in Pyramid. | |
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Motive Decay | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_52c0c7cf | comment |
Motive Decay: Winged Victory's Arch-Enemy, Karnazon. According to Winged Victory he used to be a Visionary Villain who planned grand schemes such as robbing Fort Knox, but eventually flanderized himself into a one-note chauvinistic Jerkass who only cared about proving the superiority of men over women, just to needle her. The Chessmen were a group who originally performed chess-themed crimes in their chess-themed armor. Over the decades, as turnover occurred, they decayed into just a typical group of thugs with flamboyant outfits. | |
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Bookends | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The episode "In Dreams" begins and ends with Samaritan dreaming about flying. | |
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I Resemble That Remark! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_535865be | comment |
I Resemble That Remark!: Crackerjack laments that his on-and-off ladyfriend Quarrel is mad at him for flirting with other women, even as he's flirting with Nightingale. | |
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Day in the Life | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5389b851 | comment |
Day in the Life: The bread and butter of the series. While the book's setting is a classic superhero universe full of costumed heroes and battles between good and evil, the actual focus of many of the stories is the day-to-day, down-to-earth parts of life. Even the issues that are about a superhero often show the "boring" parts of their lives, rather than the exciting, action-packed moments. "In Dreams", which covers Samaritan's nonstop heroic-filled day, due to his Chronic Hero Syndrome. "On the Sidelines" covers a relatively typical problem for a super-powered civilian. "Where the Action Is" follows a woman who writes comic book stories. "Waltz of the Hours" does this with a transdimensional being. "The Sorcerer's Assistant" follows the Silver Adept's secretary through a normal day. "The Menace From Earth" shows the First Family's adventures on the planet Zirros, told from the perspective of a native. | |
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Empowered Badass Normal | |
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The Black Rapier is an Empowered Badass Normal who used a rejuvenation serum to prolong his crimefighting career, but eventually retires as even that wasn't sufficient to keep him active. | |
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Bad Powers, Bad People | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_542b8e66 | comment |
Bad Powers, Bad People: Many of the new "heroes" who appear in "The Dark Age" qualify. Special attention should be given to Black Velvet, who uses her Touch of Death to disintegrate criminals, and the Pale Horseman, who fries all evildoers whether they're super-criminals or shoplifting teenagers. | |
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Omnidisciplinary Lawyer | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_54725e95 | comment |
Omnidisciplinary Lawyer: Played with. Averted when the Hanged Man contacts estate lawyer Marta Dobrescu about a real estate fraud case, Marta realizes that's out of her wheelhouse and refers the matter to another lawyer.note Who happens to be the wife of one of the First Family, but that's not relevant here Played straight later when she gets collared into interpreting some mystical contracts for the Silver Adept. | |
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Le Parkour | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_54cc6b24 | comment |
Le Parkour: Practiced by the Trouble Boys, a bunch of young men who admire Jack-in-the-Box and race him across rooftops for fun. When you can practically keep up with a guy with spring-powered leaps, you're good. | |
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City Mouse | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_55365db5 | comment |
City Mouse: Camille in "Pastoral" is a teen girl from Astro City who's spending the summer with her family in small-town Caplinville. She's initially bored and frustrated by their folksy ways, but is soon piqued by local superhero Roustabout and butts heads with the locals as a result. | |
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The Empath | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_556a3059 | comment |
The Empath: Zo the Zirr is a Binder who can touch other beings and make them share their thoughts and feelings. | |
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The Empire | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_556a4e20 | comment |
The two-parter "The Menace From Earth"/"Enemy of the Empire" is told from the perspective of a member of the militaristic alien Zirr empire. | |
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Call to Agriculture | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_559b4bb3 | comment |
Call to Agriculture: Supersonic spends his golden years tending to his rose garden. After her robot museum is closed, Ellie Jennersen starts a bee farm, selling honey. | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: Crackerjack doesn't know this, but the old women in his apartment building think he's gay because he's a "theater type" with long hair. Nightingale and Sunbird also face rumors of lesbianism after an unlicensed comic portrayed them as "closer than sisters" and strongly implied there was something going on there. Nightingale definitely didn't take it well... | |
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Kitschy Themed Restaurant | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_564d1b2a | comment |
Kitschy Themed Restaurant: Not surprisingly, there are superbeing-themed restaurants like SuperBistro, Hero Cafe, and T.J. Scoundrels. They feature salvaged super-gear as decor, though the customers can't tell if they're real or shoddy knockoffs from Hong Kong. | |
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Super-Speed | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5768d31 | comment |
Michael Hendrie (M.P.H.) is briefly mentioned as being happily married to a woman named Sally. Their relationship is not shown, but given how M.P.H. has been seen treating his girlfriends, it's hard to imagine them having any sort of drama. | |
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Comic Books Are Real | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_57766abe | comment |
Comic Books Are Real: "Where the Action Is" examines the common comic book subtrope of superheroes' lives being documented by comic publishers in-universe, and establishes that all real-life major publishers exist in the series' universe. Some superheroes even attend comic book conventions and sign autographs, while supervillains read their own comic books and take their displeasure out on the publisher. At the end of the story, when one comic publisher switches to stories about extraterrestrial and "cosmic" characters to try to avoid further attacks from supervillains, their entire building is mysteriously annihilated. That's right, there is an Eldritch Abomination out there somewhere who reads comic books. In "My Dad", someone mentions that Penny Bright — the star of an in-universe romance comic book — is actually a real person who never grows old. | |
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Reassigned to Antarctica | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5798bfbf | comment |
Reassigned to Antarctica: All the soldiers of the Zirr Empire who were defeated by the First Family are cashiered, demoted and reassigned to crap work. Since they're brainwashed, they accept this as failure for not doing their all to serve their empire. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Fantastic Racism | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Earthpride is an anti-alien hate group that violently attacks aliens and their human supporters. | |
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1.0 | |
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Hate Plague | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_57cf76a1 | comment |
Hate Plague: When Black Velvet is mortally wounded by Jitterjack, her body releases black energy that infects the populace and starts a riot. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Hero of Another Story | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Happens to just about every super-being at one time or another, since the stories in Astro City typically take the big, planet-shaking battles of traditional superhero comics and reduce them to background color. Instead, the focus is usually on the ordinary citizens and peripheral characters of those events as they try to handle their own, comparatively minor issues. | |
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White-and-Grey Morality | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_58962105 | comment |
White-and-Grey Morality: The series largely runs on this as part of its optimistic reconstruction of The Silver Age of Comic Books. While there are villains and monsters and evildoers, their motives are frequently due to their own good intentions, and they are ultimately defeated by the optimistic heroes regardless. Many a villain has pulled a Heel–Face Turn after realizing how pointless and self-destructive their current paths are. | |
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Cats Are Mean | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_58e43f17 | comment |
Cats Are Mean: Downplayed with Kittyhawk — while she's nice enough to be a pet hero, she also casually ignores Nightingale's instructions, has a quick temper, and randomly breaks things out of spite. | |
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Enemy Mine | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
Enemy Mine: Occurs in "Wish I May...", when Evil Nerd Simon Says helps Starbright fight crime for 24 hours to prove his sincerity in asking for Starbright's help to organize Simon's birthday party. | |
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AnimalMotif | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_59e5940e | comment |
Animal Motif: The Oubor is associated with snakes. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Hermit | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5a1912af | comment |
In "The Deep Blue Sea", Mister Manta (a sea-based supervillain) is marooned on a deserted island with his tech severely damaged. After decades of plotting and repairing his suit, he finds his way back to civilization, but his first encounter completely overwhelms him because he hasn't spoken to another living person for so long. By the end of his story, he gets marooned again, and happily goes back to plotting his inevitable return... by himself. | |
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Hulk Speak | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1 | comment |
Hulk Speak: Several characters — typically the more monstrous ones — talk this way. Examples include Jitterjack, Gloo, and the Living Nightmare. | |
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1.0 | |
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Rubber Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5aa5145 | comment |
Rubber Man: Karl Furst of the First Family has this power. | |
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1.0 | |
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Meaningful Background Event | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5b565147 | comment |
Meaningful Background Event: Used all over the place, and often from the perspective of someone in the background. It's especially evident in "Confession," where several of these lead to The Reveal of the Confessor's true identity. In "Knock Wood", every time policeman Josh Stone appears, there is a blurry skull-like reflection, shadow, or image nearby, hinting that he is The Blue Knight. Every time the Gentleman appears you can see a small girl in pigtails somewhere in the background. She is the key to his existence. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5bf69547 | type |
Gang of Hats | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5bf69547 | comment |
In Astro City, "clotheshorses" are career criminals who are addicted to committing crimes while dressed up in elegant clothes or elaborate costumes. | |
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1.0 | |
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Pocket Dimension | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5cbb67eb | comment |
Pocket Dimension: A number of these have appeared in various stories. Infidel has voluntarily exiled himself in one to pursue his studies, American Chibi is locked in one to battle the King-In-Chains, and Samaritan uses one as a storage closet. | |
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Central Theme | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5ce7dbb9 | comment |
Central Theme: Very prevalent in multi-issue arcs. "Confession" is about doing the right thing regardless of the cost. Central character Altar Boy's late father treated anyone who needed help, even when the community and his own son scorned him for letting himself be financially taken advantage of. The Crossbreed proselytize despite being mocked, and they and the Astro City superheroes in general keep fighting the good fight after public opinion and the city government has turned against them. The secretly-vampiric Confessor wears a cross as a form of mortification, and performs a Heroic Sacrifice to expose the villains. "The Tarnished Angel" is about shame and the hold of the past. Main character Steeljack is haunted by regret for his supervillain past and for killing another kid in a gang fight. His criminal history and the steel skin he got during it also prevent him from getting an honest job. Kiefer Square, his home neighborhood, is trapped in a seemingly-inescapable rut of criminality, personified by a teenage aspiring second-generation supervillain. The villain is a disgraced superhero whose attempt to create a crisis he could publicly overcome failed miserably. Having obsessed over it for years, he's decided to try again, this time killing off the supervillains he involves so they can't expose him. Side character Donnelly knows about the previous but won't reveal it, because that would also reveal that he was fool enough that he hooked a great many people up with an employer who intended to kill them. "Lovers Quarrel" is about coping with and accepting the issues of old age, which is an especially debilitating problem for Badass Normals in Astro City. Crackerjack and Quarrel try different approaches to cope, such as semi-automated body armor and an assortment of liniments and salves. Their attempts end poorly, and at the end they have no other choice but to accept their condition and try to find new things in life to focus on. | |
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Brown Note | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5db59a03 | comment |
Brown Note: The roar of the Living Nightmare inflicts pain on whoever hears it. | |
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As Long as There Is Evil | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5dff009d | comment |
The Living Nightmare is a manifestation of human fear, and that fear shapes and sustains it. If need be, it can draw on that fear to bolster its determination. Even if its body is destroyed, it will eventually return as long as fear exists. | |
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Space Base | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5f41f8b2 | comment |
Space Base: The Astro-Naut had one on an asteroid, complete with hangers and an airstrip. | |
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I Was Beaten by a Girl | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5f505b82 | comment |
I Was Beaten by a Girl: When Steeljack was being pummeled by Goldenglove's daughter, his only fear was if Samaritan was using his super-senses to see him get beaten up by a 15-year-old girl. | |
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Intrepid Reporter | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5f52cfcf | comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Samaritan's civilian identity is a fact checker at the Current weekly magazine. Subverted as he doesn't do any actual investigation — he only uses their internet connection so his organic computer can monitor news worldwide and alert him to dangerous events. | |
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EnfanteTerrible | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_5f9d7299 | comment |
Jack-In-The-Box II had a two-issue story arc on his succession. Jack is confronted by nightmarish futuristic versions of his son, who blame Jack for their fate — in their Alternate History, Jack died before they were born, and was therefore unable to be a father figure in their lives. When Jack later discovers his wife is pregnant, he has to decide between giving up his super-hero identity or risk leaving behind a twisted offspring. The problem is resolved when Jack passes his super-hero identity to an acrobatic gang member, whom he aids from his home basement with remote-control spy cameras and microphones. | |
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Spanner in the Works | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_60194b82 | comment |
Spanner in the Works: When the Ion Empire captured Honor Guard, Quarrel managed to follow the robots to one of their ships. Since they were unaware of her presence, she was able to blow up the power supply for the "stasis lens" and rescue Honor Guard. Professor Borzoi's Belief Ray created a giant gorilla powerful enough to challenge the Gentleman. Unfortunately, it also brought Loony Leo to life, who smashed the ray and made the gorilla disappear. Krigari Ironhand's second defeat against Honor Guard came because he abducted all of their members except for Mermaid, whom he didn't think was worth bothering with. She manages to free them all. Karnazon's campaign to discredit Winged Victory is foiled when an abused boy sneaks into their secret base and informs the heroes of its location. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_60547993 | comment |
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The Silver Agent breaks up with his girlfriend because he was sterile, while she wanted to start a family. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_60547993 | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The Death-Walker robots, made by mad Korean scientists in The '50s. Steeljack dryly notes that even if they weren't lumbering, entirely black death-robots, the name would still be a hint as to what they're like. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_60fa92ac | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_61313315 | type |
Off the Wagon | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_61313315 | comment |
Off the Wagon: Done with a comic-book twist in "The Deep Dark Woods". Edward "Ned" Calloway is addicted to being a well-dressed themed costumed crook, despite his repeated efforts to pull himself out of the criminal lifestyle. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_61313315 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_614269c0 | type |
Really Was Born Yesterday | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_614269c0 | comment |
Really Was Born Yesterday: In "Shining Armor", Atomicus looks like a thirty-something adult male, but has the emotional maturity and understanding of a young child since he was created just a year ago. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_614269c0 | |
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It Tastes Like Feet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6159beb1 | comment |
It Tastes Like Feet: Energy Being Astra Furst says her specially-prepared synthetic breakfast tastes "manganese-flavor," after her mother tells her it is supposed to be grape-flavor. Still, if anyone is going to know what manganese tastes like, it's probably Astra. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6159beb1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Simon Says was a Teen Genius Mad Scientist outcast who became a supervillain due to being bullied by the jocks at school. However, the death of local superhero Starbright, which revealed that he had been a jock that had tried to help Simon when they were younger, causes Simon to reassess things, use Starbright's technology to transition into being a woman (the cause for the bullying against her), and eventually take up Starbright's mantle as a superhero. Steeljack was a small-time villain who eventually realized that his career was essentially pointless. Even when he did make the big score, it never made any difference. After making parole for the final time, he decides to try and improve things in the slum he grew up in, where he becomes an all-around go-to guy if you're having problems, and the caretaker for the local cemetery where his mother was buried. He also ends up inspiring the second Goldengloves to become a hero rather than a criminal like her father. He doesn't consider himself a "hero," exactly, but his actions show him to be a good and decent man. In "Nightmare Life", the Living Nightmare develops a sense of self, overcoming the pain that its various masters used to control it and deciding to become a hero. Andy Merton was a petty criminal who happened to steal the magic amulet that had belonged to Stormhawk. He accidentally triggered it, merging with his corgi and gaining superpowers. He also gained a strong empathic link to the dog, whose sense of loyalty and herd instinct steered him away from crime and toward using his new powers to help people as a hero. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_617f0563 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6205320f | type |
Trans Tribulations | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6205320f | comment |
Trans Tribulations: Played for drama in "Wish I May...". Teen Genius Simon Siezmanski was ostracized in high school and pushed to become the Evil Nerd Simon Says, but eventually develops grudging respect for the All-Loving Hero Starbright. When Starbright dies on a mission and is posthumously revealed to be the school's Lovable Jock, Simon finally takes Starbright's advice, acknowledges his transgenderism, and begins the transition to female. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6205320f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: The Vertigo run concludes with someone claiming to be a former pilot of the N-Forcer armor coming forward, intended to set up the first original graphic novel. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6293c185 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_636355c8 | type |
Are These Wires Important? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_636355c8 | comment |
Are These Wires Important?: Ultimately used by Supersonic to stop the fight in "Old Times". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_636355c8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6363937b | type |
Cyanide Pill | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6363937b | comment |
Cyanide Pill: In "The Day the Music Died," the Oubor cultists magically kill themselves to avoid capture by the police. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6363937b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6363937b | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6375f746 | type |
Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6375f746 | comment |
Drill Sergeant Nasty: One appears in the Pyramid training camp that Royal infiltrates in "The Dark Age". He even sports a 'Smokey the Bear' hat. Sticks had one of these back on Gorilla Mountain. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6375f746 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6375f746 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63a200ae | type |
Smoky Gentlemen's Club | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63a200ae | comment |
Smoky Gentlemen's Club: Butler's, an upper-class club where superheroes can relax in their secret identities (and formal wear) while the staff wear masks. Discretion is absolutely guaranteed. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63a200ae | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63d861f8 | type |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63d861f8 | comment |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: "Through Open Doors (Part Two)" features Thatcher Jerome, a high-ranking member of the Deacon's mob who makes money through various shakedowns. He's also Happily Married to his wife Rachel and frets over their two kids. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_63d861f8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_640a7996 | type |
Fancy Dinner | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_640a7996 | comment |
Fancy Dinner: As part of their truce, Samaritan and Infidel meet for dinner once a year to converse and take measure of each other. Infidel, being a Man of Wealth and Taste, invariably prepares a lavish spread whenever he hosts. Samaritan's efforts... vary. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_640a7996 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Quarrel and Crackerjack, two non-powered heroes, are in the middle of the process; they don't want to retire, but age is taking its toll. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_641cf81d | type |
Viewers Are Geniuses | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_641cf81d | comment |
Viewers Are Geniuses: Given the size of the cast, many of the background characters receive little more than names and costumes. Busiek relies on the reader's knowledge of other comics to fill in the blanks, particularly with obvious Expy characters like Rex Zorus (The Thing), Samaritan (Superman), the N-Forcer (Iron Man), or Winged Victory (Wonder Woman). Such knowledge rounds out the setting considerably. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_641cf81d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6439de78 | comment |
Done indirectly with Stormhawk — after he dies in a Heroic Sacrifice, the medallion that granted his Beast Man Fusion Dance powers returns to his home, where his wife enshrines it. Later, a burglar steals the medallion, then accidentally becomes G-Dog as a result. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6439de78 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_649f5bec | type |
Creepy Souvenir | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_649f5bec | comment |
Creepy Souvenir: Jared Everall, collector of super-memorabilia, keeps a pitcher containing seven vengeful demons on his coffee table. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_649f5bec | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_64fd1e63 | type |
Other Me Annoys Me | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_64fd1e63 | comment |
Other Me Annoys Me: In "Where the Action Is", several of Manny Monkton's depictions of in-unverse supers draw their ire. First, Nightingale chews him out for insinuating that she and her sidekick Sunbird are a lesbian couple. Then, Glowworm beats him up for depicting him as a white supremacist (which particularly offends him because he's actually black under the Power Glow). Afterwards, Monkton gets the idea to avoid future problems by shifting his focus to stories about high-level cosmic entities who won't care what he writes about them. This proves not to be the case... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_64fd1e63 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_652c32fa | type |
Super-Deformed | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_652c32fa | comment |
Super-Deformed: American Chibi looks like an Anime character with a huge head, big eyes, and an undersized body. Justified as she is the creation of a video-game artist who wanted a positive, life-affirming character to star in her game. When Honor Guard follows American Chibi to her Pocket Dimension homeworld, they are also turned into super-deformed designs. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_652c32fa | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_65acf9db | type |
He Knows Too Much | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_65acf9db | comment |
The villain HandGun had an arsenal of specialized gauntlets which fire different types of energy beams. When he's mysteriously murdered, his widow is stuck wondering what she's going to do with a basement cybernetics lab and about twenty different Hand Blast-producing gauntlets. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_65acf9db | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66b32e36 | type |
Belly Mouth | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66b32e36 | comment |
Belly Mouth: The Living Nightmare's torso has a face with burning orange eyes and a sharp-toothed mouth. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66b32e36 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66d13ab9 | type |
Talking in Your Dreams | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66d13ab9 | comment |
Talking in Your Dreams: The Blue Knight directly addresses a lawyer who's been dreaming of him in the last dream. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66d13ab9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66d13ab9 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66ed56d | type |
Dream People | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66ed56d | comment |
Dream People: This is the secret origin of American Chibi, dreamed into existence by video game designer Marguerite Li. The Unbodied, a group of eldritch abominations, sent Marguerite dreams of monsters, provoking her to dream up American Chibi to oppose them — which was exactly what the Unbodied wanted. With a creature from Marguerite's dream-world in reality, the walls between the dream-world and reality would weaken, allowing the Unbodied to manifest in the material world as the monsters from Marguerite's dreams. The same is true of the Gentleman. He is created by the psychic powers of a girl from idealized memories of her real father, with his Kid Sidekick being her idea of an ideal older brother. There's also Loony Leo, a cartoon lion brought to life by a Mad Scientist, whose existence was initially maintained by people's belief in him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_66ed56d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_673ce90d | type |
Refused by the Call | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_673ce90d | comment |
For a while Starfight had Quark, until he proved unsuitable for the power. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_673ce90d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_674e8192 | type |
Blind Obedience | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_674e8192 | comment |
Blind Obedience: Most of the Zirr have this towards their warlord Emperor. When Zo's sister Ziriza questions why the First Family repeatedly attack the Zirr Empire even though (by the official accounts) they were previously defeated and punished, her father angrily insists that she's just confused and the Priestlords will straighten her out. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_674e8192 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6760ff37 | type |
Secret Secret-Keeper | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6760ff37 | comment |
Secret Secret-Keeper: Andy Merton's girlfriend, Esme, already knew he and Hank were G-Dog before he told her. As she points out, it wasn't difficult to figure out considering they all live together, and every time Andy and Hank disappear G-Dog shows up soon after... | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6760ff37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6760ff37 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_67f26dcc | type |
Planet of Hats | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_67f26dcc | comment |
Planet of Hats: The gorillas of Gorilla Mountain (a hidden tropical zone in Antarctica) are all trained to be warriors and protectors. Somewhat justified as Gorilla Mountain is on top of an interdimensional rift and frequently gets invaded as a result. In "Sorrowsday", the Quiqui-a are a race of farmers devoted to raising and preparing the Jhef, the grain of their world. The Zirrs are a race of insectoid aliens whose entire social structure is geared towards worshipping their warlord leader and serving the Zirr Empire. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_67f26dcc | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_680bb6b1 | type |
Hot-Blooded | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_680bb6b1 | comment |
Hot-Blooded: The Point Man jumps into action now and thinks about the consequences next month, if at all. | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_680bb6b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_680bb6b1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_682c066c | type |
Horrifying Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_682c066c | comment |
Horrifying Hero: The Hanged Man, who wears a black bodysuit, a burlap sack over his head, and a hangman's noose around his neck. He also just... floats around listlessly, adding to the unsettling aspect. | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_682c066c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_682c066c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6836fbcb | type |
All Musicals Are Adaptations | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6836fbcb | comment |
All Musicals Are Adaptations: Crackerjack, in his civilian identity, mentions blowing an audition for the musical version of Inherit the Wind. | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6836fbcb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6836fbcb | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6860368a | type |
Mook Horror Show | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6860368a | comment |
Mook Horror Show: In "A Little Knowledge", a small-time crook sees the superhero Jack-in-the-Box change into his civilian clothes. At first, he thinks that he's struck gold by discovering this potentially valuable information, but then starts to imagine all the ways in which selling the info could go wrong, including nightmares of being pursued by a vengeful Jack. He eventually gets so stressed out he leaves town without revealing the secret to anyone. In the first issue of "The Dark Age", petty criminal Royal Williams is part of an armoured car robbery that is foiled by Jack-In-The-Box. The whole thing is played like a horror movie monster attack, with Royal cowering in fear under a truck while Jack takes the others apart. This effect is also used by the Confessor, a Batman Expy who relies on the fear he gets from mooks — especially for the first Confessor, who was actually a vampire with all of the associated powers. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6860368a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_69df137 | type |
Fake Danger Gambit | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_69df137 | comment |
Fake Danger Gambit: Inverted in "Great Expectations" to make the protagonist look less heroic. After Mitch Goodman is mistaken for a real superhero and endangered as a result, his friends stage an "attack" where he is badly humiliated. The public quickly loses interest, allowing Mitch to return to a life of peace and safety. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_69df137 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a0b03a6 | type |
One Last Job | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a0b03a6 | comment |
One Last Job: In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack finds that almost all of his fellow low-rent supervillain peers are constantly lining up for that one last job, the one that will lead them to greatness and riches... but it never works out. This attitude eventually destroys Ned Carroway's marriage in "The Deep Dark Woods". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a0b03a6 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a397a86 | type |
One-Product Planet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a397a86 | comment |
In "Sorrowsday", the Quiqui-a are a race of farmers devoted to raising and preparing the Jhef, the grain of their world. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a397a86 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a3c49f | type |
Direct Line to the Author | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a3c49f | comment |
Direct Line to the Author: According to Kurt Busiek, a core idea of the worldbuilding for Astro City is that the stories we read are but a fraction of the output of "Astro Comics", a comic book company that has been active since the Golden Age. For example, a good number of the superheroes are Fad Supers who were created by "Astro Comics" at a time to capitalize on a cultural trend or popular movie, and the grittier tone of the series at various points is due to readers' changing tastes and market forces. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Power of Rock | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6a6c1f35 | comment |
The Power of Rock: Astro City has had a number of heroes and heroines, dating from its foundation as Romeyn Falls, with powers associated with various forms of music. Silverstring was a demon-slaying troubadour from the 1870s who traveled from place to place and realm to realm, learning music and fighting evil along the way. The Anthropomorphic Personification of counterculture music is a recurring superhero in the series. Its manifestations have been Mister Cakewalk (a Ragtime-inspired vigilante from the 1900s), Jazzbaby (a jazz-themed heroine from the 1920s), Zoot Suit ('40s big band), the Bouncing Beatnik (hep cat from The '50s), the Halcyon Hippie (psychedelic rock of The '60s), then finally Glamorax (a David Bowie-inspired glam rocker of The '70s). Going beyond conventional crimefighting, they are also the Arch-Enemy of the Oubor, an Eldritch Abomination from outside of reality. Played with in Sticks, a talking gorilla from a militaristic gorilla society who left his home to pursue a career as a rock drummer. Due to his superior strength and agility, he was targeted for recruitment by both heroes and villains, which made it difficult to fulfill his goal. His solution was to assemble a band of superpowered beings called "Powerchord". | |
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Old Superhero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3 | comment |
Old Superhero: Astro City is rife with examples of this trope, as it establishes a long history of generational superheroes, and the avoidance of Comic-Book Time means characters age and cope accordingly. Some heroes are extraordinarily long-lived (e.g. The Confessor, The Hanged Man, the N-Forcer, the Gentleman) and remain active, while others have retired (e.g. The Black Badge, Supersonic, Starfighter) or passed away due to natural causes (Noah of the Crossbreed). The oldest known superhero in the mythos is Coyotl, who was presumably a significantly pre-Colonial Native American. The oldest known hero still alive is Iron Horse The Human Locomotive, a steam-powered hero who's been active since the 1860s. The Black Rapier is an Empowered Badass Normal who used a rejuvenation serum to prolong his crimefighting career, but eventually retires as even that wasn't sufficient to keep him active. Quarrel and Crackerjack, two non-powered heroes, are in the middle of the process; they don't want to retire, but age is taking its toll. Mister Manta is a villainous example; he's been marooned on a deserted island for so long that when he finally appears during a raid on a cruise ship, nobody recognizes the white-haired long-bearded skinny hermit. He still manages to kick a prodigious amount of ass, though. | |
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The Reveal | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
It's especially evident in "Confession," where several of these lead to The Reveal of the Confessor's true identity. | |
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Serious Business | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
It is also mentioned that quick repairs to the city's infrastructure is Serious Business to the Astro City Department of Public Works. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Lots, but these are probably the least obvious examples - Charles and Royal grow up to become a cop and a robber. In a meta-example, the Silver Agent is named because after the Silver Age of comic books, which he embodies via his actions. It's also fitting that the "Silver Age" era of Astro City ends when he was executed for a crime that he didn't commit. | |
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Repressive, but Efficient | |
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Repressive, but Efficient: Infidel tries to convince Samaritan that his life would be so much easier if he'd stop being The Cape and use his powers to Take Over the World. | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Perks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6c97d884 | comment |
With Great Power Comes Great Perks: "On the Sidelines" introduces the Sideliners, superpowered people who don't become heroes or villains, but instead use their powers in their work — e.g. a heat manipulator who's a glassblower, or a super-strong guy who works in construction. | |
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1.0 | |
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Master Computer | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6ca5a8c2 | comment |
Master Computer: Gormenghast is a rogue AI that wants to Take Over the World. In the 43rd century, the iGod is a digital consciousness that spans galaxies. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Fighting Your Friend | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6d03eac8 | comment |
Fighting Your Friend: One story in "Thumbtacks & Yarn" has a malevolent force possess one of the Blasphemy Boys, then shoots two members of the team. In retaliation, Cal Tarrant shoots him in the head. | |
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Chess Motifs | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6d56cebf | comment |
Chess Motifs: The Red Queen is a crime lord who had chess-themed minions as part of her Alice in Wonderland motif. That said, they were based on designs stolen from the Chessmen of Astro City. The Chessmen themselves are, of course, a good example, as super-criminals wearing Powered Armor designed to resemble chess pieces. However, the set of armor has swapped hands, been broken up, been reassembled, been rebuilt, been copied, and so on so many times that any relation between the Chessmen and chess is tentative at best. | |
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Punny Name | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
In "A Little Knowledge", petty thief Andrew "Eyes" Eisenstein is scoping out Jack-in-the-Box's apartment when Jack and his wife (a local TV newscaster) appear. To allay suspicion, he asks her for an autograph, and gives his name as "Jack Bachsinger". | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6d7026fa | |
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Patchwork World | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6d8cf4de | comment |
Patchwork World: The Gordian Knot, a reality nexus where millions of different planes of existence are caught in mid-collapse. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Like an Old Married Couple | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6e0a57d6 | comment |
Like an Old Married Couple: Crackerjack and Quarrel have been with each other so long that they're effectively married, even though they've never been exclusive to the other and have broken up (and gotten back together) dozens of times. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6ee10e0 | type |
My Greatest Failure | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6ee10e0 | comment |
My Greatest Failure: In "Welcome to HumanoGlobal", Marella Cowper received a phone call from a distraught girl in Ecuador and forwarded it to local social workers. Two days later, she sees a news report from Ecuador about a massive supervillain attack that was sparked by an incident with local social workers... As a child growing up in Kiefer Square, Carl Donewicz' greatest ambition was to study hard and lift himself out of poverty. But after he accidentally shot and killed a teen during a gang fight, Carl considered himself tainted and resigned himself to a life of crime. | |
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Bus Full of Innocents | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6eeaa3c4 | comment |
Bus Full of Innocents: Team Carnivore exploits this, menacing a crowd to force Roustabout to reveal himself. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6eeaa3c4 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6fb5cb83 | type |
I Gave My Word | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_6fb5cb83 | comment |
I Gave My Word: Infidel has withdrawn into his own pocket dimension and refrained from interfering in human affairs merely because he had promised Samaritan he'd do so. | |
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1.0 | |
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Line-of-Sight Alias | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_702c2de3 | comment |
Line-of-Sight Alias: In "Hot Time In the Old Town", Jazzbaby disguises herself as a human to interrogate Cal Tarrant. When Cal asks her name, she sees a sign for the Harmony dance hall and calls herself "Harmony Chord". In "A Little Knowledge", petty thief Andrew "Eyes" Eisenstein is scoping out Jack-in-the-Box's apartment when Jack and his wife (a local TV newscaster) appear. To allay suspicion, he asks her for an autograph, and gives his name as "Jack Bachsinger". | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_702c2de3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7040b6bc | type |
Understatement | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7040b6bc | comment |
Understatement: In "Newcomers", Pete Donacek describes an attack by hundred-foot-tall ancient spirits: From "Knock Wood", after attorney Vincent Oleck questions a coroner if he was absolutely sure one of his subjects was actually dead: In "The Sorcerer's Assistant", as the Silver Adept has to complete three days' worth of work in six hours: | |
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Giving Them the Strip | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_70b840b6 | comment |
Giving Them the Strip: In "A Little Knowledge", low-level Mook "Eyes" Eisenstein gets tied up to a fence by Jack-In-The-Box's entangling confetti. He manages to escape by twisting out of his jacket, leaving it still tied to the fence. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_70b840b6 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7130202a | type |
Jewish Mother | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7130202a | comment |
Jewish Mother: Played for laughs with Marta Dobrescu, whose mother continues to nag her to get married (and have grandkids), manipulates her to visit more often, and asks about baseball — as a ghost. That's one of the drawbacks of living in Shadow Hill... | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_715704e5 | type |
Jigsaw Puzzle Plot | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_715704e5 | comment |
Jigsaw Puzzle Plot: The Broken Man story arc. He first introduces himself in issue #1 of the Vertigo series, gives some intriguing and frustratingly bizarre story fragments in issue #5, pops up briefly in a few issues afterwards, then suddenly wraps everything up in issue #37. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_715704e5 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_725583e8 | type |
Good Feels Good | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_725583e8 | comment |
Good Feels Good: A major reason why G-Dog fights crime is because performing heroic acts gives him an overwhelming sense of joy and pride, thanks to his dog half. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_725583e8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7289b368 | type |
Idiot Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7289b368 | comment |
Crackerjack sometimes uses his carefree Idiot Hero persona to lull people into lowering their guard around him. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7289b368 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: While Infidel isn't at the level of a Straw Misogynist, he does feel that women are inferior, and that treating them as equal to men is folly. Dr. Aegyptus, who kidnapped dozens of African-American folks and planned to use time-travel to take them back to before the American Revolutionary War and sell them into slavery. In "Where the Action Is", Manny Monkton publishes a story that said the villain Glowworm was a white supremacist with a scheme to exploit the black teens of the city. Unbeknownst to Manny, Glowworm is African-American, and really resents the implication... The Lawmen are a group of hooded supremacists who attacked a gay pride parade. Dr. Gearbox was a Gadgeteer Genius who refused to allow his daughter follow in his footsteps because he believed that engineering and math were inappropriate fields for girls. Earthpride is a hate group of former white supremacists who've extended their bigotry to aliens. The Master was a Long-Lived evil mastermind who rejoiced in hatred and fed on people's suffering and misery. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_730c2e3 | type |
Void Between the Worlds | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_730c2e3 | comment |
Void Between the Worlds: It's said that the space outside of reality is a black and featureless void, filled with hungry, nasty things. The Point Man accidentally opens a tear in reality into this space. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_730c2e3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73138ab0 | type |
Innocent Bystander Series | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73138ab0 | comment |
Innocent Bystander Series: Many of the stories Astro City are about what it is like being an ordinary person in a world of super-beings, alien invaders, otherdimensional horrors, and walking cartoon lions. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7360a6b6 | type |
Noble Demon | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7360a6b6 | comment |
Noble Demon: Infidel may be a world-conquering Evil Sorcerer, but he follows his own code of honor and won't break his word once he gives it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7360a6b6 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_736d2538 | type |
Religious Vampire | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_736d2538 | comment |
Religious Vampire: The Confessor was a young priest that was turned into a vampire and became a superhero as form of penance. His uniform is styled with a cross on his chest that causes him constant pain to prevent him from giving into the temptation to drink blood and reminds him of his mission to defend justice. Notably, after he is exposed as a vampire and then destroyed, his (non-vampiric) sidekick encounters the Crossbreed, a team of Christian superheroes. He assumes they'll be just as horrified that he was a vampire as the public is, but they reveal that they've always known what he was and didn't hold it against him because he was "doing the Lord's work." | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_736d2538 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7390323c | type |
Sticky Fingers | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7390323c | comment |
Sticky Fingers: "The Dark Age" opens with Royal Williams pickpocketing valuables from various shell-shocked citizens, in contrast to his early childhood being the honest and upright brother to Charles. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7390323c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73d4b01a | type |
In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73d4b01a | comment |
In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: the full title of the comic is Kurt Busiek's Astro City. Lampshaded by the callsign of the town's main television station, KBAC. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73f7b5a5 | type |
Total Party Kill | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_73f7b5a5 | comment |
The Jayhawks were believed to be killed in battle against The Master. In actuality, they're trapped as spirits in an intangible state, only able to watch as history passes them by. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74150406 | type |
Depleted Phlebotinum Shells | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74150406 | comment |
Depleted Phlebotinum Shells: In the "Confession" story arc, a squad of alien invaders is armed with holographic crucifixes, restraining cables soaked in holy water, and a two-handed stake-launching revolver. They are thus armed because they know that the nocturnal Confessor is actually a vampire. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74150406 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74e2ef76 | type |
Orphaned Punchline | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74e2ef76 | comment |
Orphaned Punchline: Crackerjack gives us "...so the woman says 'You idiot — This is a duck, not a pig!' And the bartender says 'I was talking to the duck!'" | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_74e2ef76 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_753a61d4 | type |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_753a61d4 | comment |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble: Quarrel's first meeting with Street Angel has him encountering this, since he's already met a future version of her. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_753a61d4 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: Done literally in "A Little Knowledge", as "Eyes" Eisenstein takes a bus to get very far away from Astro City. | |
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Infraction Distraction | |
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Infraction Distraction: Downplayed; when Marella Cowper is helping deliver emergency supplies from the United States to Ecuador, the locals think she has black market connections. In actuality, she's using Honor Guard's teleportation gate system, but lets them perpetuate the myth to avoid more questions. | |
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Mandatory Unretirement | |
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Mandatory Unretirement: Sticks' initial problem when he arrives in Astro City is trying to avoid this - the last thing he wants is to go back to a life of combat, but there are a number of groups who'd just love to have an effectively superpowered gorilla with combat experience working for them, and they're not the sort to take "no" for an answer. Shown rather tragically with Supersonic, where his old buddy tries to get him out for one rousing battle to show these young upstarts a classic in action. However, with his strategist mindset dulled by years of aging and hard knocks, he fails to perform anything like the way he used to, barely managing to scrape out a Pyrrhic Victory. | |
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Does Not Like Men | |
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Does Not Like Men: This is the perceived image of Winged Victory, whose main concern is the well-being of women in modern society, to the point that she will focus on saving women in disaster zones. In reality, this has little to do with her personal opinion of men, but with the source of her powers: she's the avatar of a hive-mind made up of many great women throughout history, chosen to champion the cause of the world's women. She doesn't hate men, it's literally her job to focus on women's issues first and foremost. | |
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Better the Devil You Know | |
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Better the Devil You Know: In "Safeguards", Marta Dobrescu realizes that, while Shadow Hill is filled with vampires, dark creatures, and other Eldritch Abominations, at least she knows the wards and rituals to keep them at bay since she's lived there her entire life. Downtown Astro City may be a tempting and exciting place, but her ignorance of their rituals is ultimately a liability. | |
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Straw Feminist | |
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Straw Feminist: The Council of Nike that empowers Winged Victory. They criticize her for her relationship with Samaritan and for joining the Honor Guard (which is led by a man), believing that any association with any men makes Winged Victory look weak and undermines her message. | |
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Kidnapped by the Call | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_76ebae85 | comment |
Kidnapped by the Call: Sarah Brandeis was an ordinary lab technician when she was kidnapped by the sinister Hellsignor during his attack on Earth. To foil his plans, the Point Man stole the Gem of Thebis from him, then tossed it around Sarah's neck. She instantly became the new Cleopatra and banished Hellsignor to another dimension. | |
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Monster Protection Racket | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_77073274 | comment |
Monster Protection Racket: Appears twice in "The Tarnished Angel". In the past, El Hombre stages a battle with a giant robot that he could defeat and restore his heroic reputation. Unfortunately, his plan failed, and he becomes a shameful fugitive when the ruse was discovered. The mastermind behind the Kiefer Square murders intends to send dozens of supervillains loose on the city in a crime spree, then capture them all to win instant celebrity as a dashing new superhero. | |
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Married to the Job | |
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Married to the Job: Samaritan is so devoted to helping others that he barely has time to sleep or maintain a civilian identity. His idea of a good day is one where he manages to get nearly a minute of flight time (that is, flying for its own sake, rather than rushing to the next emergency). Winged Victory prefers to stay in her transformed superpowered form all the time, possibly because it's a refuge from her original frail form. She can't even recall the last time she visited her mother, noting only that it's been years. Quarrel effectively has this, as part of her deconstruction of a Badass Normal. She constantly realizes that she's outranked in a world of super-powered beings, armored villains, aliens, and gods, and compensates for it with lots of training — to the point where she cannot sustain any sort of normal relationship because of the commitments (physical and emotional) required. As the most powerful magician in Astro City, the Silver Adept combines this with Hard-Drinking Party Girl, having more than enough supernatural responsibilities for the role. She works hard and parties hard, to the consternation of her staff. | |
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Lovecraftian Superpower | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_77a5657 | comment |
Lord Sovereign can control people with his dark energy powers. | |
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Not Used to Freedom | |
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Not Used to Freedom: In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack agrees to investigate the deaths of small-time criminals simply because, as a recent parolee, he's got way too much time on his hands and don't have any other way to fill it. In "The Deep Blue Sea", Mister Manta (a sea-based supervillain) is marooned on a deserted island with his tech severely damaged. After decades of plotting and repairing his suit, he finds his way back to civilization, but his first encounter completely overwhelms him because he hasn't spoken to another living person for so long. By the end of his story, he gets marooned again, and happily goes back to plotting his inevitable return... by himself. | |
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Self-Made Orphan | |
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Self-Made Orphan: Technically speaking, Samaritan qualifies. He arrived in the present day from a Bad Future and succeeded in averting that — but wiped out his own early history as a result. | |
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Passing the Torch | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_78255ad7 | comment |
Passing the Torch: Jack-in-the-Box III takes up the mantle after his predecessor discovers he's going to be a father. Jack-in-the-Box II ends up serving as Mission Control instead. Done indirectly with G-Dog. After his pet corgi Hank dies, Andy Merton decides to stop being a superhero instead of trying to find a replacement pet to bond with. He takes the medallion to a remote area and leaves it on a tree branch, so fate can choose a successor on its own. | |
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Cat Up a Tree | |
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Cat Up a Tree: The first story has Samaritan rescuing a cat from a tree on his way to another emergency, and castigating himself because the thirty seconds he spent comforting the kid almost cost someone's life. | |
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The Lonely Door | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7834761 | comment |
The Lonely Door: In "Through Open Doors (Part One)", Telseth of Kvurri arrives in Astro City through a fifty-foot-tall door floating above the Gaines River. | |
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Super-Empowering | |
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Super-Empowering: Resistor is a neuro-memetic imprint that free-floats in the public consciousness. When a concentration of high social strife breaks out at a location — such as peaceful protestors being attacked — it turns ordinary people into flying energy beings who can protect the innocent. | |
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The Ageless | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_796fa10c | comment |
In "My Dad", someone mentions that Penny Bright — the star of an in-universe romance comic book — is actually a real person who never grows old. | |
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Government-Exploited Crisis | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7a2b8057 | comment |
Government-Exploited Crisis: Occurs during the "Confession" story arc. In the midst of growing public skepticism over superheroes, the neighborhood of Shadow Hill is rocked by a series of brutal murders. The mayor begins pushing for heroes to be registered; when they refuse and the murders continue, the Mayor becomes increasingly hostile, culminating in a citywide ban on all heroes and the capture of all violators. Ultimately justified as the mayor is a member of a race of shapeshifting aliens, who are neutralizing superheroes worldwide prior to invading the planet. | |
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Close-Knit Community | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7a77148 | comment |
Roustabout has, in reality, a public identity in the Close-Knit Community of the carnival and the towns it visits, but because he's wanted by the law, the community acts as a large-scale Secret-Keeper and even feigns Obfuscating Stupidity as if it were an Extra-Strength Masquerade. | |
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Animal-Themed Superbeing | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | comment |
Animal-Themed Superbeing: Most animal-based heroes don't appear in the comic long enough for their full power sets to be established, so most tend to be Type II (Animal Aliases) from what is shown. Members of Honor Guard include Hummingbird, Stormhawk, and Wolfspider. As expys of Batman and Robin, the teams of Leopardman/Kitkat and Nightingale/Sunbird wear animal-themed costumes, but don't otherwise appear to have any abilities related to their respective animals. The television character Crimson Cougar has an above-average leap and claws on his costume. The Lion and the Unicorn from Great Britain. Cap'n Cookaburra and Wolfspider from Australia. The Mock Turtle is a villain in a Power Armor suit. The Otter is a small-time crook in a wetsuit. He sometimes works with The Owl and Mister Toad. The original Hummingbird has the alias. Her daughter has actual hummingbird powers, which proves to be a Forced Transformation. Palmetto of the Astro City Irregulars teen group resembles a giant cockroach, but hates to be called as such. Other animal-themed members include Stray, a heroic werewolf, and past member Alligator, a mutant reptile. | |
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Unishment | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7ac5c1de | comment |
Unishment: In "Welcome to HumanoGlobal", Marella and her colleagues are chewed out by their boss for being too quick to believe harmless activities are clues to supervillain plots. They are reassigned for two weeks handling non-emergency duties — which enables them to attend an Honor Guard charity event and meet the heroes firsthand. | |
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Mental World | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7b144404 | comment |
Mental World: The Broken Man lives in an otherworldly plane of shifting thoughts where he crafts plans against the Oubor. In Astro City proper, he's a drooling, barely-conscious mute restrained in a straitjacket at a high-security psychiatric hospital. | |
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Bayonet Ya | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7b23aecb | comment |
Bayonet Ya: The Old Soldier carries a bayoneted rifle as one of his weapons. Given how long bayonets have been used in warfare, he may have been carrying it for a long time. | |
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HonoraryAunt | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7b2de23d | comment |
Honorary Aunt: After Quarrel broke up with MPH, he found a wife who was a better match for him, and Quarrel became "Aunt Jess" to their kids. The female superheroines of Honor Guard are this to Hummingbird II, as they are friends of her mother. They offer her support, training, and advice, especially in matters that she doesn't want to talk to her mom about. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: During his annual dinner with Samaritan, Infidel summons several women to bring in the food. Infidel assures Samaritan that they're not slaves, just magical homunculi made from organic scraps. When Samaritan still expresses his discomfort, Infidel retorts, "Were they mere robots created by science you understand, would you have similar unease?" Esteban Hidalgo spent years trying to act as a community organizer and philanthropist, but found his efforts stymied by the fact that he could never quite escape a reputation as an out-of-touch rich guy. However, the thing that pushed him to become a superhero was when a companion simply told him: Winged Victory gives one of these to the Council of Nike in "Victory". When they criticize her association with Samaritan and the Confessor, she asks what she's supposed to teach — that men and women are equal, or that women need to be alone to be strong? They have no response. | |
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Villain Decay | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7bb844ec | comment |
Villain Decay: In-universe with Karnazon, who started out robbing Fort Knox and ended up doing anything to defy Winged Victory and prove the superiority of man over woman. | |
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Odd-Shaped Panel | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7bc65f57 | comment |
Odd-Shaped Panel: Camilla at the carnival in "Pastoral" features panels like a ferris wheel — with the borders being lights. | |
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The Infiltration | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7bd8307f | comment |
The Infiltration: Royal and Charles Williams end up joining the villainous organization Pyramid (on separate occasions) to get the man who killed their parents. | |
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Cosmic Retcon | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7cdfe326 | comment |
This is a background event in "The Nearness of You". A time-manipulating supervillain ends up shattering time itself and endangering all of reality as a result. The heroes eventually managed to restore the timestream, but with some minor differences... | |
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Dating Catwoman | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c | comment |
Dating Catwoman: The Confessor has a thing with former costumed crook The Stray, who is cat-themed. | |
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Slice of Life | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7e081ea0 | comment |
Slice of Life: Many of the stories focus on regular civilians as they go through their days in a world full of superheroes and whatnot. | |
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Animal Talk | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7ec8506d | comment |
Animal Talk: Animals have a (simple) form of speech they use to communicate. Andy Merton is able to listen to them after he merges with his pet corgi to become G-Dog. | |
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Sentient Cosmic Force | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7ed7b58c | comment |
Sentient Cosmic Force: The dark energy that infested Astro City during The '80s is implied to be this. It's an energy field that is implied to be attracted to (or induces) feelings of vengeance and malevolence in others, and can empower beings like The Pale Horseman and Lord Sovereign with paranormal abilities. The Lorus that empowers Starfighter is this, a cosmic force associated with patterns and shapes. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Point Man, a brash new hero, fired The Innocent Gun (a weapon containing one of the fundamental powers of the universe) at a planet-threatening menace... despite all of the experienced heroes telling him not to do so. He ended up leveling a dozen city blocks, killed hundreds of people, and tore a hole in reality... not to mention leaving the gun inert, useless against the real threat it was meant to stop. | |
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How We Got Here | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: Used at times. Issue 32 of the Vertigo series begins with a battered Steeljack being arrested by the police. The next two issues go back to how he got there, revealing Steeljack was actually defending himself. "Yesterday's Heroes" begins with Wolfspider falling into water while being attacked by unseen enemies. The bulk of the story is a flashback from his childhood to the present situation. | |
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Breaking the Bonds | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_806acfa7 | comment |
Breaking the Bonds: In "Things Past", Steeljack breaks his super-powered restraints, then snaps Cutlass's restraints, all in the span of a few seconds. | |
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Cover-Blowing Superpower | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_810f9a88 | comment |
In "Pastoral", people feign being unable to notice a Cover Blowing Super Power. | |
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Dysfunction Junction | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_820ac3c5 | comment |
Dysfunction Junction: Played straight with the Williams brothers during the "Dark Age" arc. After seeing their parents gunned down during a super-hero fight, Royal becomes a jaded petty thief, while Charles becomes a By-the-Book Cop who gets shot In the Back by Dirty Cops; the two eventually become vigilantes in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against their parents' killer. They abandon their quest after realizing what they've become, and retire to run a chartered fishing business instead. | |
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Evil Doppelgänger | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_82982bcb | comment |
Evil Doppelgänger: Starfighter once had to fight his alternate-dimension evil counterpart. | |
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1.0 | |
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Signature Scent | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_83095fe8 | comment |
Signature Scent: Louisa Garneau can recognize when Resistor is about to appear because the manifestation is accompanied by the smell of her father's pipe tobacco and lemon drops. | |
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1.0 | |
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Pun | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_83445b04 | comment |
The Dopple Gang are shapeshifters who commit crimes as celebrities. | |
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World's Smartest Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_83811fd7 | comment |
World's Smartest Man: Infidel went from impoverished slave to reality-breaking Evil Sorcerer through intense study, has challenged Samaritan countless times, destroyed reality at least once, and is only in a Self-Imposed Exile because he promised to do so. He once invented a machine to observe superstrings and considered it a mere trifle. | |
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Artistic License – Law | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8391b1c7 | comment |
Artistic License – Law: In "Victory", a trio of female supervillains publicly accuse Winged Victory of secretly leading them. Less than 24 hours later, the Justice Department has ordered her schools to be seized and shut down under the RICO Act — all without any investigation, conclusive evidence, or judicial review. | |
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Longing for Fictionland | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_83a26b37 | comment |
Longing for Fictionland: As a child, the Mock Turtle always was trapped in wardrobes because he was trying to find a portal to Narnia. As an adult, after arriving in Astro City and accepted into the super-community, he sees the city from above. Through his green-tinted visor, he breathlessly notes that it resembles an Emerald City. | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | comment |
"The Day the Music Died" is a downer on both a narrative and a metaphorical level. The story is Exactly What It Says on the Tin — Glamorax, the current spirit of counterculture music, dies — and there's no sign that it will return. The story also challenges the reader to think about the topic on a metaphysical level, asking if the Real Life spark of musical expressionism has been snuffed out by the industry's overuse of targeted markets, micro-niches, and brand management. | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Julius Furst is red to his brother Augustus' blue. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8448fdd0 | type |
Superhero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8448fdd0 | comment |
Super Hero: The focus of the series is largely the adventures of the various superheroes that populate the city, and the people who live with them. | |
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1.0 | |
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Super Team | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_844e7033 | comment |
Super Team: FAR too many to list — Honor Guard, the First Family, the Irregulars, the Unclean, Apollo Eleven, the Crossbreed, the J-Hawks, the Omega Rangers, the Birds of Paradise, Reflex 6, Queenslaw,note They started off as a TV show but were briefly made real the Experimentals, the Silver Centurions, Powerchord... | |
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Interspecies Romance | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8485d41a | comment |
Duncan Keller, a.k.a. Starfighter, is married to Illula, Seven-Fold Empress of Jarranatha. They have a son and daughter, have been together for nearly fifty years, and still shamelessly flirt with each other. | |
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Humanoid Abomination | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_851dda8f | comment |
Humanoid Abomination: The Hanged Man is a spectral presence who (normally) operates out of the Shadow Hill district of Astro City. It is a silent, foreboding black silhouette, who has its own agenda, but can usually be seen when supernatural dangers threaten its neighborhood. | |
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PowerArmor | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_852b3adf | comment |
The Mock Turtle is a villain in a Power Armor suit. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The intergalactic ambassador Telseth is introduced in the Vertigo run with a subplot that runs across a half-dozen issues, but its resolution (or the fate of human ambassador Ben Pullam) is never mentioned. "The Dark Age" features the Innocent Gun, an ancient superweapon left on Earth to combat "the greatest trial humans would ever face". The gun was fired prematurely by The Point Man, apparently leaving humanity defenseless against the threat, but the fallout from that is never shown. Discussed during the "Lovers Quarrel" arc. Crackerjack wonders whatever became of the Crossbreed (from "Confession"). Apparently they broke up after Noah died. | |
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Covert Group with Mundane Front | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_868afe72 | comment |
Covert Group with Mundane Front: While Honor Guard isn't a covert group, their call center is, to protect them from being targeted by supervillains. The employees are hired through shell companies that serve as their cover, with names like HumanoGlobal, Hampton Genetics, Halston-Godney, Hanawa Giken... | |
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Bad Powers, Good People | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_86ba007a | comment |
Bad Powers, Good People: The Confessor is a vampire who fights crime as an intimidating vigilante of the night. Hellhound is a demonic Scary Black Man in leather and chains, but he only hurts wrongdoers and is friendly with other established heroes. | |
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Technopath | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8739b21 | comment |
Technopath: The heroic Assemblyman is suggested to be one of these, and he has been shown controlling machines and reconfiguring them into various weapons. Magda, from "On the Sidelines," who can communicate with machines and persuade them to do her bidding. She uses her powers to restore old cars. | |
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Psychic Powers | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: This is the secret origin of The Gentleman — he is the psychic manifestation of Matilda Armstrong, a girl who wishes him into existence when there's trouble. Matilda is also able to use her powers to create additional people (like the Young Gentleman), keep herself immortal, and Break the Fourth Wall. | |
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Wrong Side of the Tracks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_87572663 | comment |
Wrong Side of the Tracks: Downplayed with Bakerville in Astro City. While it's more industrial-oriented and its residents are definitely lower on the social strata, it's not a lawless hellhole filled with drugs and crime, and has its own supers to keep things under control. | |
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Eldritch Abomination | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Taken to the extreme for the people in Shadow Hill, where the evening streets are filled with various vampires, Eldritch Abominations, bogeymen, and The Hanged Man. The residents deal with it by simply refreshing their wards, making sure the incense is lit, and having their charms conveniently nearby. | |
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Sharp-Dressed Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_87ab7f69 | comment |
Sharp-Dressed Man: No one can hold a candle to The Gentleman, who has never been seen wearing anything other than his impressively elegant tuxedo, complete with sash and buttonhole rose. "Ned" Carroway is addicted to being a costumed Mook partially because it allows him to imagine himself as a Badass in a Nice Suit. Pity his criminal skills aren't as good as his clothing sense. In Astro City, "clotheshorses" are career criminals who are addicted to committing crimes while dressed up in elegant clothes or elaborate costumes. | |
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Villain with Good Publicity | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_87bb6874 | comment |
Villain with Good Publicity: TransGene. Not only getting away with kidnapping and fatal experiments, but getting the hero who revealed it convicted of a crime. Cammie, in "Pastoral", is initially taken in entirely. | |
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Deadly Dodging | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_87c62ade | comment |
Deadly Dodging: In "Yesterday's Heroes", Wolfspider goads Krokolite into charging at him, then shrinks out of the way so Krokolite would destroy the machine giving his powers. One story in "Thumbtacks & Yarn" has Mr. Cakewalk goad Dame Progress into firing a pair of missiles at him. He knocks them off-course to hit a nearby warehouse, revealing the chained prisoners inside. | |
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Dolled-Up Installment | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_89499ccf | comment |
Dolled-Up Installment: Kurt Busiek wrote and submitted a sample Superman script about a young Lex Luthor offering Superboy a 24-hour truce in exchange for a favor. It didn't get published, but helped get his foot in the door. He later reworked the premise (using his own characters) into "Wish I May...". Busiek also pitched a one-shot to Marvel of a Spider-Man story where a Mook, completely by chance, sees Spider-Man taking his mask off, and grapples with what to do with the information. Marvel shot down the idea, because they thought leaving that loose end untied wouldn't be feasible. Naturally, he retooled it into "A Little Knowledge", using Jack-in-the-Box instead. "The Dark Age" started life as a proposed sequel to Marvels to be called Cops & Robbers (later Crime & Punishment). | |
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Lazy Alias | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_894f9af7 | comment |
Lazy Alias: Samaritan uses the alias Asa Martin in order to maintain a cover identity. Granted, he only bothers with the civilian identity because the alien computer that informs him of global emergencies needs an internet connection. | |
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Back from the Dead | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: This is the origin and source of The Gentleman. He is a fantasy-wish manifestation of Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong, a girl whose father was killed in a supervillain attack. Whenever there's danger, Tillie wishes The Gentleman — her Dad — back to life, so he can save the day. | |
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Quitting to Get Married | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_89dcfbdb | comment |
Quitting to Get Married: In "Waltz of the Hours", a sudden citywide burst of romance prompts the costumed bank robber Gundog to suddenly retire from crime and move to Maine with his new girlfriend Laura. | |
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Mind Rape | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8a4988bb | comment |
Ellie Jennersen was a robotics genius even before she got into college and broadened her expertise. Unfortunately, her potential was cut short after her roommate Mind Raped her and stole her work. | |
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Swashbuckler | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8a6284d1 | comment |
Swashbuckler: El Hombre is essentially Zorro but with an electrified whip instead of a sword. Crackerjack combines this with a Glory Hound Jerkass personality. | |
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Decoy Damsel | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8a931051 | comment |
Decoy Damsel: The Apollo Eleven rescue a family whose boat capsized in stormy weather off the coast of South Carolina. Unfortunately, it's a ploy by Pyramid to infiltrate their base with Spy Bots and steal their secrets. | |
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Perspective Flip | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8a9eb844 | comment |
Perspective Flip: "The Tarnished Angel" shows the Honor Guard from the outside. Since Steeljack's a former criminal screwed over by poor decisions and lousy circumstances now trying to do right, Honor Guard's skepticism come across as arrogant, bullying and elitist. "The Menace From Earth" and "Enemy of the State" shows a rescue mission by the First Family on an alien planet from the viewpoint of an alien child. | |
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EverythingsCuterWithKittens | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8ad57172 | comment |
Everything's Cuter with Kittens: The one thing Cammie's willing to admit about the farm: the kittens are cute. | |
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Deconstruction | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7 | comment |
Deconstruction: Busiek denies the assertion that the comic is "realistic" since superheroes are inherently fantastical and he believes that reconstruction should always follow deconstruction. While the comic generally doesn't veer into the Darker and Edgier territory associated with deconstructions, the superheroes and villains are given convincing, human characterization and deal with the sorts of day-to-day problems and personal demons that would logically be experienced by people in their place. Meanwhile, Astro Citizens react to happenings around them as one would expect considering that heroes have been around for over seventy years. "On The Sidelines" takes a look at a superpower-heavy world from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't want to be a superhero or supervillain after trying her hand at both: her first vigilante action as a superhero left a carjacker severely injured and her seeing it first-hand. While he deserved it, it made her feel awful. Her bad guy attempt was to 'legally' rob a casino by using her telekinesis to get jackpots, but she felt too guilty to actually take the money, even if it wasn't a violent crime. Instead, she, and a thousand others like her, make a living by simply using it for mundane jobs, like special effects or deejaying. As she puts it, there's always someone (usually a supervillain) trying to tell what someone can do with their powers, but at the end of the day, they're just control freaks playing at trying to be bigger than they are. (She also points out typical supervillain tropes sound stupid. The villain of the day calls himself 'Majordomo', but that means a servant, not a leader.) | |
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Reed Richards Is Useless | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8b221a63 | comment |
Reed Richards Is Useless: Usually played straight, as Kurt Busiek believes that it's important that the stories take place in our world. That said, a key event in the universe is Samaritan averting the Challenger shuttle disaster, which ushered in a new era of inspirational superheroes. There's also the story of Vincent Oleck, a lawyer who successfully defended his client in a murder case by citing superhuman tropes such as Shapeshifting, Evil Twins, and Death Is Cheap. Later, it is explained that the case caused a major overhaul of praxis in Astro City's legal system, so the defense wouldn't work in the present day. Deconstructed in the Astro-Naut's story. Roy Virgil, a.k.a. the Astro-Naut, developed many super-advanced inventions during his interplanetary adventures. However, he refuses to share them with anyone because he's convinced that The World Is Not Ready for them. The public is outraged that he's hoarding futuristic technology from them, especially as this was during the start of World War II and the Allies' war effort, causing his popularity to plummet. | |
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Did Not Get the Girl | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8b442f50 | comment |
Did Not Get the Girl: Part of the reason for El Hombre's Start of Darkness was when the love of his life married a local political activist, forcing him to admit that his heroism was a futile attempt to win her heart. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Posthumous Character | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Astro City has lots of these, given the lack of Comic-Book Time and heavy use of flashback stories. To point out only a few examples: The heroic Stormhawk is seen entirely in flashback, yet is a key character in "Sorrowsday". Many of the incarnations of counterculture music — Mr. Cakewalk, Jazzbaby, the Halcyon Hippie, etc. — are shown in flashback stories or only mentioned in passing. Several of the founding members of Honor Guard (Leopardman, Max O'Millions, the first Cleopatra) appear only in flashbacks. The earliest adventurers of the 'verse, such as the Astro-Naut, Air Ace, Coyotl, and the All-American are seen exclusively in flashbacks or references. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8b568cb7 | |
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Anachronic Order | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8b6e8d7 | comment |
Anachronic Order: "Waltz of the Hours". Each page is set on a different hour of a single day, but not in linear order. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Zero-G Spot | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8c995bfc | comment |
Zero-G Spot: Referenced in "The Gordian Knot". The planet Reklak-4 is part of a nexus of multiple realities that is used as a galactic cultural hub and entertainment center. Some people like to use the recreational low-gravity zones for carnal experiments... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8c995bfc | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8d522951 | type |
Self-Imposed Exile | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8d522951 | comment |
Self-Imposed Exile: After destroying reality in a futile battle against Samaritan, Infidel agreed to exile himself into a pocket dimension where he could study and scheme without directly endangering the universe. | |
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1.0 | |
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Kid Sidekick | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | comment |
El Hombre recruits his Kid Sidekick Bravo after his parents were killed by gang violence. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Child Prodigy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8e20ae0d | comment |
Beautie is an adult-sized manifestation of the popular Beautie doll for girls. She is actually a robot invented by the genius daughter of a Gadgeteer Genius, who used the doll as a model. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8ee72ccd | type |
Sickeningly Sweet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8ee72ccd | comment |
Sickeningly Sweet: Every time G-Dog (half-man, half-corgi) rescues someone, they invariably gush over how adorably cute he is... which irritates his human half to no end. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Deliberately Painful Clothing | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8f1bb87c | comment |
Deliberately Painful Clothing: The original Confessor wears a cross on his costume, which leaves him in constant pain because he's a vampire. He does this because he's a fallen priest who acts as a superhero for penance. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8f900ccd | type |
Overly Long Name | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8f900ccd | comment |
Overly Long Name: The Working Group on Unsettling Anomalies Classification and Contamination, otherwise known as the Blasphemy Boys. The Steel-Jacketed Man shortened his name to Steeljack. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_8f900ccd | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_905438eb | type |
Recycled IN SPACE! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_905438eb | comment |
Implied with Black Rapier; he appears to be Batman with fencing, or perhaps a Captain Ersatz Zorro. Other characters have referred to him as a detective. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_905438eb | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90769dd0 | type |
Evil Genius | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90769dd0 | comment |
Evil Genius: Naturally, Astro City is full of these. See the individual tropes for examples. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90769dd0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_908ad334 | type |
Time Master | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_908ad334 | comment |
Time Master: The Time-Keeper is a villain who uses stopwatches of his own design that can stop time. In "The Nearness of You," he fights Eterneon, the Lord and Watcher of the Timestream, and the battle results in a Time Crash Crisis Crossover. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_908ad334 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90965cc7 | type |
Hive Mind | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90965cc7 | comment |
Hive Mind: The Gorilla Swarm is an army of insect-headed primates with a hive mind. The story "Everyday Life" has them being controlled by a villain (The Silver Brain), making this a double instantiation of the trope. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90b98fbb | type |
The Needless | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90b98fbb | comment |
The Needless: As a living cartoon character, Loony Leo does not need to eat, drink, or sleep, and is effectively immortal. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_90b98fbb | |
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Fountain of Youth | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9141fba3 | comment |
Fountain of Youth: Crackerjack looks for something to restore his youthful physique once he starts becoming incapacitated due to his advancing age. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9141fba3 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9182ea54 | type |
Crazy Cat Lady | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9182ea54 | comment |
Crazy Cat Lady: Tabitha Grey, former Kid Sidekick to Leopardman, reinvented herself as a mage named Greymalkin. In her twilight years, she lives in an Old, Dark House with dozens of cats. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9182ea54 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_919eaa09 | type |
Black-Tie Infiltration | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_919eaa09 | comment |
Black-Tie Infiltration: Tom O'Bedlam's "Phoenix Party" to celebrate Glamorax's transformation is infiltrated by cultists of the Oubor, who use talismans to disrupt Glamorax's rebirth. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_919eaa09 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b0421b | type |
Loser Son of Loser Dad | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b0421b | comment |
This was part of the reason why Brian Kinney left his hometown of Buchanan Corners. His father, the county doctor, selflessly treated everyone who needed help even if they couldn't pay, leaving Brian's family impoverished as a result. When his father died penniless and Brian was orphaned, the townspeople derisively called his father an idealistic fool and said Brian would be no better. This angered Brian so much that he ran off to Astro City to make a name for himself. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b0421b | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b31f6b | type |
Please Select New City Name | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b31f6b | comment |
Please Select New City Name: "The Sky's the Limit" tells the story of how Romeyn Falls was renamed Astro City. It was in honor of the Golden Age hero the Astro-Naut, who saved the city from an alien invasion which had leveled most of it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b31f6b | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b5521d | type |
Complete Immortality | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b5521d | comment |
Complete Immortality: Loony Leo discovers that, being a living cartoon, he cannot die. He spent six years Walking the Earth with no ill effects. One of Infidel's early discoveries was how to use the base energy of the universe to make himself immortal. note This suggests that Samaritan — whose powers come from the same Empyrean Fire — is also immortal. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91b5521d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91d8f769 | type |
Non-Human Non-Binary | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91d8f769 | comment |
Non-Human Non-Binary: The only non-binary character who's appeared in the entire run is Glamorax, who is the living embodiment of glam rock. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91d8f769 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91e894b4 | type |
Apocalypse How | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91e894b4 | comment |
Apocalypse How: Lots, though they typically appear as either alternate realities or close calls averted by the efforts of the heroes. A noteworthy case appears in "The Eagle and the Mountain", when Samaritan and Infidel ended up creating a Class Z event by destroying all of existence. | |
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-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_91e894b4 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9245d989 | type |
Sinister Minister | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9245d989 | comment |
Sinister Minister: Subverted by The Deacon, who is the undisputed leader of organized crime throughout the city, but is simply a crime boss who dresses like a religious figure. The Deacon is balanced by his greatest enemy, the Confessor, who's not only religiously themed, but is actually a real priest. And then subverted again when the Confessor is outed as a vampire. "The Dark Ages" featured the Hellsignor, a skeletal Evil Sorcerer who called himself "Satan's Archbishop". | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9245d989 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_927b2f11 | type |
The Bus Came Back | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_927b2f11 | comment |
The Bus Came Back: Ben Pullam first appeared in the first issue of the second series in 1996, and returned 17 years later in 2013 for the first issue of the Vertigo series. Steeljack returned to the series in 2016, 16 years after "The Tarnished Angel". An even longer bus ride is that of Marta Dobrescu, who originally appeared back in issue 4 of the original series in 1995, and returned for issues 39-40 of the Vertigo series in 2016 21 years later. Michael Tenicek made his first appearance in "The Nearness of You" in 1998, returning 20 years on in 2018 for issues 50-52 of the Vertigo series. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_927b2f11 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_92cca75b | type |
Ret-Gone | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_92cca75b | comment |
After being harassed by mere mortals in history, Infidel established his first empire in the far future, after humanity had died out and he could study the universe without being interrupted... at least, until Samaritan accidentally erased it. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_92cca75b | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9315c635 | type |
Lovable Jock | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9315c635 | comment |
Lovable Jock: "Wish I May..." has Chet Markham, quarterback of the high school football team, and the only non-Jerk Jock who tries repeatedly to befriend Teen Genius Evil Nerd Simon Siezmanski. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9315c635 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9323741 | type |
Planet Looters | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9323741 | comment |
Planet Looters: The Mrevani from "The Sky's the Limit" are primitive scavengers who steal their technologies from other, more advanced, civilizations, then use it to conquer them. The Astro-Naut fears that humans could do the same if they used his discoveries prematurely. | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9323741 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_932da128 | type |
Monster Clown | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_932da128 | comment |
In "A Little Knowledge", a small-time crook sees the superhero Jack-in-the-Box change into his civilian clothes. At first, he thinks that he's struck gold by discovering this potentially valuable information, but then starts to imagine all the ways in which selling the info could go wrong, including nightmares of being pursued by a vengeful Jack. He eventually gets so stressed out he leaves town without revealing the secret to anyone. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_932da128 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_93ed8515 | type |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_93ed8515 | comment |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong Samaritan was originally from the 35th century, when mankind was nearly extinct. In a desperate attempt, he was sent back in time to stop the event that triggered his Bad Future. He arrived in 1985, accidentally infused with the primal energy of time and space, and barely managed to avert the Challenger shuttle explosion. He had saved the future and became a superhero, but at the cost of eliminating his original timeline and everyone in it. This is a background event in "The Nearness of You". A time-manipulating supervillain ends up shattering time itself and endangering all of reality as a result. The heroes eventually managed to restore the timestream, but with some minor differences... | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_93ed8515 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_945dd99a | type |
Cape Busters | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_945dd99a | comment |
Cape Busters: E.A.G.L.E. became this during the "Confession" story arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_950bbfa7 | type |
Take a Third Option | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_950bbfa7 | comment |
Take a Third Option: Sticks' solution to his dilemma of wanting to play music while not endangering the people around him is to form a band with other musically-talented supers, allowing them to indulge their passion while stopping any troublemakers they may encounter. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_950bbfa7 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95265081 | type |
Leeroy Jenkins | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95265081 | comment |
Leeroy Jenkins: This is how American Chibi is introduced — her first appearance consists of directly charging into the Iron Legion to disrupt their robbery plans. Then, minutes later, she tries to open a giant floating door by slamming it at top speed. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95265081 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | type |
Outside Ride | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | comment |
Outside Ride: A variation; the Astro-Naut would ride jet engines — and nothing else, just the engine — for fun, like a rodeo cowboy. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95b875b1 | type |
Not Me This Time | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95b875b1 | comment |
Not Me This Time: The story "Adventures In Other Worlds" plays this to eleven. When Astra Furst goes missing, the First Family hunt down all of their usual super-villain enemies, convinced that one of them has captured her. Each villain's latest scheme gets disrupted, even though none of them are guilty of kidnapping Astra... when, in reality, she's run away from home to experience elementary school and learn how to play hopscotch. In "Things Past", the retired villainess Cutlass is the lead suspect in a brutal bank robbery that used her signature Laser Blade weapons. She insists she didn't do it, and hires Steeljack to find out who was really responsible. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_95b875b1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_964c8ef4 | type |
Death Is Not Permanent | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_964c8ef4 | comment |
From "Knock Wood", after attorney Vincent Oleck questions a coroner if he was absolutely sure one of his subjects was actually dead: | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pioneer | |
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Older stories have featured brief glimpses of the Frontiersman, complete with coonskin cap. | |
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Big Bad | |
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The "Lover's Quarrel" story arc ends on this: Crackerjack has been badly injured and probably crippled for life, the Big Bad who injured him has escaped, and the whole thing was a futile effort for Crackerjack to rejuvenate himself. The only bright spot is that Quarrel has begun to reconcile with her father, and she's giving herself a new purpose in life by tending to Crackerjack's rehabilitation. | |
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Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys? | |
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Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Though it's never stated outright, it is heavily implied that much of Honor Guard's infrastructure — from their elaborate flying base to their teleporting call center — is funded by N.R.-Gistics, the company responsible for the N-Forcer armored hero. During the "Confession" story arc, it is hinted that the Confessor gets his funding through judicious use of long-term investment funds. Apparently waiting a hundred years for high-yield returns isn't a problem if you're a vampire. Jack-in-the-Box apparently funds his crimefighting efforts by being the CEO of a toy company. One issue featured a flashback to the villainous Assemblyman, who built weapons and gadgets for anyone with the cash. The Black Lab is a group of villains who perform villainous super-science for anyone willing to pay them. The Junkman, true to his philosophy, builds all of his gear by scavenging discarded products. The Fixit Man is a small-time Gadgeteer Genius who used to repair gear for supervillains; he quit due to too much planned obsolescence making everything disposable. | |
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Never My Fault | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: After the Point Man used a Lost Superweapon against an alien menace — destroying a dozen city blocks and killing several hundred people in the process — he proceeds to blame the other superheroes for not telling him that it was a destructive world-ending superweapon (even though they did do exactly that). | |
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Girl Friday | |
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Girl Friday: Raitha McCann, the Silver Adept's personal secretary, fits this trope to a tee — a typical day's work includes rescheduling the Adept's appointments, plotting the most expedient interdimensional travel routes, and placating angry gods while the boss is out. | |
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Brand X | |
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Brand X: "Beautie" dolls, "Beefy Bob's" burger joints, and "Astro-Mart" convenience stores. | |
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Sewer Gator | |
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Sewer Gator: One of the outcast heroes who was recruited by Bravo to become a founding member of the Astro City Irregulars was a mutant alligator that lived in the city sewers, with the unoriginal name of Alligator. | |
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Friendly Neighborhood Vampire | |
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Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: The Confessor. It is also implied that the vampires who live in Shadow Hill all behave — or else. | |
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Chick Magnet | |
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Chick Magnet: Briefly discussed; when Reflex 6 tries to recruit Sticks to join them, Tearaway notes that it's a great way to meet girls. | |
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1.0 | |
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Time Crash | |
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Time Crash: Occurs in "The Nearness of You". Michael Tenicek is haunted by dreams of a wife he's never met, because she was erased from existence in the aftermath of a Time Crash. | |
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Poke the Poodle | |
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Poke the Poodle: Among the curses Mr. Malefic wishes upon the Silver Adept are that her feet be covered in blisters, her toenails cut too short and her lips be forever chapped. In a battle against The Gentleman, Professor Borzoi threatens to crumple his carnation and muss his coif. | |
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Boyfriend-Blocking Dad | |
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Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: This is Duncan Keller's first reaction to learning that his daughter is not only training as one of the new Starfighters with four others, but one of them is also romantically interested in her. His wife cools him down. Rex Zorus, Astra's father, gives Matt an intimidating interrogation on their Prom Night. Intimidation is very easy when you're a 500-pound bright red reptilian monster with razor teeth... | |
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Take Up My Sword | |
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Take Up My Sword: The Confessor is succeeded by Altar Boy after the Confessor is revealed to be a vampire and killed in battle. Jack-in-the-Box II initially took up the mantle to capture the crime boss his father died pursuing. Starbright is replaced by his former Arch-Enemy Simon Says after the original dies on a mission. Done indirectly with Stormhawk — after he dies in a Heroic Sacrifice, the medallion that granted his Beast Man Fusion Dance powers returns to his home, where his wife enshrines it. Later, a burglar steals the medallion, then accidentally becomes G-Dog as a result. | |
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Cyborg | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_99a12edd | comment |
Cyborg: El Robo of the Astro City Irregulars is a half-human half-robot hero, though he has no visible human parts. | |
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1.0 | |
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Hand Blast | |
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Hand Blast: The villain HandGun had an arsenal of specialized gauntlets which fire different types of energy beams. When he's mysteriously murdered, his widow is stuck wondering what she's going to do with a basement cybernetics lab and about twenty different Hand Blast-producing gauntlets. Glowworm fires blasts of radioactive green energy from his hands. Nick Furst uses his hands to manipulate and control the energies inside his body. | |
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Heroic Bystander | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9a2aee13 | comment |
Heroic Bystander: This is a recurring element in Astro City, where ordinary people selflessly take risks to save others in need. In "Newcomers", hotel doorman Pete Donacek does a diving catch to save a four-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling car during a giant robot attack. He sees her every day and doesn't even know her name, but is satisfied knowing that he did the right thing for someone. In "Pastoral", a team of supervillains take down Roustabout in the middle of a carnival attack. An entire crowd of bystanders piles on with farm tools and two-by-fours, winning him enough time to regroup and turn the tide. In "Victory", an injured teenager named Joey Lacroix discovers the secret base of the mastermind destroying Winged Victory's reputation. Despite feeling helpless and alone and scared, he manages to pass the information along, all to help people he had never met. "And, In the End..." shows that there is a citywide network of civilian volunteers who support emergency services personnel after super-conflicts. | |
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Do Not Taunt Cthulhu | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9a480050 | comment |
"Where the Action Is" deals with a comic book publisher deciding — after a bad run in with several superbeings angry about what his comics have been saying about them — that maybe it's time to switch to cosmic based stories, because nobody of that nature would care about some little comic book, right? This assertion is proven very, very, wrong... | |
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Atrocious Alias | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9a91603e | comment |
Atrocious Alias: The Otter, possibly the cutest supervillain name ever. Mind you, he does run around dressed as an otter, so the name clearly doesn't bother him. Maybe he should have called himself the furry old lobster instead. Then there's Glue-Gun, an Expy of Marvel Comics' Paste-Pot Pete. One issue has The Majordomo, who clearly intends to be an impressive rule-the-world villain. As another character dryly points out, it might have come off better if he hadn't named himself after a servant. Before becoming a special effects artist, telekinetic Martha Sullivan had a very brief career as the superhero "Mind-Over-Mattie." Her only defense was "it was the sixties." When Brian Kinney became the sidekick for the priestly Confessor, he received the codename "Altar Boy." He doesn't care for it, but doesn't get a vote in the matter. Before Reflex 6 settled on their name, Tearaway kept suggesting the name "Wildrogues". Everyone else hated it. The Animal Superheroes team Pet Patrol briefly considered calling themselves "Pet Dander" and "Fauna Force". A newly-created supervillain called himself "Lord Sovereign"; a person nearby lampshades how redundant that is. Jerome Johnson, the son of the hero Jack-in-the-Box, tried at one point to fight crime under the name Jackie Justice, a career which was cut short on his first night out when he broke his leg. His father is shown to be in disbelief about many of his actions, not least of all that he went with "Jackie Justice" as a name. | |
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Sociopathic Hero | |
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"The Dark Age" follows the lives of Charles and Royal Williams as they evolve into Sociopathic Heroes to get revenge on the man who killed their parents. | |
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Kill It with Fire | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9c1f758a | comment |
The Pale Horseman incinerates all criminals, whether it's murderers or shoplifting kids. | |
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What Measure Is a Non-Human? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9c45b5a2 | comment |
What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Briefly discussed in "The Eagle and the Mountain"; when Samaritan is disturbed at Infidel's use of female homunculi (non-sapient mindless apparitions) for his servants, Infidel asks him if he would've been upset if they were robots instead. | |
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Stay in the Kitchen | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9cbf01d6 | comment |
Stay in the Kitchen: Played for drama in "Her Dark Plastic Roots". Elaine Girbachs, the daughter of Gadgeteer Genius Dr. Gearbox, was a Child Prodigy whose expertise exceeded his own. But when he found out about her talent, he denounced her because he believed engineering and math aren't proper fields for girls. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: In the very first appearance of the Gentleman in "Welcome to Astro City" (published in 1996), there is a crowd of people, including a girl with pigtails in a green sweater. She's the reason he exists. This doesn't get explained until issue #43 of the Vertigo series (published in 2017), making this over 20 years of foreshadowing. In "Justice Systems", Vincent Oleck gets flashes of a black featureless void beyond reality, filled with hungry and vengeful Eldritch Abominations. This is explored later in "The Dark Age" story arc. A subplot in the "Confession" story arc revolves around a series of murders in Shadow Hill; the only clue to the cause was a glimpse of an Eldritch Abomination fighting the Hanged Man one evening. Sixteen years later, the abomination is finally revealed as The Oubor, foe of the Broken Man. The end of "Thumbtacks & Yarn" has the Broken Man holding some newspaper clippings about the Menagerie Gang, the Ore-Master and the Silver Adept, all of whom are mentioned or featured in following issues. "The Sorcerer's Assistant" makes mention that there was a "silver harmony" about Astro City that drew the Silver Adept to it, or possibly an absence. Something that takes on a different light after the stories about Silverstring and Glamorax. During "The Sky's the Limit", the narrator mentions the Gentleman first appeared fighting the Bund-O-Teurs, but despite this there was damage and death, including children being orphaned, and one specific man in a green sweater. These details prove to be very important a few issues later. | |
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Brought to You by the Letter "S" | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9d1a935f | comment |
Brought to You by the Letter "S": "A" is for the All-American. The Silver Adept has a brooch with a stylized "A" on it. Beautie uses a stylized "B" for her accessories. Appropriately for a fictional hero, the Crimson Cougar has a prominent double-CC logo. "F" is for the First Family. As an adult, Astra Furst has traded her "F" bodysuit... for a bodysuit with a massive "A" on it. In a photo, the original Goldenglove is seen wearing a championship belt with a large "G" on it. "GG" is for the C-rate villain Glue Gun, though it's only visible on his back-mounted glue canisters. Honor Guard's logo is a large serif H with a smaller sans-serif G embedded inside. "N" is for N-Forcer. "Q" is for Quarrel. Roustabout has a large cowboy belt with a double-R branding design. Supersonic's costume has a full-torso logo that resembles a very stylized "S". Winged Victory's emblem/Transformation Trinket is a capital "V" with a pair of outswept wings. | |
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Barbie Doll Anatomy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9d1cc720 | comment |
Barbie Doll Anatomy: Beautie, literally. | |
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Alien Catnip | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9d1fa121 | comment |
Alien Catnip: In "Apeman Blues", Reflex 6 breaks up a speakeasy that puts kidnapped humans into a drugged stupor so aliens can get high feeding off their memories and emotions. | |
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Fag Hag | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9d6f3607 | comment |
Fag Hag: Beautie, a human-sized robotic fashion doll, has an apartment above a gay bar and is friends to the local gay community because they understand what it's like to feel separate from the norm (if in a different way). It also helps that they don't try to proposition her. | |
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Continuity Nod | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: Frequent. By way of a particularly illustrative example, virtually everything from issue one is called back in future issues: Samaritan briefly mutters his flight time when he arrives to visit Steeljack in "The Tarnished Angel," and again when visiting Maddie in "On the Sidelines". Samaritan mentions that Honor Guard's alien detector is on the fritz. This seeming throwaway line is a critical plot point in "Confession." At the Honor Guard meeting Cleopatra mentions the rising threat of "Gnomes" in the mountains. A few issues later a giant, Gnome-built robot squares off with some heroes. Samaritan's fight with the Living Nightmare is the front-page story for the Rocket in the very next story, "The Scoop." And the Rocket's lead story in issue one is "Jack-in-the-Box captures Brass Monkey." Both Jack and the Monkey of course appear in future issues. At the office, Asa's latest work assignment is about the First Family, who of course also make frequent appearances throughout the series. A news story in "Confession" mentions yet another award ceremony in Samaritan's honor. | |
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Death by Secret Identity | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9e0d9594 | comment |
In one story, a petty criminal stumbles upon Jack-in-the-Box's identity, then starts thinking about the ways he might exploit the information. The more he thinks about it, the more he realizes that it will all end VERY badly for him. He decides to forget everything and leave town instead. | |
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Flashback Cut | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9e67ec50 | comment |
Flashback Cut: "Her Dark Plastic Roots" has moments where Beautie's speculations on her origin are interrupted by quick flashbacks to a happy voice excited over her creation. | |
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Long-Lived | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9eb7e397 | comment |
The Master was a Long-Lived evil mastermind who rejoiced in hatred and fed on people's suffering and misery. | |
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Draw Aggro | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9f3857d5 | comment |
Draw Aggro: When the Silver Agent, Mirage, and Hellhound are fighting a crowd of mutated Mooks in Las Vegas, Mirage offers to fly off and draw their attention so the others can break into a hidden base and disrupt their power source. | |
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Secret-Keeper | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: Astro City has dozens of these, given the sheer number of superheroes and supervillains in the 'verse. Special recognition goes to the entire town of Caplinville, where the Close-Knit Community maintains an Extra-Strength Masquerade for local hero Roustabout. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Evil Is Not a Toy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9fb2452d | comment |
Evil Is Not a Toy: Dr. Aegyptus tried summoning the Oubor in exchange for eternal life. He didn't get what he was after. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Cut Lex Luthor a Check | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9fbf8969 | comment |
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Infidel is a straight example. He's an Evil Sorcerer Mad Scientist who can rewrite reality, and could easily live a long and comfortable life of unimaginable fame and luxury without effort. But he's obsessed with conquering everyone everywhere, and is relegated to a pocket dimension instead. Deconstructed in "The Tarnished Angel". Steeljack points out that all of the villains he knows (including himself) made millions at one point or another, but he finds all of their widows living in run-down apartments. They all put their fortunes into preparing for their next job, expensive gear, or paying off debts, telling themselves that the next heist would be big enough to retire on. To a degree, this corresponds to real-life criminal psychology. This is even specifically pointed out when he interviews the Chain's boyfriend, who mentions that he kept pushing the Chain to sell his invention (which allows him to transfer his mind into a metal body) for space or deep sea exploration, making millions in a perfectly legit way. The Chain would always shoot down the suggestions and insist he didn't understand. It is also deconstructed in the Eisner Award winning "Show 'Em All". It shows that while supervillains COULD get rich from their creations or even by being more clever with their crimes, that's not why they do it, it's mostly the result of a desperate need for validation. Everyone HAS to know how clever and powerful the villain committing the crime is, they'd rather lose outright than get away with no one knowing who did it. Indirectly addressed in the story "On the Sidelines", a story about superpowered folks who use their abilities for regular jobs such as special effects, construction, and glassblowing. Averted by the villainess Cutlass, who saved enough money from her supervillain heists to start a real estate business near Phoenix, AZ. | |
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_9fe35833 | comment |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Glowworm (who is African-American, though his skin color is obscured by his constant Power Glow) is specifically incensed that his mother saw a comic book that depicted him as a white supremacist. Publisher Manny Monkton tries to appeal to reason somewhat by asking how she feels about him robbing banks, and that probably didn't help. Steeljack's efforts to reform are partly an effort to live up to the standards his mother set, and he visits her grave repeatedly. | |
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1.0 | |
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Hand-or-Object Underwear | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a18a7c01 | comment |
Hand-or-Object Underwear: G-Dog defeats the Lichen-Thrope by pulling its human master out of its torso. The guy is stranded in the street in nothing but red boxers, desperately covering his crotch with his hands. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Dumb Muscle | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a18fda9c | comment |
Dumb Muscle: Jitterjack can literally tear a person apart with his bare hands, but his Hulk Speak and other mannerisms indicate serious mental difficulties. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a18fda9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a18fda9c | |
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Mind Control | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a19135a6 | comment |
Mind Control: Lord Sovereign can control people with his dark energy powers. Stovepipe Johnny once had a vat of green ooze that allowed him to turn homeless people into Mooks. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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My God, What Have I Done? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: Happens in "The Dark Age" with Black Velvet and the Street Angel, who are horrified when they fully realize the true cost of their sociopathic war on crime. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lost Superweapon | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a1dfb30e | comment |
Lost Superweapon: The Innocent Gun, a weapon left on Earth by alien Precursors as the final defense against an unspecified future threat. It was hidden in an ancient underground temple, and harnesses one of the fundamental powers of the cosmos. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Half-Human Hybrid | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a2cbad1 | comment |
Half-Human Hybrid: Most members of the First Family are this to every degree imaginable. While Dr. Augustus Furst and his brother Julius are fully human, Augustus' adopted twins Nick and Natalie are half-human, half-Beast Man hybrids. Then Natalie marries the monster prince of an underground city and have a daughter Astra, while Nick marries a human woman and have twins Karl and Sasha with their own powers... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a2cbad1 | |
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Affirmative-Action Legacy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a30a44fc | comment |
Affirmative-Action Legacy: The character diversity in Astro City largely follows that of Real Life comic book history, so this trope is played straight deliberately. As seen in flashbacks, Cleopatra started off as a blonde Caucasian woman. By the time the series begins, however, she has been replaced by a dark-skinned woman. The original Quarrel was a male criminal. He is succeeded by his daughter, who took his name and gear to build a heroic legacy. Little is known about the original Flying Fox other than he was male. The second Flying Fox is the daughter of a state Senator, and a lesbian in her private life. The original Goldenglove was a male super-criminal. His daughter dons the identity of Goldenglove II to be a master thief, but is eventually swayed into being a hero. Stray I was a male member of the Astro City Irregulars, while Stray II is a female free agent who was sometimes seen with the Confessor. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a30a44fc | |
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Action Pet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a3f706c4 | comment |
Action Pet: Kittyhawk, the stray cat adopted by Nightingale. She can walk through walls and doors, sprout black wings for flight, and is smart enough to foil a kidnapping plot (almost) by herself. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a3f706c4 | |
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Multiple-Choice Past | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a426ae28 | comment |
Multiple-Choice Past: Crackerjack's origins is whatever fanciful yarn he can tell at the spur of the moment. At different times he's claimed to be from a circus family that got abducted and trained by aliens, an Olympic hopeful who was sabotaged by a competitor, a determined survivor of polio, a genetically-engineered member of a spy cult... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a426ae28 | |
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It's Not You, It's My Enemies | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a4878b81 | comment |
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: This is the reason the Silver Agent gave his first girlfriend for breaking off their relationship. In reality, he had learned that he was sterile, but didn't want to tell her the truth so she could move on. Sticks, a sentient gorilla trained in combat, is unable to join a band because of his constant fear that that super-villains trying to exploit him would endanger his fellow band members. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: In "The Voice of the Turtle", we get the life story of the Mock Turtle, a soft-spoken, naive, good-hearted inventor who only ever wanted to find a city of dreams. After getting tricked into committing crimes by a manipulative woman, he eventually flees the UK and makes his way to Astro City, where he's saved from his troubles and welcomed as a friend by Steeljack and the denizens of Kiefer Square. The issue ends with him having finally found his city of dreams, happy at last. Then issue 18 opens after his brutal murder. "Who's a Good Dog?" is a fun, upbeat adventure of Andy Merton and his pet corgi Hank after they've fused to become the superhero G-Dog. Then the veterinarian reminds Andy that Hank is in his old age. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Flying Brick | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a51b63ed | comment |
Beautie is a super-strong flying robot that resembles an adult-sized Beautie fashion doll. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a51b63ed | |
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Dented Iron | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a54c2273 | comment |
Shown rather tragically with Supersonic, where his old buddy tries to get him out for one rousing battle to show these young upstarts a classic in action. However, with his strategist mindset dulled by years of aging and hard knocks, he fails to perform anything like the way he used to, barely managing to scrape out a Pyrrhic Victory. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Fantastic Faux | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a58e762d | comment |
The Fantastic Faux: The First Family are analogous to the Four, being a Super Family Team of space-age-inspired explorers and adventurers. Note that "First Family" is a moniker occasionally used for the team within the Marvel universe, making this a not-too-subtle Shout-Out. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a58e762d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6441fa | type |
Gratuitous Ninja | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6441fa | comment |
Gratuitous Ninja: One issue of "The Dark Age" starts off with a martial arts fight between two kung-fu superheroes and a team of flying jetpack ninjas. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6441fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6441fa | |
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Humble Goal | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6a68db3 | comment |
Humble Goal: In "Things Past", the mastermind who's been committing crimes using the gear from retired supervillains did so simply because he wanted to play with his nifty toys. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Protection Racket | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6ec25e4 | comment |
Protection Racket: During the Great Depression, the Ingels Street Mob would intimidate shopkeepers into signing up for "protection"; those who refused would be visited by The Convincer, an armored thug who'd smash up the place (and maybe the owners). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a6ec25e4 | |
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Planetary Romance | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a7ae714 | comment |
Planetary Romance: A major part of Starfighter's past adventures involve Illula, Seven-Fold Empress of Jarranatha. Also a good part of the Astro-Naut's adventures, with Xalzana the space princess. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a7ae714 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a7ae714 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a7aef9ff | type |
Obfuscating Stupidity | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a7aef9ff | comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: In "Pastoral", people feign being unable to notice a Cover Blowing Super Power. Crackerjack sometimes uses his carefree Idiot Hero persona to lull people into lowering their guard around him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a8559a9f | type |
RealLife | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a8559a9f | comment |
"The Dark Age" references the Real Life kung fu fad of The '70s with the Jade Dragons, and the space race with the Apollo Eleven. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Banging for Help | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a858bec5 | comment |
Banging for Help: Seeking shelter at an arms cache during a citywide riot, Royal Williams finds his brother Charles dying from a gunshot wound. Desperate to attract the police over the chaos around him, Royal fires off all of the weapons to get their attention. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a858bec5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a90fff3 | type |
Based on a True Story | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a90fff3 | comment |
The end of "The Dark Age" reveals that the entire story is an embellished novelization of what had happened in-universe, with some details changed, including the real names of the main protagonists. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a9c1bc0c | type |
Bee Afraid | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a9c1bc0c | comment |
Bee Afraid: The Beekeeper, an older supervillain who attacks folks with deadly bee swarms. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_a9c1bc0c | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa245ded | type |
Mob War | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa245ded | comment |
Mob War: One breaks out in "The Dark Age" between a half-dozen gangs in Astro City. It's made much more complicated because one gang has hired a psychotic assassin, another gang is led by a telepathic Brain in a Jar, and there's a vengeful Anti-Hero with a Touch of Death who wants to kill them all. | |
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1.0 | |
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Brawn Hilda | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa55cd25 | comment |
Brawn Hilda: According to both Steeljack and Cutlass, the muscular villainess Wrestla is "built like an ox, with a face to match." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa55cd25 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa938aad | type |
Remote Body | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aa938aad | comment |
Remote Body: The Death-Walker robots are controlled by human operators from a remote location. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aaa1fa9 | type |
Captain Space, Defender of Earth! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aaa1fa9 | comment |
Deconstructed in the Astro-Naut's story. Roy Virgil, a.k.a. the Astro-Naut, developed many super-advanced inventions during his interplanetary adventures. However, he refuses to share them with anyone because he's convinced that The World Is Not Ready for them. The public is outraged that he's hoarding futuristic technology from them, especially as this was during the start of World War II and the Allies' war effort, causing his popularity to plummet. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aadcbbe4 | type |
Close-Enough Timeline | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_aadcbbe4 | comment |
Close-Enough Timeline: Played rather tragically in "The Nearness of You", where it's revealed that one of these was created at an indeterminate point. In the reconstructed timeline, a few events were delayed by a day or so, which means that some people who existed in the old timeline were never born in the current one. People who were particularly close to them have vague dreams and visions of someone they've never met, with the focal character being haunted by memories of his former wife. The Hanged Man apparently comes to them on occasion to console them. | |
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1.0 | |
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Dramatic Irony | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ab5eea65 | comment |
Dramatic Irony: Cammie in "Pastoral", bitter about being shipped off from Astro City to spend the summer in the countryside with relatives, resentfully thinks that they would not think so highly of their local superhero Roustabout if they could compare him to a real Astro City superhero — like Crackerjack, who not only (unlike Roustabout) has no superpowers but also is an arrogant Glory Hound (also unlike Roustabout). Similarly, when Brian longs to be a hero for the respect, he sees Crackerjack in action and thinks he gets respect in spades — unaware that his Jerkass ways mean he gets less than even his exploits would ordinarily merit in the superhero community. In "Shining Armor", Irene Merriweather recalls how her dogged determination to learn Atomicus' secret identity ended up driving him away forever. Yet, despite her investigative skills, she fails to notice that her daughter is now the Badass Normal superhero called the Flying Fox. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ab68c5cc | type |
Chronic Hero Syndrome | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ab68c5cc | comment |
"In Dreams", which covers Samaritan's nonstop heroic-filled day, due to his Chronic Hero Syndrome. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_abc28948 | type |
Straw Misogynist | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_abc28948 | comment |
While Infidel isn't at the level of a Straw Misogynist, he does feel that women are inferior, and that treating them as equal to men is folly. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_abce6dbf | type |
Law of Conservation of Normality | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_abce6dbf | comment |
Law of Conservation of Normality: Astro City refines this to a fine art. The story "Welcome to the Big City" has a single dad who recently moved into town with his two daughters, when the city is attacked by a gigantic storm elemental. Heading to the roof to watch the fight between the monster and the town's superheroes, he is horrified at how casually his neighbors treat the whole thing almost like a party, and he seriously considers leaving town the next day to protect his kids. But after the battle, when he sees how supportive everyone is in the cleanup, he chooses to stay, realizing that those are the values he wants his children to learn. And the story "Newcomers" reveals that this isn't the case for all new arrivals — a fair few just can't take it and will go somewhere else. There are superheroes and villains in other cities, but Astro City is just an exceptional Weirdness Magnet. How does Honor Guard, the world's greatest super-hero team, stay on top of the millions of emergency calls sent in every day? Easy! They have a call center, with thousands of operators employed. Other than the building having matter transporters, materializing at locations around the world for secrecy, and occasionally being a key component in defeating super-villains, it's more or less just like any other call center employed by large organizations everywhere. | |
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No-Sell | |
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No-Sell: Dame Progress used tranquilizing shells in her war on crime. Mister Cakewalk, who she frequently faced, was largely immune to them (though he did note they stung a lot). | |
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Robot Master | |
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Robot Master: The first Assemblyman creates rampaging robots for anyone who pays. Vivi Vector is a female example who thinks big — she's spent decades infiltrating robotics and electronics systems worldwide with her creations. Ellie Jennersen was a robotics genius even before she got into college and broadened her expertise. Unfortunately, her potential was cut short after her roommate Mind Raped her and stole her work. Dr. Saturday is a Mad Scientist who builds giant robots that resemble cartoon characters. | |
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Sticky Situation | |
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Sticky Situation: Glue-Gun, who is regarded as a joke by the entire superhero community. | |
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Master-Apprentice Chain | |
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Master-Apprentice Chain: Astro City has an unnamed Legacy Team that consists of two avian-themed super-heroines, a "bird of light" and a "bird of shadow". When the elder partner retires, the younger one chooses a new apprentice. Members shown have included Nightflyer, Sunshrike, Nightingale, and Sunbird. | |
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I Choose to Stay | |
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I Choose to Stay: American Chibi chooses to stay trapped in her game world with the Unbodied after realizing that she is the reason why it is able to attack Earth. Honor Guard promises to work on a transdimensional communicator so she can contact them, while her game creator adds new elements to the game to give Chibi friends, allies, and advantages. | |
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A True Story in My Universe | |
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A True Story in My Universe: Comic book companies publish titles based on both their own fictional characters and licensed real-life supers. The ones based on real heroes are more popular, but are also required to stay within known facts; Manny Monkton of Bulldog Comics repeatedly gets into trouble when he pushes the boundaries. The end of "The Dark Age" reveals that the entire story is an embellished novelization of what had happened in-universe, with some details changed, including the real names of the main protagonists. Duncan Keller writes stories based on his adventures as Starfighter, presenting them as fictional. | |
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Glory Hound | |
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Crackerjack combines this with a Glory Hound Jerkass personality. | |
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All for Nothing | |
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All for Nothing: At the end of "Lover's Quarrel", Crackerjack's attempt to get the Black Lab to rejuvenate his body has left him crippled and near death. Worse, Gormenghast has gotten away with a sample of Black Rapier's rejuvenation formula, and Quarrel has retired to tend to Crackerjack's recovery. | |
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Plant Person | |
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Plant Person: The Green Man (an Expy for Swamp Thing) was formed when the mage Simon Magus accidentally melded with Earth's biosphere. He stands about fifty feet tall and bears more than a passing resemblance to Alan Moore. | |
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Space Police | |
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Space Police: G.A.L.A.K.T.I.K. is an alien law-enforcement group that arrests and incarcerates interstellar criminals. They resemble The Greys wearing black suits. | |
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What You Are in the Dark | |
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What You Are in the Dark: Discussed in the "Confession" arc: | |
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Film Noir | |
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Film Noir: "The Tarnished Angel" and its sequel, "Things Past", are noir stories about broken, cynical people trying to get by in a heartless world. | |
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Whip of Dominance | |
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Whip of Dominance: Spice is a Dark Action Girl from the Unholy Alliance that fights with a large bullwhip, which gives her a Dominatrix air when combined with her black Hellbent For Leather outfit. | |
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Fate Worse than Death | |
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Fate Worse than Death: One of the Blasphemy Boys gets controlled by something, and one of the others shoots him through the head. Immediately thereafter, his ghost rises up and says he hadn't been doing any of it. Before he can get further the thing grabs his soul. The last survivor of the team even wonders if the thing had actually killed him, or whether he was still alive. | |
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Tracking Device | |
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Tracking Device: In "Justice Systems", mob boss Dominic Forgione plants a tracker on attorney Vincent Oleck's car to follow him even as Vincent's family flees the city. The Blue Knight marks his targets with a small red crosshair that allows him to track them wherever they try to hide. The employee badges for Honor Guard's call center have a tracking device in them as an anti-kidnapping measure. | |
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Collector of the Strange | |
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Collector of the Strange: The First Family seem to have a large number of weird things lying around their home, though home much of it is a collection, how much is there for safekeeping, and how much is there because Augustus and Julius want to tinker with is not established. Jared Everall, owner of the T.J. Scoundrel's chain of Kitschy Themed Restaurants, collects souvenir super-gear and is a supervillian fanboy. | |
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Sex God | |
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Sex God: According to Quarrel, Crackerjack is fantastic in bed. | |
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Touch of Death | |
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Touch of Death: Black Velvet can cause people to instantly disintegrate to nothingness in a sudden flash of light. | |
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Misery Poker | |
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Misery Poker: Played for drama in "And, In the End...". Rose Wilkerson, a woman who lost her young son (and her right hand) in a supervillain attack, has joined "Miranda's Friends", a support group for survivors of super-conflicts. However, when the group's organizer reveals that his wife was erased from history in a Close-Enough Timeline accident, she becomes enraged, insisting that he's a fraud and her trauma is far worse. | |
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Molotov Cocktail | |
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Molotov Cocktail: In "Confession", an angry mob uses them while attempting to storm Shadow Hill. | |
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Epic Hail | |
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Epic Hail: During his heroic career, the Astro-Naut gave his friend, Councilman Joe Greenwald, a desk lamp that can send a radio signal to contact him in case of emergencies.note or when Joe needs an election campaign boost In the modern day, the Astro City Bank Tower is topped with a giant replica of the beacon; when activated, it sends a radio signal that summons all of the local heroes. | |
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Take That! | |
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The Chesler neighborhood of Astro City is known for its sweatshops. This doubles as a Take That! to Harry "A" Chesler, an early comic book publisher infamous for his sweatshop conditions. | |
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Amoral Attorney | |
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Amoral Attorney: Downplayed. One issue has an attorney successfully defending a mobster's son (who had brained his date to death in the middle of a crowded bar) by applying superhero logic (mind control, evil duplicates, Comic Book Death, etc.) to the case, not because he actually believed that was what was going on, but because he wanted to see if he could get away with it. However, it's explicitly mentioned that defending a client as best he can (and irrespective of their innocence) is his job, and when the mob boss starts showering him with gifts and offers him an, ahem, life-long position, he realizes he's messed up good. Ultimately, he comes to realize that his mistake was in thinking of his job as a game that he was supposed to win, rather than as a ritual intended to keep society functioning (and... darker things at bay). | |
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Face Framed in Shadow | |
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Face Framed in Shadow: In "Game Over", the King-In-Chains' face is obscured due to the lighting of his cell, but there's a certain spider-y hint to his features. | |
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People Puppets | |
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People Puppets: At one point, a group called the Sterling Foundation managed to put a device on Starfighter which allowed them to control him. | |
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Briar Patching | |
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Briar Patching: Used by Marta Dobrescu in "Party of the Second Part" — when the Silver Adept is on trial for blasphemy by the Cult of Tzammath, Marta tricks them into summoning Tzammath directly by claiming they're not capable of doing so. | |
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What Have I Become? | |
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What Have I Become?: This is the final realization for Royal and Charles Williams in "The Dark Age"; caught between pursuing their parents' killer and rescuing the Silver Agent from death, they recognize that they have become the same compassionless "heroes" whom they've despised. | |
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Villain Episode | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b6c2e6ad | comment |
Villain Episode: A recurring staple of the series. The Eisner Award-winning "Show 'Em All" focuses on the Junkman and his perfect bank robbery. As well as the amusing "Voice of the Turtle", which is part of a larger arc starring a small-time superpowered hood. One issue is devoted to a shapeshifting alien spy, who is deciding whether or not he should give a signal for his leaders to invade the Earth. "The Deep Dark Woods" gives this treatment to a small-time Mook who is addicted to being a member of a costumed criminal gang. "Through Open Doors (Part Two)" is about a man who works in the Deacon's criminal syndicate. "The Eagle and the Mountain" focuses more on Samaritan's archenemy Infidel far more than Samaritan himself. The two-parter "The Menace From Earth"/"Enemy of the Empire" is told from the perspective of a member of the militaristic alien Zirr empire. | |
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Ungrateful Townsfolk | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b76fe275 | comment |
Ungrateful Townsfolk: Winged Victory catches this a lot, on account of her outspoken feminist views. In "Safeguards", a bystander calls out the ungrateful passengers on her bus for complaining about Winged Victory after she's just captured a super-villain. In "Confession", the people of the city blame the heroes for spending their time dealing with super-criminals and cosmic dangers while ignoring a recent spate of unsolved murders. It didn't help that the citizens were being riled up by shape-shifting alien invaders, and possibly an Eldritch Abomination as well. This was part of the reason why Brian Kinney left his hometown of Buchanan Corners. His father, the county doctor, selflessly treated everyone who needed help even if they couldn't pay, leaving Brian's family impoverished as a result. When his father died penniless and Brian was orphaned, the townspeople derisively called his father an idealistic fool and said Brian would be no better. This angered Brian so much that he ran off to Astro City to make a name for himself. Although the Astro-Naut fought the Axis during World War II, the people of the United States turned their backs on him, simply because he refused to share his technologies and weapons with the government. The socio-political atmosphere of The '70s have left many people wary and suspicious of their heroes. When The Experimentals accidentally destroy an apartment building in the midst of stopping an explosion that could level half a continent, the bystanders simply complain about the property damage inflicted. This angers the Experimentals to simply retreat without bothering to do anything to help the displaced citizens. | |
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Blood Knight | |
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Blood Knight: In "The Dark Ages", there's a popular Reality TV show called "Rough Justice" that shows actual footage of Sociopathic Heroes brutally punishing assorted criminals. | |
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Forced Transformation | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b97a2fa7 | comment |
Forced Transformation: In "Through Open Doors (Part Two)", metallurgist Andrew Wilson was studying an alien artifact when he accidentally released the gas within. A moment later, he is transformed into the self-proclaimed Ore-Master, a ten-foot-tall monster made of earth metals and burning with internal fire. When the heroic Hellhound is infected with Black Velvet's Hate Plague, he involuntarily changes into his gigantic One-Winged Angel form. | |
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Nobody Here but Us Statues | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b9918c48 | comment |
Nobody Here but Us Statues: In "Ellie's Friends", the elderly Ellie Jennnersen runs a modest roadside museum featuring various robots, drones, and other mechanical Mooks salvaged from superhero battles. But they only resemble inert exhibits — in the evenings, they become active, helping Ellie with her chores and tending to her (and their) needs. | |
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XtremelyKoolLetterz | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b9c5251a | comment |
Xtremely Kool Letterz: One of Vivi Victor's schemes involves robotic "Xentinels". What prompted her to call them that isn't stated, but then, she is mad. | |
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The Multiverse | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_b9e8ad28 | comment |
Astro City itself has one in Earth-34 of the main DC multiverse, which has a city called Cosmoville and characters such as Savior (Samaritan), Herculina (Winged Victory), Cutie (Beautie), etc. Yes, that does make Earth-34 an expy of an already expy-heavy setting. Thank Grant Morrison. | |
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Cool Gate | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bb03c099 | comment |
Cool Gate: Common as a form of transport. Everything from Honor Guard's Portal Network to the gates they have to construct in Hummingbird's and American Chibi's stories to reach other dimensions. The back door of the Silver Adept's mansion magically opens to a rustic countryside in the Fields of Allatar. Roy Virgil, a.k.a. the Astro-Naut, had one in his office that led to his Space Base over the Earth. | |
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Plant Mooks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bb2d9d2f | comment |
Plant Mooks: In one story, the villainous group Pyramid was growing an army of plant-soldiers inside a secret creche in Burma, only to be stopped by the Point Man. Another story refers to plant-based Artificial Humans created with technology from the Garden Gnome. | |
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Genius Bruiser | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | comment |
It's particularly tragic in the case of Supersonic, who used to be a Genius Bruiser par excellence but has found that, between his age and his many blows to the head, he's no longer able to think of a tactic more complicated than crushing his opponent with pure brute strength. | |
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Knight Templar | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: The Pale Horseman, a vengeful spirit who incinerated hardened killers and jaywalkers equally. | |
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Sizeshifter | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bc28c269 | comment |
Sizeshifter: Natalie Furst of the First Family and Max O'Millions of Honor Guard can make themselves grow to enormous size. Wolfspider can shrink to the size of his namesake. The Hanged Man can change his size at will; he's been seen several times to grow tall enough to tower over the city. | |
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So Proud of You | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bc37d80d | comment |
So Proud of You: Many characters have this; even the retired villain Quarrel admits that he's proud of his daughter's heroic career. In "The Menace From Earth", Zo's mother is ecstatic after seeing his high aptitude scores, as they indicate he's an extremely talented Zirr and may get to choose his own role in Zirr society. | |
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Clear My Name | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bc3cb7ff | comment |
Clear My Name: "Victory" centers on Winged Victory being falsely accused of masterminding villainous activities to promote a pro-feminism agenda. | |
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You Are What You Hate | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bc502e4b | comment |
You Are What You Hate: Done intentionally in "The Dark Age". Although Royal and Charles Williams didn't care for superheroes and supervillains, seeing them as pretty much the same, by the mid-'80s they have almost become a vigilante team of their own due to their unrelenting pursuit of the man who killed their parents. | |
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Berserk Button | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Bugman Palmetto hates being called a roach. It's implied that this is actually because that's an ethnic slur against Latin-Americans, rather than because he's a giant roach man. | |
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Weirdness Magnet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bcb452a9 | comment |
Weirdness Magnet: It's mentioned that there are superheroes in other cities and countries, but most places with heroes seem to only have a handful, whereas Astro City has a highly disproportionate number. One character compares the city's abundance of super-beings as the equivalent to Los Angeles' earthquakes. Flashbacks show that even thousands of years before the city existed, the land itself attracted heroes of legend, including the super-powered kind. Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong just seems to have a knack for being around weirdness, like her school being the center of a pickpocketing ring, or going to a museum just as a snake cult stages an attack. She's also stopped aging for some reason... | |
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ArtificialHumans | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bd31fda5 | comment |
Another story refers to plant-based Artificial Humans created with technology from the Garden Gnome. | |
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To Serve Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bd8b2b0b | comment |
"Her Dark Plastic Roots" starts with an attack from the Torori, who want to turn humans into slaves and foodstock. | |
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Shrouded in Myth | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_be8416ea | comment |
Shrouded in Myth: The Blue Knight is the subject of much rumor and speculation. An ex-cop with a holographic skull face, an actual avenging spirit, etc. Whether or not he's eight feet tall or has a skull collection is also disputed. The Confessor originally existed as little more than a legend because no video footage or photos of him had ever been taken. This is because he's a vampire. The fact that after Altar Boy succeeded him there were photos made criminals even more confused on the matter, thinking that he's somehow immune to traditional vampire weaknesses and that he'd come back from the dead rather than making the more obvious connection. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361 | comment |
At one point in "The Dark Age", Royal Williams (an Anti-Hero out to get the man who killed his parents) has a brief encounter with "K.O." Carson, a.k.a. the Black Badge, a superhero who befriended the Williams boys in their youth. Seeing Carson reminds Royal of the virtues of heroism, eventually allowing him to turn away from the path of vengeance. | |
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Mission Control | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bebf0356 | comment |
Jack-in-the-Box III takes up the mantle after his predecessor discovers he's going to be a father. Jack-in-the-Box II ends up serving as Mission Control instead. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bec0417c | type |
Happily Married | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bec0417c | comment |
Happily Married: From the First Family, there's Natalie Furst to Rex Zorus, the monster prince of an undersea kingdom. Rex defied his own mother to marry Natalie, and the entire family has remained fairly cordial for over twenty years. Zachary Johnson, the second Jack-In-The-Box, has been married to local television news anchor Tamra Dixon for decades. He gave up super-heroics after finding out she was pregnant, and they have been nothing but supportive of each other over the years. Michael Hendrie (M.P.H.) is briefly mentioned as being happily married to a woman named Sally. Their relationship is not shown, but given how M.P.H. has been seen treating his girlfriends, it's hard to imagine them having any sort of drama. Duncan Keller, a.k.a. Starfighter, is married to Illula, Seven-Fold Empress of Jarranatha. They have a son and daughter, have been together for nearly fifty years, and still shamelessly flirt with each other. Thatcher Jerome, a high-ranking member of the Deacon's mob, is devoted to his wife Rachel, even into their senior years. Thatcher turned down a chance to give himself super powers because he didn't want to disrupt Rachel's contented life. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bf487e2b | type |
Translator Microbes | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bf487e2b | comment |
Translator Microbes: The employees at Honor Guard's call center use translators that enable them to speak to clients worldwide. Becomes a plot point in "The Menace From Earth". The First Family use these, but because the "translation field" doesn't extend over broadcast, nobody in the Zirr Empire who watches the official news can understand what the humans are saying. This allows the Empire's leaders to falsely claim that the First Family ran away in defeat and accomplished nothing significant. | |
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Humanity on Trial | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_bffc7851 | comment |
Humanity on Trial: This is the purpose of the Incarnate, to determine if humans are fit to join the Continuum, and to destroy the planet if not. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c00462c7 | type |
Amnesia Loop | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c00462c7 | comment |
Amnesia Loop: Done in "Her Dark Plastic Roots". Beautie is unsatisfied because she doesn't know her own origins, so she begins to investigate the matter. Beautie eventually discovers she was created by Elaine Girbachs, the daughter of Dr. Gearbox, who denounced Beautie because he believed engineering and math weren't fields for girls. Ashamed, Elaine tearfully ordered Beautie to leave and forget forever. When Beautie confronts Elaine in the present day, she orders Beautie to leave again... and it turns out that this happens every few years as Beautie's directive weakens until she re-visits Elaine again and again and again. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c0336f72 | type |
Ring-Ring-CRUNCH! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c0336f72 | comment |
Ring-Ring-CRUNCH!: The Silver Adept has an annoying habit of magically smashing her alarm clocks into the wall every morning. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c04b1231 | type |
Jump Scare | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c04b1231 | comment |
Jump Scare: In "Graduation Day", Astra and Matt are surprised when a dozen monsters leap out of a nearby creek... to deliver a graduation present from her grandmother. | |
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The '80s | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c10da874 | comment |
The dark energy that infested Astro City during The '80s is implied to be this. It's an energy field that is implied to be attracted to (or induces) feelings of vengeance and malevolence in others, and can empower beings like The Pale Horseman and Lord Sovereign with paranormal abilities. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted by the original Jack-in-the-Box. He was a toy designer whose designs were used for crime... but not by him. They were sold to criminal gangs by his corrupt superiors, and his primary motivation for becoming a masked crimefighter was to keep his designs away from criminals. | |
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Killer Space Monkey | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c1caaba9 | comment |
Killer Space Monkey: The Gorilla Swarm, a pack of gorilla monsters with insect heads and a Hive Mind. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c2393191 | type |
Show Within a Show | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c2393191 | comment |
Appropriately for a fictional hero, the Crimson Cougar has a prominent double-CC logo. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c2cd384 | type |
Dream Spying | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c2cd384 | comment |
Dream Spying: In "Knock Wood", attorney Vincent Oleck has dreams of the vigilante Blue Knight's attacks on criminals as they occur. On the last night, the Blue Knight speaks to him directly with advice. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3473e28 | type |
Chrome Champion | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3473e28 | comment |
Chrome Champion: Several. El Robo of the Irregulars is a muscular young man made of steel. Steeljack is a former super-villain whose entire body is covered in living metal. It cuts down on his sense of touch, but he's completely human underneath. Worse, he's tarnishing with age, suffering from rust and needing to supplement his iron intake as his body begins feeding on itself. In Los Angeles, the superhero Starpower is a silver man wrapped in a film strip, while the Platinum Blonde was a robotic villain who fought El Hombre. | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3478f1d | comment |
Badass Bookworm: Roy Virgil was an engineering genius, aeronautical millionaire, and thrill-seeking adventurer known as the Astro-Naut. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c36cba70 | type |
Mooks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c36cba70 | comment |
"Everyday Life" has the First Family repeatedly tearing through armies of Mooks in search of their missing daughter, yet each battle is relegated to one or two frames, while the focus is on Astra's efforts to master hopscotch. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c378ba5f | type |
Sealed Evil in a Duel | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c378ba5f | comment |
Sealed Evil in a Duel: When American Chibi realizes that her presence in the real world is what allows the King-In-Chains to exert its influence beyond Ibbopolis, she volunteers to seal herself in their Pocket Dimension to keep it trapped. Chibi and the King remain locked in a never-ending battle as a result. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c37fb907 | type |
Walk, Don't Swim | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c37fb907 | comment |
Walk, Don't Swim: Steeljack, being an 800-pound man of living steel, does this whenever he gets into water. By the time of "Things Past", he's using this ability to do salvage runs in the river for the city. | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3bc970f | type |
Seers | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3bc970f | comment |
Seers: Played with in "Sorrowsday". The interdimensional rampage of Krigari Ironhand is only paused when Druin the Seer appears and foretells of his defeat by Honor Guard. This angers Krigari to refocus his energies on defeating Honor Guard and defy the prophecy. In the end, it is revealed that Druin is simply a farmer in disguise, using a desperate attempt to deflect Krigari's destructive campaign. | |
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Let's You and Him Fight | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c3bdfbb9 | comment |
Let's You and Him Fight: Happens between Samaritan and The Confessor at one point in "Victory", though The Confessor knows the fight is pointless. But he proceeds to fight Samaritan to a standstill anyway just to show that he can't allow the ultra-powerful to push him around. Played for drama in the story "Sorrowsday". Krigari Ironhand, a dimensional conquerer, is goaded by a mysterious stranger into attacking Honor Guard. The two clash repeatedly over the years until Krigari is finally defeated thanks to a Heroic Sacrifice by Stormhawk. The stranger is then revealed to be the farmer Eth, who was trying to stop Krigari before he could conquer Eth's realm — and becomes racked with guilt over causing Stormhawk's death. | |
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Appropriated Appellation | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c4842ab1 | comment |
Appropriated Appellation: Samaritan got his name after he first appeared on the scene and identified himself solely as "a good Samaritan." The name stuck. Similarly, Infidel took his name from the cries of the ignorant masses who opposed his "unnatural" research into the fundament energies of the universe, and he decided to embrace the name to mock them. G-Dog got his name after he rescued some folks from being mugged; when they asked his name, Hank (the corgi) immediately replied "G-Dog! I'm G-Dog!" (which was the term of endearment Hank's owner used). | |
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Face on a Milk Carton | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_c49a9e3a | comment |
Face on a Milk Carton: The cover of Astro City #3 has Astra pictured on a milk carton when she goes missing. | |
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Nice Guys Finish Last | |
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Nice Guys Finish Last: MPH tries this on Quarrel when she breaks up with him and goes back to Crackerjack. She shuts him down immediately, pointing out she isn't representing "all women," she's herself, and she feels guilty that she can't reciprocate his kindness because she's too committed to her training. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Many of the heroes would fall under this trope, but the Trope Codifier in the verse is The Gentleman, who's completely and unflappably polite, no matter how dire the situation — after rescuing a news helicopter that endangered itself by flying into a battle against a storm elemental, he simply smiled at the crew and politely suggested that they might want to get to safety and not endanger any of the bystanders on the streets below. | |
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Offscreen Moment of Awesome | |
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Offscreen Moment of Awesome: This is a mainstay trope of many Astro City stories; since the focus is on the emotional or personal growth of the characters, earth-shattering events are often reduced to mere background color. "Everyday Life" has the First Family repeatedly tearing through armies of Mooks in search of their missing daughter, yet each battle is relegated to one or two frames, while the focus is on Astra's efforts to master hopscotch. "Confession" has a worldwide alien invasion with dozens of heroes against an army of shape-shifting extraterrestrials, with a dozen panels devoted to the actual battles themselves. "The Nearness of You" turns a Time Crash Crisis Crossover into a background reference, summarized in a handful of panels across a single Splash Page. In "The End of the Whole Mess", a tired, worn-down Steeljack faces off against six ancient vengeful ghosts. Two panels later, he's lost his shirt and the few survivors are fleeing for their unlives. | |
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Human Sacrifice | |
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Human Sacrifice: Done in "Hot Time In the Old Town". Under the pretense of a magic show, Dr. Aegyptus and the Jaguar Cult kills two members of the audience as part of a ritual to open a dimensional rift and allow the Oubor to enter reality. | |
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Compliment Backfire | |
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Compliment Backfire: Steeljack breaks into the Honor Guard headquarters to warn them about another supervillain's plot, and is nearly immediately apprehended by a group of heroes, including Quarrel II, the daughter of one of his old accomplices, the original Quarrel. As he is dragged out, he mentions that her dad would have been proud of her. While he probably means that he would be proud that she got away from the slums and crime and became an upstanding citizen and hero, Quarrel II flies into a rage at being complimented by an accomplice of her father's and a supervillain, and given approval by proxy from said father, whom she has done everything to distance herself from. | |
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Heroic Willpower | |
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Heroic Willpower: Ben Naparski, a.k.a. Lord Saampa, has been fighting against the corrupting influence of the Oubor. He tries to steal the Diadem of the Serpent's Eye to control it, but realizes at the last second that wearing it will actually unleash the Oubor. As he struggles to resist, a little girl nearby urges him to remember who he is, which gives him the strength to throw away the Diadem. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout Outs: Astro City is a massive Shout Out to the comic book industry; almost all the storefronts, streets, neighborhoods and locations are named for notable creators, most of which will fly past the uninitiated. Here are some of the more notable ones: Astro City itself is overshadowed by the massive Mount Kirby, the city's prominent landmark. Julius Furst of the First Family is based on DC Comics' creator Julius Schwartz. A race of shape-shifting aliens is named the Enelsians, after MAD magazine and DC Comics writer E. Nelson Bridwell. The Sprang Museum of Popular Advertising — which features an assortment of massive props — is named after Golden Age Batman artist Dick Sprang. A high-class restaurant in the city is named Goscinny's, after René Goscinny (writer and co-creator of Asterix). Kiefer Square is a reference to artist Henry C. Kiefer, who drew various Golden Age comic books as well as the Classics Comics/Classics Illustrated line of books. Characters are shown drinking Haddock's brand whiskey, named for the Tintin character. The main prison of Astro City is on Biro Island; Charles Biro was the editor of the (pre-Comics Code) Crime Does Not Pay comic book series. Bakerville, the predominantly African-American neighborhood, is named after Matt Baker, the first African-American comic book artist best known for drawing Phantom Lady. Hillman Aviation is named after Hillman Periodicals, publishers of Airboy. The Chesler neighborhood of Astro City is known for its sweatshops. This doubles as a Take That! to Harry "A" Chesler, an early comic book publisher infamous for his sweatshop conditions. Binderbeck Plaza is named after Otto Binder and C.C. Beck, creators of the Fawcett Captain Marvel. | |
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Rage Breaking Point | |
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Rage Breaking Point: In "The Deep Dark Woods", a lifetime of being insulted and ignored finally spills over when a stranger just walks into Ned Carroway. Ned proceeds to demolish the man before stealing his clothing. | |
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Troperiffic | |
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Troperiffic: Pretty much inevitable, given the vast number of characters, events, locations, and throwaway references used in the series. Just look at how extensive this page and its various sub-pages are... | |
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Self-Deprecation | |
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Self-Deprecation: At the end of "My Dad", the Broken Man grumbles about not having enough pages to tell his story and blames the pacing issues on the comic's creators. | |
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I Know Madden Kombat | |
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I Know Madden Kombat: The Golden Age heroes included the football-themed All-American and his sidekick, the baseball-styled Slugger. | |
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Legacy Character | |
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Legacy Character: Given the long-running nature of Astro City and the lack of Comic-Book Time, many characters end up this way. A few examples include Cleopatra, Jack-in-the-Box, The Blue Knights, Quarrel, Stray, The Flying Fox, the Silver Centurions, the Confessor, Starfighter, Starbright. A villainous example is Goldenglove; the first one was a small-time crook with a pair of alien gauntlets, while his daughter plans to use them to become a classy burglar. With help from Steeljack, she ends up learning to be a hero instead. Another villain example is Mister Drama and his granddaughter, the Drama Queen. It's suggested that the Assemblyman might be one, as there is both an earlier villain and a modern hero with the same name. Stray is implied to be this, the earlier one being a heroic wolfman, the later one being a wolfwoman who'd once been a villain, and still has a dark edge. In one of the more unusual examples of this trope, American Chibi gifts a pair of her mystic scrunchies to her creator, Marguerite Li. Another unusual one is Stormhawk and G-Dog; both are heroes formed by bonding a human and an animal, but the two have never directly met. | |
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Hive Caste System | |
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In "The Menace From Earth", Zo's mother is ecstatic after seeing his high aptitude scores, as they indicate he's an extremely talented Zirr and may get to choose his own role in Zirr society. | |
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Power Fist | |
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Power Fist: Goldenglove's gloves gave him this power, but his daughter discovered they were capable of a lot more. | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Teased with the Blue Knight; it's unclear if he's a vigilante with high-tech gadgets and a skull mask, or a policeman empowered by the ghost of a police officer killed in the line of duty. It's eventually implied to be a bit of both. | |
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I Just Want to Be Special | |
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I Just Want to Be Special: Mitch Goodman, the former stuntman who plays The Crimson Cougar on the soap opera "Tomorrow's Dawn", seizes any opportunity he can to become a famous star. When his popularity soars after he stops a robbery, he doesn't hesitate to milk the Actor/Role Confusion for his benefit. The villain Mock Turtle spent his childhood trying to find his way into a magical world like Oz or Narnia or Wonderland. He grew up to become an engineer, but became a supervillain after being denied a chance to use the exploration suit he had invented. "The Tarnished Angel" indicates that most B-grade supervillains suffer from this. They're often ordinary folks who happen to come across some sort of Applied Phlebotinum, then try to leverage it into riches and power. Matt Zimmer, Astra's boyfriend, uses this to excuse why he was secretly selling recordings of their dates to gossip media. | |
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Vigilante Man | |
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Vigilante Man: Although Astro City is more idealistic than not, it does have its share of rough-and-tumble heroes. Examples include the Blue Knight, Hellhound, the Pale Horseman, and the Street Angel (during his Darker and Edgier phase). | |
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Glory Days | |
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Glory Days: In "Lovers Quarrel", Crackerjack and Quarrel are haunted by the growing realization that this might be happening to them, as their age makes it more and more difficult to keep up with their superheroics. Played with in "Old Times"; retired hero Supersonic is abruptly dragged into action by his civilian partner Ed Robbins because Ed is having a hard time admitting that he is past his prime. Ed is hoping that the two of them can continue their adventures together. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive: According to Roustabout, the executives of TransGene International are these. They allegedly perform illegal genetic modifications on unwilling humans, and are rumored to be behind the creation of the villainous Team Carnivore. Simon Sterling of Sterling Industries is an arms dealer who provides super-tech to government agencies. He's been exposed for illegally selling weapons on the black market to criminals and hostile nations, but have avoided prosecution thanks to his vast fortune and Army of Lawyers. | |
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Word of God | |
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Word of God is that the Silver Adept is this, to put a twist on the usual "stodgy old mage" archetype. She sleeps in late, dresses in tank tops and form-fitting pants, and even sports a mystical tramp stamp. Presumably she uses her powers to sober up when needed. | |
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Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball | |
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Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball: The Junkman has trick marbles that are attracted to a target and adhere to him. The more the target tries to dislodge, the faster he attracts them. | |
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Heartbreak and Ice Cream | |
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Heartbreak and Ice Cream: When Hummingbird II is crying over being rejected by her boyfriend, Cleopatra suggests a "sacred ritual" to help her get over it. Smash Cut to Quarrel, Beautie, Cleopatra, and Hummingbird gleefully sharing relationship stories over pints of ice cream. | |
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Rock Monster | |
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Rock Monster: The Ore-Master is a ten-foot-tall being made of metals pulled from the earth and burning with internal fire. | |
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Have We Met Yet? | |
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Have We Met Yet?: Happens to Quarrel II when she first arrives in Astro City — instead of the fearful or suspicious reception she was expecting to get, she's greeted by people who are happy to see her again. Turns out that she will eventually use time travel to arrive three weeks earlier and establish a heroic reputation. | |
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Seen It All | |
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Seen It All: The residents of Astro City treat the various super-heroics as part of the appeal of the city. Even when a gigantic Thunder God threatens to level the town, most folks get outside, pull up lawn chairs, and watch the show... if they don't have homework to finish, anyway. In "On the Sidelines", Martha Sullivan treats being forcibly "recruited" into becoming a minion for an up-and-coming supervillan with bored derision and apathy. She's been through this so many times that she's simply annoyed at having her time wasted before this wannabe gets his ass kicked. | |
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Past-Life Memories | |
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Past-Life Memories: Tom O'Bedlam triggers Glamorax to recall their past lives — as Mr. Cakewalk, Zootsuit, the Bouncing Beatnik, the Halcyon Hippie, and more — by introducing them to people who were close to those incarnations. | |
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The Spark of Genius | |
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The Spark of Genius: Roy Virgil, a.k.a. the Astro-Naut. He was so smart that he could copy the alien technologies he saw on his space adventures without the benefit of reverse-engineering them — just knowing what was possible was sufficient. | |
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Super Registration Act | |
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Super Registration Act: In "Confession", the city government starts a registration act to calm the public during a wave of serial killings. It does not go well. It turns out the Mayor was an alien shapeshifter who was trying to contain the heroes before their invasion. | |
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Temporal Abortion | |
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Temporal Abortion: One story features a man who is haunted by the memory of a woman he does not recall meeting, even though he remembers countless details about her. Unable to sleep because of his dreams about her, he finally consults the supernatural being called the Hanged Man, who tells him that the mystery woman was his wife. Thanks to some time-travel shenanigans, history was altered, and she was never born in the present timeline. | |
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Post-Modern Magik | |
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Post-Modern Magik: Appears twice in the "Confession" story arc. First is with Mordecai Chalk, a cyborg monster-hunter with iron- and silver-enhancements, assorted mystical runes, weapons that fire anti-monster ammunition, and an onboard database that references thousands of occult tomes. He tries to fight an occult serial killer and barely manages to survive. Second is an alien squad fighting a vampire with holographic crosses, holy water-soaked cables, and a two-handed stake-launching cannon. Steeljack's steel skin proves useful when he fights a group of demons vulnerable to being attacked with iron. The Silver Adept, the sorceress supreme of the series, uses the Aethernet — a magic-powered internet — to respond to emails, track appointments, and get navigational updates across the myriad dimensions. American Chibi owes her origin to an Eldritch Abomination trying to get into the world via video games. Hummingbird II is dubious. When Hummingbird II needs to open a portal to the mystic realm of Khapak Iqun, it required a magic spell augmented with a technological gateway. | |
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Screw Destiny | |
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Screw Destiny: The only thing that can stop Krigari Ironhand from conquering the micro-realms is to tell him that he's destined to be defeated by Honor Guard. This causes Krigari to refocus his energies on defeating them to defy the prophecy. | |
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Wetware CPU | |
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Wetware CPU: Braintrust is a crime lord with a robot body and a Brain in a Jar for a head. He also has telekinetic powers. A.T.A.C.C. is a seven-foot-tall robot bristling with firearms and powered by a Brain in a Jar inside. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: "The Dark Age" follows the lives of Charles and Royal Williams as they evolve into Sociopathic Heroes to get revenge on the man who killed their parents. In one story, the Zirr Empire sends troops to attack the First Family, but they can only settle for abducting the non-powered wife of one of them. About five minutes later, the entire Family storms the Empire to get her back. | |
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All Part of the Show | |
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All Part of the Show: Dr. Aegyptus sets up a ritual to open a dimensional rift for the Oubor under the pretext that it's an Egyptian-themed magic show. | |
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Steampunk | |
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Steampunk: Dame Progress, an early twentieth century hero of Astro City, fights crime using a steam-powered flight harness and a steam-powered mecha. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: Steeljack tries to warn the Honor Guard about the Conquistador's plan, but they don't believe him. At least, at first. | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: The Junkman was a brilliant inventor who was removed from his job only because of the company's mandatory retirement policy; they wanted him to relax and enjoy his twilight years, but he simply wanted to keep working. The only reason he turns to crime is to show society that discarded things can still have value, and builds his arsenal out of junk to prove his point. It's not hard to imagine that he could be a happy law-abiding citizen if someone would just give him another job. | |
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Corporate-Sponsored Superhero | |
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Corporate-Sponsored Superhero: Some of Honor Guard's members qualify, as the team has a stipend available (via N.R.-Gistics) for those who need financial support to offset their time being heroes. Beautie is sponsored by Tip-Top Toys, the creators of the "Beautie" line of fashion dolls that she is modeled after. Reflex 6 has corporate sponsors, and team benefits include a stipend, branding research, and a genre-savvy marketing department. Jack-In-The-Box III (Roscoe James) technically counts, as he gets paid by his predecessor so he can earn his way through college without resorting to handouts. | |
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Every Episode Ending | |
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Every Episode Ending: Most stories end with a street sign reading "You are now leaving Astro City. Please drive carefully." Issues that are part of a larger arc end with "Astro City Department of Public Works - Under Construction." Except for "Pastoral", which ends with "Caplinville City Limits - Come Back Soon!" | |
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The Adjectival Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d0dd22a7 | comment |
The Adjectival Man: The Hanged Man is a Horrifying Hero against supernatural threats. The Point Man is a Jerkass '90s hero. The Steel-Jacketed Man, who later shortened his name to Steeljack. The Broken Man is a Fourth-Wall Observer. The Green Man is a Swamp Thing Expy. | |
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Genre Throwback | |
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Genre Throwback: The heroes of the 20s and 30s such as the Cloak of Night and the Five Fists are homages to old pulp stories, such as The Shadow. | |
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Spider-Man Send-Up | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d1db8053 | comment |
Spider-Man Send-Up: Though Jack-In-The-Box has a "prankster/clown" motif borrowed more from The Creeper or Killjoy, is clearly meant to be Spider-Man at first glance — street-level hero, acrobatic Fragile Speedster fighting style, unusual means of locomotion (spring-feet), favors string-like weapons to snare criminals, and constant wisecracking. One issue involves his fear of spawning murderous, deathly serious Anti-Hero Substitute successors, a pretty obvious joke on characters like Venom and Kaine. Appropriately enough, his first appearance was a reworked pitch for a Spider-Man story that Marvel didn't approve. | |
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Cynic–Idealist Duo | |
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Cynic–Idealist Duo: In the beginning, Charles and Royal Williams are this in regards to superheroes — Charles is highly suspicious and thinks that they're unaccountable vigilantes, while Royal is a wide-eyed optimist who fervently believes that they're paragons of virtue (except for the Silver Agent). Yet at the same time, they're reversed in their views of authority, with Charles trusting the government implicitly and Royal thinking that "justice" is a bad joke. | |
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Bullet Catch | |
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Bullet Catch: Steeljack saves a man from being robbed by placing his steel hand in front of the barrel and catching the bullet as it's fired. | |
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Teen Genius | |
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In "Wish I May...", Teen Genius Evil Nerd Simon Says works with his Arch-Enemy Starbright to bring Simon's old school friends to his lair so they can celebrate Simon's sixteenth birthday party together. | |
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Electric Black Guy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d28928ee | comment |
Electric Black Guy: Rachel "Electric" Brown is an Electric Black Gal. | |
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After-Action Patch-Up | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d2d09ff6 | comment |
After-Action Patch-Up: In "Safeguards", Nick Furst brings the narrator to the field hospital so she can get patched up. This, unusually, gives her time to reflect. Altar Boy is injured after The Reveal at the park. The Crossbreed get him to safety and patch up his arm, and as he rests to recover from shock, they talk about what they've learned. Steeljack, at the end of "The Tarnished Angel", gets some news from a policeman as the EMTs from the ambulance treat him. | |
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More Diverse Sequel | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d2e75a73 | comment |
More Diverse Sequel: Played with — since the diversity in Astro City is largely a reflection of the different eras of Real Life comic books, the earliest stories tended to feature predominately white male heroes. Even so, there are notable exceptions, such as Coyotl and Dame Progress in the "pulp adventure" era, or the Black Badge in the Golden Age. In a straight application of this trope, there is a noticeable increase in character diversity as the timeline moves forward. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: In "Confession", as part of their effort to register or detain all of the heroes in the city, the Mayor and his supporters threaten to expose the Confessor's secret unless he leaves town or goes into hiding. With this threat, the Confessor deduces that they are actually an alien invasion force and proceeds to thwart them. In "Friends and Relations", the villain Vivi Viktor discovers that her robot Mooks would rather obey Ellie Jennersen instead, because Vivi has been building them with Ellie's designs and mental patterns for decades, allowing them to recognize her as a "friend". Dr. Gearbox died in battle against Honor Guard in 1971. His death was due to a flaw in his Robosaur that his daughter had found and fixed separately... but he didn't know about because he believed that only men could be engineers. | |
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Wonder Twin Powers | |
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Wonder Twin Powers: The Jade Dragons are a brother/sister martial arts team who can summon a giant dragon by lining their arms together. | |
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I Have Many Names | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d5d976dd | comment |
I Have Many Names: In "Waltz of the Hours", it is said the Dancing Master has "a thousand thousand" names, including Al-la-lil-il, the Morning Brother, Xitu of the Evening Light, The Nurturer, The Spark Blower, The Robed God, Pendifisiarni, and the Fisher of Hearts. Likewise, the Hanged Man has hundreds of names, including The Dark One, Tereth-Il, and Kerem the Wise. A low-key example is Rex of the First Family; since the naming convention of Western civilization differs from that in Monstro City, he has alternately been called Rex Zorus, Tyranos Rex, and Rex Majestros at various times. The Master had multiple names, including The Overlord, The Judge, and the White King. | |
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Lower-Deck Episode | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d6042336 | comment |
Lower-Deck Episode: Some of the most memorable stories are of this trope, usually focusing on the viewpoint of minor characters in a Superhero universe, witnessing Crisis-level events from the sidelines or behind the scenes. The "Local Heroes" trade collection provide a nice selection, with stories focusing on characters such as a hotel doorman and a lawyer. | |
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Give Him a Normal Life | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d63358ae | comment |
Give Him a Normal Life: Inverted in "Serpent's Teeth", after Jack-In-The-Box II is attacked by evil future versions of his unborn son (they turned evil because he died and wasn't available as a father). Jack eventually decides to semi-retire from super-heroics to raise the child; he recruits a replacement and relegates himself to Mission Control support. | |
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Just a Kid | |
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Just a Kid: In "That Was Then...", the teen superheroes are annoyed when they discover that the adult superheroes have been secretly monitoring them during their road trip. | |
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Exposed Extraterrestrials | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d705d771 | comment |
Exposed Extraterrestrials: The Jarranathans are pink-skinned humanoid aliens whose only "clothing" are leafy vines that strategically cover any awkward bits. | |
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Rescue Sex | |
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Rescue Sex: At the end of "Things Past", after Cutlass has thrown a celebratory block party for Steeljack and handed him the keys to his new home, she suggests that they can try out the reinforced bedroom afterwards. | |
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"Ray of Hope" Ending | |
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"Ray of Hope" Ending: At the end of "Enemy of the Empire", Zir realizes his sister is Reassigned to Antarctica and his entire society is a horrible, broken mess of lies. But he vows to try and find a way to change it from within. | |
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Superhero Packing Heat | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d7bc08e9 | comment |
Superhero Packing Heat: Early Astro City heroes who used firearms include Air Ace and the Cloak of Night. From "The Dark Ages", Hollowpoint and the Blue Knightnote As well as his successors, the Blue Knights predominantly use firearms. | |
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Reaction Shot | |
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Reaction Shot: At the end of "Pastoral", we see Cammie's reaction to what she saw in the barn — including her going back to the house and writing an entirely new email that shows she has decided to become a Secret-Keeper — before the last panel reveals what she saw. | |
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Barrier Warrior | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d8b146b0 | comment |
Barrier Warrior: Samaritan can manipulate an "Empyrean field", which is strong enough to repulse a tidal wave. Resistor is a free-floating memetic field that turns ordinary people into energy beings who casts protective barriers to shield innocents. | |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Although most people in Astro City will still stop and watch whatever super-heroics occur nearby, there are residents who have become jaded enough to not raise an eyebrow at the excitement around them. Taken to the extreme for the people in Shadow Hill, where the evening streets are filled with various vampires, Eldritch Abominations, bogeymen, and The Hanged Man. The residents deal with it by simply refreshing their wards, making sure the incense is lit, and having their charms conveniently nearby. In "The Out-of-Towners", a hundred-foot translucent being called the Incarnate appears high above Astro City. It doesn't move or communicate, and ignores everyone's attempts to communicate, so the citizens simply nicknamed him "Big Joe" and went on with their lives. | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In "Things Past", the Iron Guard beat a hasty retreat after Steeljack single-handedly tears through their antiquated armor. | |
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Fake Ultimate Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_da3043c5 | comment |
Fake Ultimate Hero: Queenslaw pretended to be selfless superheroes so they could steal from the criminals they captured. | |
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Curious Qualms of Conscience | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_da5a690d | comment |
Curious Qualms of Conscience: Several characters: An alien spy wondering whether he should tell his masters to proceed with their plans for an Alien Invasion. A mobster who's lived his life by always taking any opportunity available suddenly hesitates about using an alien artifact to strengthen his position. A girl who thinks a superhero is vastly overrated gets a chance to betray his Secret Identity and get him arrested for being a fugitive. | |
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'90s Anti-Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_da9d2f16 | comment |
Though they stopped short of giving themselves a team name, Charles and Royal Williams qualify — they go from being a pair of vengeful Nineties Anti Heroes to running a chartered fishing business in Mexico. | |
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'90s Anti-Hero | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_daabbaf6 | comment |
Nineties Antihero / Sociopathic Hero: A depressingly large number of characters in "The Dark Age" story arc fall into this trope, especially in the last act. The Pale Horseman incinerates all criminals, whether it's murderers or shoplifting kids. Gloo is a mindless Blob Monster that fights crime by pulling "pranks" on its targets — such as spraying flesh-melting "seltzer" or jamming eight Mooks into a subcompact car. And it treats armed robbery and littering as equivalent crimes... The Blue Knight is a skeletal vigilante who hunts down and kills anyone associated with the criminal underworld, whether it's a mob boss or a Mook fencing stolen goods. He is eventually succeeded by the Blue Knights, a squad of armed vigilantes. Stonecold is a murderous vigilante with rock-solid armor and knuckledusters. Subverted by Hellhound, one of the first Darker and Edgier heroes. Despite having the demonic background, monstrous appearance, torn leather and chains costume, and "edgy" name, is actually a Noble Demon who respected the Silver Agent and is friendly with the old-school heroes. By the end of "The Dark Age", the protagonists Charles and Royal Williams have become this in their obsessive quest to kill the man who murdered their parents. | |
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Wicked Toymaker | |
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Wicked Toymaker: The Toymaker turns children's toys into dangerous devices. The Junkman plays with this trope — his gimmick is that he recycles discarded junk into the equipment he uses. While much of his gear is based on toys (such as turning a broken Etch-A-Sketch into a safecracking fluoroscope), he doesn't deal exclusively in toys. Subverted by the original Jack-in-the-Box. He was a toy designer whose designs were used for crime... but not by him. They were sold to criminal gangs by his corrupt superiors, and his primary motivation for becoming a masked crimefighter was to keep his designs away from criminals. Dr. Saturday builds Humongous Mecha that resemble cartoon characters. | |
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Action Girl | |
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Action Girl: Many of the female supers fall into this trope. A notable subversion is Martha "Sully" Sullivan, who uses her telekinetic powers to do special effects for movies and television. Sully may not be a hero or a villain, but she's shown that she can kick someone's ass if she needs to. It helps that whenever some idiot supervillain doesn't get the hint that Sully and the rest of the Sideliners aren't interested in whatever they're offering, said villain grossly underestimates just what she and they are capable of. | |
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Animesque | |
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Animesque: American Chibi is an overt, over-the-top example, with an oversized head, large eyes, and tiny body. | |
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Sleep Deprivation | |
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Sleep Deprivation: "In Dreams 2015" begins with Samaritan having problems sleeping; this causes him to become uncharacteristically irritable and to make careless mistakes. | |
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Transformation Trinket | |
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Transformation Trinket: Winged Victory's logo-shaped necklace, seen in her civilian form. Marguerite Li's hair scrunchies, when worn, turns her into American Star. In "Having a Wonderful Time", a tourist on a tour of abandoned supervillain bases finds a green gem on the ground. When she picks it up, she is transformed into Omnius Rex, a cosmic villain last seen in 1977. Stormhawk and G-Dog both use a magic amulet that merged them with their pet to form a Beast Man superhero. | |
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Knowledge Broker | |
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Knowledge Broker: In "The Tarnished Angel," Donnelly Ferguson uses his knowledge of the city's underworld to find jobs for the B-rate villains of Kiefer Square. Steeljack didn't like associating with him, but because Ferguson didn't have a record he was one of the very few people Steeljack could visit without violating his parole. Ferguson arranges for most of the villains to be hired for a city-wide crime spree planned by The Conquistador, who plans to kill them all afterwards. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Commander Flint, of E.A.G.L.E., who comes to one of Winged Victory's facilities to investigate it when she's under accusation. He hears her out, respects her wishes, and tells her he's not there to arrest her. When he gets word that a warrant's being put out for her arrest, he gives her a warning. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
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Chekhov's Gunman: Vivi Vector, mentioned as being one of the earliest villains to use robot minions, turns out to be very important to the story of Ellie Jennersen. | |
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Punch a Wall | |
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Punch a Wall: In "The Tarnished Angel", Carl gets so frustrated that he takes out his anger by smashing up a condemned apartment building. | |
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Hunter of Monsters | |
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Hunter of Monsters: Mordecai Chalk. A cyborg monster hunter whose missing body parts were destroyed by occult creatures, Chalk makes quite an impression for a character who was only 'on screen' for a handful of panels. | |
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Despair Event Horizon | |
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Despair Event Horizon: El Hombre crosses this when the girl he loves marries someone else and he realizes that he is a vain Glory Hound who needs the adulation of the public. He sets up a Monster Protection Racket to rejuvenate his public stature, but it backfires on him and turns him into a shameful fugitive. It gets worse when he becomes the villainous Conquistador, recruiting villains in an Engineered Heroics plot that would end with him killing them all and becoming the city's newest hero. | |
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Miscarriage of Justice | |
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Miscarriage of Justice: This is the reason behind the death of the Silver Agent, and why his statue is memorialized with the caption "To Our Eternal Shame". He was framed for the murder of a supervillain, then was arrested and executed by the government to show a skeptical populace that they had some control over superheroes. In "Knock Wood", a lawyer helps his guilty client avoid conviction by invoking the numerous superhero tropes, like evil twins, doppelgangers, and mind control. He even invokes the recent execution of the unjustly punished Silver Agent to push the jury into a decision. In the backstory of "Pastoral", a man was forcibly subjected to genetic engineering experiments at the hands of TransGene International; they were acquitted, and he was convicted of breaking and entering instead. | |
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Social Climber | |
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Social Climber: Maria Alvardo Vega started off running charities and social reform groups for migrant workers in the barrios of Los Angeles, and ends up as the president of an investment banking company. It's hinted that her ambition is what led to her divorce from her political activist husband. | |
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Bad Future | |
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Samaritan was originally from the 35th century, when mankind was nearly extinct. In a desperate attempt, he was sent back in time to stop the event that triggered his Bad Future. He arrived in 1985, accidentally infused with the primal energy of time and space, and barely managed to avert the Challenger shuttle explosion. He had saved the future and became a superhero, but at the cost of eliminating his original timeline and everyone in it. | |
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Love Is in the Air | |
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Love Is in the Air: In "Waltz of the Hours", the arrival of the Dancing Master causes this to the people of Astro City, stirring up the sparks of love in the hearts of everyone around him. | |
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Functional Magic | |
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Functional Magic: In the Astro City cosmos, magic runs on theurgy, with the god-like Entities commanding the fundamental forces of sorcery. Magicians call on the Entities' power to fuel their spells, offering rituals, prayers, sacrifice, etc. in return. Some of the Entities are selective, only allowing their power to be used for goals they're sympathetic to. The 'big seven', however, the seven eldest and most powerful Entities, will allow anyone who calls on them to use their power. In at least one Entity's case, spells calling on their power are to all intents and purposes contracts. | |
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Humans Are Special | |
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Humans Are Special: An alien infiltrator evaluating Earth for possible conquest decides to observe Crackerjack as his "make or break" example of humanity, and moves from personal contempt of Crackerjack to a grudging admiration - that in spite of Crackerjack's egotistical and half-assed approach to heroism, he's still genuinely trying to do good. And then Crackerjack's identity is revealed and the self-righteous old bags in the same apartment building who had looked down on his civilian identity suddenly started talking about how much they loved him and how proud they were... and enraged at this sudden hypocrisy, the infiltrator sends the invasion command. | |
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Bad Guy Bar | |
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Bad Guy Bar: Joey "The Platypus" Platapopulous runs the Down Under Club. The front is a legitimate nightclub with scantily-clad waitresses, while the back is where all the scheming takes place. | |
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Bad Habits | |
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Subverted by The Deacon, who is the undisputed leader of organized crime throughout the city, but is simply a crime boss who dresses like a religious figure. | |
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Disposable Superhero Maker | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e15a23b4 | comment |
Disposable Superhero Maker: Appears very frequently, and usually seen in flashbacks. Dr. Lewis Oscar Croft is a criminal scientist implicated in the creation of dozens of super-beings. Dr. Ganss is a Mad Scientist in Kiefer Square who turns ordinary people into assorted super-villains. Later, he invents a technique to turn homeless people into superhuman Mooks. TransGene is a corporation with the knowledge to create half-human Beast Men. Dr. Nautilus creates aquatic monsters. The Mock Turtle, a Gadgeteer Genius who decided to keep his exploration suit for himself. | |
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Hero Killer | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e16fb8ca | comment |
Hero Killer: The insane Pyramid assasin Jitterjack is one, as he mortally wounds the Anti-Hero Black Velvet. Subverted in the case of the first Jack-in-the-Box (Jack Johnson). For decades, it was believed that he was killed in an exploding underground base on Torres Island engineered by the Underlord. However, when his son Zach Johnson led an expedition on the island, they found footage revealing that the real mastermind was Mister Drama, who was dying of cancer and decided to kill himself and Jack-in-the-Box in a dramatic showdown. | |
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Antiquated Linguistics | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e1721fd1 | comment |
Antiquated Linguistics: Cleopatra II had a tendency to speak in flowery and regal language in her early appearances. She's toned it down a few decades later. | |
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Never Grew Up | |
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Never Grew Up: Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong, a ten-year-old girl who uses her psychic powers to stay young forever. She could grow older if she wanted to, but that would make her unable to manifest the Astro City hero The Gentleman. | |
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From Nobody to Nightmare | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e1acc872 | comment |
From Nobody to Nightmare: "The Eagle and the Mountain" gives us the story of a lowly slave named Kiyu, and how he eventually becomes Infidel, the reality-shattering Evil Sorcerer Arch-Enemy of Samaritan. | |
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Fantasy Kitchen Sink | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e1ff8ff6 | comment |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink: The series definitely qualifies — pretty much anything fantastical will exist in some form, somewhere, in this 'verse. | |
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StrawmanPolitical | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e2023325 | comment |
Strawman Political: Some citizens of Astro City view Winged Victory in a distinctively negative light because of her strong advocacy for women's rights and independence. Similarly, the Crossbreed are typically dismissed as religious fanatics because they believe their powers are a gift from God and proselytize when not fighting super-villains. | |
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The Cape | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e2415f | comment |
"The Eagle and the Mountain" focuses more on Samaritan's archenemy Infidel far more than Samaritan himself. | |
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The Cowl | |
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The Cowl: The Confessor is Astro City's most famous example, being an Expy for Batman who easily surpasses him in all major skills — he fights off crowds of thugs without effort, avoids gunfire at point-blank range, intimidates everyone with his piercing gaze, is never seen in daylight hours, and has such mastery of the Stealth Hi/Bye that he's never been caught on film or camera. That's because he's a vampire. Implied with Black Rapier; he appears to be Batman with fencing, or perhaps a Captain Ersatz Zorro. Other characters have referred to him as a detective. During his Darker and Edgier phase, the Street Angel adopted this role, stalking the criminals of the night and fighting them with steel-core halos and throwing knives. | |
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Ambiguously Gay | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Nightingale and Sunbird are frequently rumored to be a lesbian couple, to their never-ending annoyance. | |
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Settle for Sibling | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e38c6149 | comment |
Settle for Sibling: Silver Agent's first girlfriend eventually got over their breakup and married his brother. | |
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Morality Pet | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e3b0cd87 | comment |
Morality Pet: At one point in "The Dark Age", Royal Williams (an Anti-Hero out to get the man who killed his parents) has a brief encounter with "K.O." Carson, a.k.a. the Black Badge, a superhero who befriended the Williams boys in their youth. Seeing Carson reminds Royal of the virtues of heroism, eventually allowing him to turn away from the path of vengeance. Quite literally, in the case of G-Dog. Andy Merton was a petty crook whose first instinct when he found a magical amulet was to use it for crime. However, when the amulet fused him with his pet corgi, turning them into G-Dog, the dog's simple, good-natured protectiveness pushed Andy to become a better person. | |
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Empathic Environment | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e3cee2e7 | comment |
Empathic Environment: The climax of "The Dark Age" has Astro City — the source of the dark energy gripping the populace — drenched in a sudden rainstorm, culminating with a Battle in the Rain between Charles, Royal, the Silver Agent, Lord Sovereign, and the Pale Horseman. Once the villains are vanquished, the rain suddenly stops. | |
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Bash Brothers | |
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Bash Brothers: The Butthead Brothers are two teen Delinquents who terrorize people with elemental powers from a space meteorite. | |
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The Real Heroes | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e3f88af2 | comment |
The Real Heroes: Samaritan says this in "In Dreams" when receiving an award from the fire service. He really believes it, though he wishes he could skip the ceremonies and spend more time saving civilians instead. There's also a poster seen in one story of the Silver Agent next to a police officer. "Silver Agent says salute your local heroes!" The story "Since the Fire", written for one of the 9/11 benefit books, is all about this. | |
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Interrupted Intimacy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e43130c1 | comment |
Interrupted Intimacy: At one point in "The Dark Age", two members of the Apollo Eleven are snuggling outdoors at a picnic, only to be interrupted by two of their teammates playing lawn darts very poorly. In "Things Past", Steeljack has a fit when he catches his two teenage groundskeepers making out at the Kiefer Square cemetery... behind his mother's gravesite. | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e43130c1 | |
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Bounty Hunter | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e44a1a70 | comment |
Averted for the superheroes. Not only can heroes register as Bounty Hunters with local law enforcement agencies, but some teams like Honor Guard and Reflex 6 offer a stipend for members who need financial support. | |
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-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e44a1a70 | |
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Sent Into Hiding | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e4dde6dc | comment |
Sent Into Hiding: After he is tagged by the Blue Knight with a Tracking Device, Royal Williams wraps tin foil around his neck and hides in a brick-walled basement to block the signal. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50987a9 | type |
Reconstruction | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50987a9 | comment |
Reconstruction: Astro City is a series built on the repeated reconstruction of comic book superheroes. While most of Kurt Busiek's works involve nuanced reconstruction on some level, Astro City has it as its lifeblood. You will be hard-pressed to find a single issue that doesn't reconstruct one Comic Book trope or another, whether it's the Crisis Crossover, the Badass Normal, Mundane Utility, the Intrepid Reporter, Secret Identities, the Nineties Antihero, Post-Modern Magik... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50987a9 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50eac65 | type |
No Adequate Punishment | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50eac65 | comment |
No Adequate Punishment: Infidel's crimes include laying waste to the entire world and destroying the entire omniverse at least once. Unfortunately, he has been involved in so many historic events (including several in the future) that his longtime enemy Samaritan has been unable to come up with a punishment that would suit the crime without damaging the timeline. On the other hand, Infidel has been unable to find a way to kill Samaritan without causing similar damage. As a result, they've been at an impasse for years, so Infidel has agreed to go into retirement in a pocket dimension, while Samaritan agrees not to interfere with whatever he does there... for now, anyway. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e50eac65 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e539f64f | type |
Kill Him Already! | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e539f64f | comment |
Kill Him Already!: Gender-flipped. Mortally wounded and unleashing a Hate Plague across the city, Black Velvet begs the Silver Agent to stop it by killing her. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e539f64f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | comment |
The Confessor is Astro City's most famous example, being an Expy for Batman who easily surpasses him in all major skills — he fights off crowds of thugs without effort, avoids gunfire at point-blank range, intimidates everyone with his piercing gaze, is never seen in daylight hours, and has such mastery of the Stealth Hi/Bye that he's never been caught on film or camera. That's because he's a vampire. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e549a677 | type |
WPUN | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e549a677 | comment |
WPUN: The major radio station in Astro City is KBAC, which is short for "Kurt Busiek's Astro City", the full title of the book. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e549a677 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e567510d | comment |
Determinator: The Blue Knight, who once hunted Royal Williams over several months for the crime of unloading stolen merchandise, even chasing him down while the planet was literally shaking itself apart. In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack becomes one when he finally figures out what's going on. An 800-pound man made of steel is pretty darned unstoppable when he wants to be. Krigari Ironhand. Guy just did not give up. His whole motivation was being told he'd be defeated by the Honor Guard and doing everything, including mining a broken universe, to find a way to beat them (neatly ignoring that they wouldn't have been a problem if he'd just not fought them at all). Infidel, Arch-Enemy to Samaritan, is Astro City's hands-down winner of this trope. The man thinks nothing of waiting millennia to wear down Samaritan's heroic resolve and come around to Infidel's point of view. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e567510d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5bb2929 | type |
Super Not-Drowning Skills | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5bb2929 | comment |
Super Not-Drowning Skills: Mister Manta and Mermaid can breathe underwater. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5bb2929 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5bb2929 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | type |
Shame If Something Happened | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | comment |
Shame If Something Happened: Played completely straight in "Knock Wood"; a lawyer uses a genius defense to acquit the son of a mafia boss, who then wants to recruit him permanently. When the lawyer refuses, the boss invokes the trope nearly verbatim against his family so he will accept the offer... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e6f18344 | type |
Humongous Mecha | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Dr. Saturday builds Humongous Mecha that resemble cartoon characters. | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e6f18344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e6f18344 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e70127 | type |
The Mole | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e70127 | comment |
The Mole: Royal Williams joins Pyramid to get information about the man who killed his parents. He feeds information to Charles, who forwards it to the authorities as needed. Lord Saampa was chosen by the Oubor to lead its cult, but he keeps them busy with useless rituals so they don't hurt innocents, even as he tries to resist its influence. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e70127 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e7b0229a | type |
Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e7b0229a | comment |
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Part of the reason the Broken Man has no allies against the Oubor; it erases any and all evidence it was around, including visual records. This is why Beautie cannot remember her origins, because Beautie was ordered to forget, after her creator was shamed for her creation. Worse, if Beautie tries to remember or uncover her origins, she soon forgets her quest. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e7b0229a | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8b0f099 | type |
Dark Is Evil | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8b0f099 | comment |
Dark Is Evil: Invoked in "The Dark Age", when a dark energy from another dimension enters people's minds as they revel in Darker and Edgier behavior. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8b0f099 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8d46c29 | type |
Backstory | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8d46c29 | comment |
Backstory: Just about everyone has one. Whether or not the readers ever see it is another matter. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e8d46c29 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9327f58 | type |
Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9327f58 | comment |
Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: In "Hot Time In the Old Town", an Eldritch Abomination's intrusion into reality is instantly repelled by contact with Jazzbaby, an Anthropomorphic Personification of counterculture music. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9327f58 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9e35e8f | type |
Exact Words | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9e35e8f | comment |
Exact Words: The spells empowered by Tzammath take the form of contracts — essentially: "take this power, and serve Tzammath". Her cult cuts off access to her (extremely powerful and useful) spells in an effort to forcibly conscript all the magic-users who've been using them without serving her in exchange. As it turns out, Tzammath happens to be a raging egotist who LOVES showing off — having mages use her power is doing her will. And she's not happy with her cult for stopping that. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_e9e35e8f | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ea7e8d30 | type |
Witch Classic | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ea7e8d30 | comment |
Witch Classic: The Silver Age sidekick Kitkat quit super-heroics to study the mystic arts, and renamed herself Greymalkin. She lives in an Old, Dark House with dozens of cats, and occasionally serves as an advisor to Honor Guard, as well as a backup when the Silver Adept is unavailable. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ea7e8d30 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb251937 | type |
Dirty Cop | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb251937 | comment |
Dirty Cop: As a policeman, Charles Williams' partner Lannie takes weekly bribes from the criminals to overlook their activities. Charles refuses to get involved, rejecting the bribes but refusing to report Lannie to Internal Affairs. He gets shot In the Back as a result. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb251937 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb251937 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Further explored with the Sideliners, people who have powers that would be useful if they chose to be heroes (or villains), but who for various reasons prefer to lead ordinary lives. Occasionally some villain will get it into their head to capture one of these people and try to force them into service (sometimes after trying and failing to coax them with the promise of money), but such villains are typically in for a rude awakening; Sideliners tend to keep in contact with each other for just such an occasion, and while they don't like to fight, many of them can and will when necessary. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb81c601 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: The Point Man, the obnoxious Guy Gardner-like 1980s anti-hero. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0bf4a1 | type |
Take Over the World | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0bf4a1 | comment |
Gormenghast is a rogue AI that wants to Take Over the World. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0bf4a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0bf4a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0bf4a1 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0ce986 | type |
Spotting the Thread | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0ce986 | comment |
Spotting the Thread: The key moment of "Confession" is when Brian confronts the Confessor with various observations he's made. Shortly after, Brian openly notes that "I spotted the clues but you let me", knowing the Confessor wanted him to figure out his secret. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0ce986 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec0ce986 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec212e4d | type |
Ensemble Cast | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec212e4d | comment |
Ensemble Cast: Even excluding one-shots and background cameos, the lack of a single main character/team (along with the Cryptic Background References and Continuity Nods) causes Astro City to have several dozen characters with regular appearances scattered throughout the series' run. This is especially true in extended story arcs like "The Tarnished Angel" and "The Dark Age", which often star characters who only get a brief appearance in other stories. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec212e4d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec97c2ee | type |
Five-Man Band Concert | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec97c2ee | comment |
Five-Man Band Concert: "Powerchord" is a literal example — they're a musical band composed of five super-powered beings. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec97c2ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ec97c2ee | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ed874c14 | type |
Self-Made Man | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ed874c14 | comment |
Self-Made Man: Infidel started off as a poor boy from Kenya and grew to become the most fearsome Evil Sorcerer and Mad Scientist simply through his boundless intellect. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ed874c14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ed874c14 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ee19d278 | type |
Blob Monster | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ee19d278 | comment |
Gloo is a mindless Blob Monster that fights crime by pulling "pranks" on its targets — such as spraying flesh-melting "seltzer" or jamming eight Mooks into a subcompact car. And it treats armed robbery and littering as equivalent crimes... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ee19d278 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eeb4a5eb | type |
Anti-Climax | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eeb4a5eb | comment |
Anti-Climax: Occurs at the end of "Friends and Relations". The big fight between Honor Guard and several dozen massive battle robots ends when Ellie gently orders the robots to stand down, restrain the villain, and fly off. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eeb4a5eb | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eedee4d | type |
The Starscream | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eedee4d | comment |
The Starscream: The Deacon plays this role in "The Dark Ages". As second-in-command to Joey "The Platypus" Platapopulous, he covertly engineers events during the citywide gang war to pit the gangs against each other, destabilizing them all and pitting them into a collective stalemate. Then, with the city in chaos due to a Hate Plague, he kills "The Platypus", then seizes control of most of the city's underworld before the night is over. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eedee4d | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eee57253 | type |
Befriending the Enemy | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eee57253 | comment |
Befriending the Enemy: In "Enemy of the Empire", Zo the Zirr finds Karl Furst after he's been injured in a battle with the Zirr Empire. Instead of turning him in, however, Zo helps Karl signal the other members of the First Family so they can rescue him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eee57253 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef0f881b | type |
Trick Arrow | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef0f881b | comment |
Trick Arrow: Prior to his Darker and Edgier turn, the Street Angel used to use non-lethal gimmicked throwing rings ("halos") to snare and catch his opponents. After his Darker And Edgier turn, he replaced them with halos made of high-impact ceramics with a steel core. Quarrel is a more straightforward example of the "archer with trick arrows" archetype; in this case, she has a pair of wrist-mounted launchers that fire a variety of bolts. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef0f881b | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef60bed2 | type |
To the Future, and Beyond | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef60bed2 | comment |
To the Future, and Beyond: The Silver Agent was sent to the 43rd century right before his execution, where he inspires and leads thousands of heroes against a digital tyrant. Afterwards, he is sent backwards in time, stopping at key periods along the way to help others in need and establishing himself as a beacon of hope for millenia. This is why he willingly allows himself to be executed, to avoid changing history and erasing the sacrifices of those other heroes. After being harassed by mere mortals in history, Infidel established his first empire in the far future, after humanity had died out and he could study the universe without being interrupted... at least, until Samaritan accidentally erased it. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_ef60bed2 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | type |
Mundane Utility | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | comment |
Magda, from "On the Sidelines," who can communicate with machines and persuade them to do her bidding. She uses her powers to restore old cars. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0012631 | type |
Saved to Enslave | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0012631 | comment |
Saved to Enslave: This is Infidel's way of gathering followers — rescue people from calamity using Time Travel and then bind them into his service. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0012631 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0012631 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0012631 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f03b3825 | type |
PunchClockVillains | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f03b3825 | comment |
There's Demolitia and the Unholy Alliance, who enjoy their work too much to be Punch-Clock Villains and are not classy enough to form Murder, Inc. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f03b3825 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f03b3825 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f05444a4 | type |
Once per Episode | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f05444a4 | comment |
Once per Episode: Each Astro City story ends with a street sign reading "You Are Now Leaving Astro City. Please Drive Carefully." Stories that span multiple issues have each one end with a "To Be Continued" sign instead. "Pastoral" ends with a sign reading "Caplinville City Limits - Come Back Soon!" "Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes" ends with a "To Be Concluded" sign. | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f05444a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f05444a4 | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0f03464 | type |
TheSeventies | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f0f03464 | comment |
The socio-political atmosphere of The '70s have left many people wary and suspicious of their heroes. When The Experimentals accidentally destroy an apartment building in the midst of stopping an explosion that could level half a continent, the bystanders simply complain about the property damage inflicted. This angers the Experimentals to simply retreat without bothering to do anything to help the displaced citizens. | |
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1.0 | |
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Promotion to Parent | |
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Promotion to Parent: After the first (villainous) Quarrel was arrested, his daughter took it upon herself to take care of her three brothers and mom. | |
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Suicide Attack | |
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Suicide Attack: Done by Mister Drama when he discovered he would die of cancer in a few weeks. Wishing to go out in a blaxe of glory, he pretends to be The Underlord to lure the original Jack-in-the-Box to an underground lair, then blows it up to kill them both. | |
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Ridiculous Procrastinator | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f1641c35 | comment |
Ridiculous Procrastinator: Mister Manta has been marooned on a deserted island for decades. He vows to return to civilization someday and resume his life of crime, but keeps putting it off to improve his makeshift gear and weapons. In reality, he could leave if his gear was good enough to reach the mainland, but deep down he enjoys being The Hermit. | |
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Being Evil Sucks | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f1919d5b | comment |
Being Evil Sucks: A recurring theme, especially in later stories. Many stories show that villains are driven by a combination of greed, attention-seeking behavior, and various personality disorders, and even when they do win, they don't gain any real satisfaction from it. Many could have made a ton of money with using their talents legitimately, but for one reason or another aren't interested. As a result, the ones who make it to old age often have little to nothing to show for it. | |
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Mind over Matter | |
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"On the Sidelines" focuses on a community of superpowered people who use their powers for mundane jobs, like construction and special effects, rather than heroics or villainy. Examples include a telekinetic who controls things for stunt work, a fire-manipulator who's a glassblower, an empath who's a club deejay, and a man with Super-Strength who works in construction. | |
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Wreathed in Flames | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f2758e74 | comment |
There's an alien species called the Thermians who are Wreathed in Flames and wear backpacks that let them manipulate fire. | |
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Evil Nerd | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f2d7e2c2 | comment |
Evil Nerd: Simon Says is a Teen Genius who turned to crime after being relentlessly bullied in school. The Mecha-Nerds are a group of high school science fair winners who were turned into robots, then decided to go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. | |
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Evil Twin | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f2dadf81 | comment |
In one storyline, attorney Vincent Oleck is defending a mobster who had murdered someone in front of dozens of witnesses used a "superhero defense", pointing out known cases of crimes actually committed the accused's evil twin from another dimension, supposedly dead people getting up and walking away none the worse for wear, etc. Between the sheer audacity of the argument and a mood of public guilt over the recent wrongful execution of the Silver Agent, it worked. The case also became a landmark in American legal praxis, and led to changes in how cases with metahuman involvement were handled. Lampshaded later when an older Oleck states that there is no way that defense would fly in the comic's present day. | |
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Got Volunteered | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f329f2a2 | comment |
Got Volunteered: Done narratively in "Through Open Doors (Part One)". Ben Pullam volunteers himself to be humanity's ambassador to the Kvurri after the reader concentrates on him at a key moment (as urged on by The Broken Man). | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f36c4f98 | comment |
Easily Forgiven: Done twice by Ellie Jennersen in "Friends and Relations": Ellie's quiet life was upended by her nephew Fred, who used the excuse of renovating her robot museum as a cover for renting out her robots to commit crimes. He ended up framing her for robbery, assault, and terrorism, and almost had her sent to prison. But after everything was straightened out, she simply wished him well in his new life and encouraged him to be an upstanding citizen. Ellie also forgave her former college roommate, the villainous Vivi Viktor, who Mind Raped Ellie, stole her designs, and left her with memory problems for decades. Yet in the end, Ellie forgives Vivi without so much as a sharp word, and is content to let the criminal justice system resolve the matter. In "Dog Days", Andy Merton visits Stormhawk's wife to apologize for burglarizing their home four years ago. She immediately forgives him, being happy to see that he's been carrying on Stormhawk's heroic legacy as G-Dog. | |
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Hover Tank | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f37bf401 | comment |
Hover Tank: A variation — during World War II, the Germans attacked Romeyn Falls with the Bund-O-Teurs, a Nazi squad using propeller-driven one-man flying turrets. | |
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Vengeful Ghost | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f3b590a | comment |
Vengeful Ghost: The Blue Knight is believed to be possessed by one of these, the spirit of policeman Josh Stone's dead son, Damon. It's said that Void Between the Worlds is a featureless realm filled with hungry, nasty things. The Pale Horseman may be one of these as well — when Lord Sovereign was drawing power from the Void Between the Worlds, the Pale Horseman called it "my people", demanding its return. | |
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Brain in a Jar | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f3fac450 | comment |
A.T.A.C.C. is a seven-foot-tall robot bristling with firearms and powered by a Brain in a Jar inside. | |
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Is This Thing On? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f43c0da0 | comment |
Is This Thing On?: In "Through Open Doors (Part One)", the intergalactic ambassador Telseth's Big Entrance gets messed up this way. | |
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Worth Living For | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f43dc597 | comment |
Aubrey Jason, a Pyramid agent, killed Royal and Charles Williams' parents during a fight with the Silver Agent. When Royal learns his identity twenty years later, he uses that information to give his dying brother Charles the will to live on. | |
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Dimension Lord | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f497afb6 | comment |
Dimension Lord: Krigari Ironhand, an interdimensional tyrant and emperor who's already conquered several realities before the heroes have even heard of him. | |
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Shapeshifting | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f5190cfc | comment |
There's also the story of Vincent Oleck, a lawyer who successfully defended his client in a murder case by citing superhuman tropes such as Shapeshifting, Evil Twins, and Death Is Cheap. Later, it is explained that the case caused a major overhaul of praxis in Astro City's legal system, so the defense wouldn't work in the present day. | |
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Alien Invasion | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f56aeb67 | comment |
An alien spy wondering whether he should tell his masters to proceed with their plans for an Alien Invasion. | |
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Adorable Evil Minions | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f56b24c4 | comment |
Adorable Evil Minions: The servants of He Who Lies Buried serve an Eldritch Abomination, but some of them are surprisingly cute, as their home dimension is fashioned off of the designs for a video game. | |
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Hard-Drinking Party Girl | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f5afa308 | comment |
As the most powerful magician in Astro City, the Silver Adept combines this with Hard-Drinking Party Girl, having more than enough supernatural responsibilities for the role. She works hard and parties hard, to the consternation of her staff. | |
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Stone Wall | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f62cc38a | comment |
Stone Wall: Resistor is a free-floating emotional memetic field that — at times of strife — turns bystanders into energy beings who cast protective shields to protect others. This is Resistor's only power; they have no offensive capabilities whatsoever. | |
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Gold Digger | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Gold Digger: Charles Williams' ex-wife Darnice. She flirts with anyone who has money, spends his earnings on personal luxuries, even encourages him to take bribes as a way to supplement their income, then leaves him when he refuses to be a Dirty Cop. | |
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The Archmage | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f6ca5b54 | comment |
Something causes Simon Magus' home to disappear in "The Day the Music Died". | |
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Anthropomorphic Personification | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f76b8969 | comment |
The Anthropomorphic Personification of counterculture music is a recurring superhero in the series. Its manifestations have been Mister Cakewalk (a Ragtime-inspired vigilante from the 1900s), Jazzbaby (a jazz-themed heroine from the 1920s), Zoot Suit ('40s big band), the Bouncing Beatnik (hep cat from The '50s), the Halcyon Hippie (psychedelic rock of The '60s), then finally Glamorax (a David Bowie-inspired glam rocker of The '70s). Going beyond conventional crimefighting, they are also the Arch-Enemy of the Oubor, an Eldritch Abomination from outside of reality. | |
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Love Makes You Dumb | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f7883b17 | comment |
Love Makes You Dumb: The brilliant (but very naive) Gadgeteer Genius Mock Turtle is blinded by love for his childhood sweetheart Lucia, who he constantly imagines as an innocent girl to be sheltered from his roguish life as a super-villain. She, in turn, easily exploits his intellect and engineering talents for her own criminal gain. | |
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Fantastic Legal Weirdness | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f807e541 | comment |
Fantastic Legal Weirdness: In one storyline, attorney Vincent Oleck is defending a mobster who had murdered someone in front of dozens of witnesses used a "superhero defense", pointing out known cases of crimes actually committed the accused's evil twin from another dimension, supposedly dead people getting up and walking away none the worse for wear, etc. Between the sheer audacity of the argument and a mood of public guilt over the recent wrongful execution of the Silver Agent, it worked. The case also became a landmark in American legal praxis, and led to changes in how cases with metahuman involvement were handled. Lampshaded later when an older Oleck states that there is no way that defense would fly in the comic's present day. Another story looks at legal services in Shadow Hill, the city's supernatural district. Ghosts can be called up to settle their disputed wills; when a magician discovers their spells are contracts with higher powers, they can get a lawyer to figure out the terms; and vampires and other quasi-immortals can hire professional Renfields to help with their financial holdings, transferring the holdings to the Renfield when they die (or appear to), and the Renfield transferring the holdings back to them (minus a commission for the service) when they show up with a new identity. In "Where the Action Is", super-heroine Nightingale angrily confronts publisher Manny Monkton for insinuating that she is in a lesbian relationship with her sidekick Sunbird. He blows off the complaint, noting that she can't sue him without revealing her Secret Identity. | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | comment |
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Used as character development in "Confession". The Confessor's Kid Sidekick Altar Boy holds his father in contempt because he worked as a doctor despite being stiffed by his patients and died with no respect, and wants to be a superhero because they are respected. After watching Confessor protect the city through a period where superheroes were not getting any respect at all, he abandons his warped priorities. The heroic El Hombre got hit with this in both his civilian and hero identities. As community organizer Esteban Hidalgo, he never felt accepted by the Latino community no matter how much money and time he spent improving the neighborhood. As El Hombre, he was disappointed to learn that he was the least popular member of Honor Guard — and disgusted with himself to realize that he actually cared about that. The Junkman is a villainous example; he pulls off a bank heist so perfect that no one has any idea who did it, then retires securely in the knowledge that he outsmarted everyone. His joy is short-lived when everyone assumes that the robber must have been caught anyway, simply because the heroes always win. This makes him realize that his victory isn't worth anything if no one knows he outsmarted the heroes. | |
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High-School Sweethearts | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f81d8982 | comment |
High-School Sweethearts: In "That Was Then...", Bugleboy and Majorette are teenagers trying to decide what to do with their lives. Bugleboy wants to continue being a superhero, but Majorette wants to retire and go to law school, and are unsure if their relationship can hold. | |
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Laser Blade | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f8cddfb2 | comment |
In "Things Past", the retired villainess Cutlass is the lead suspect in a brutal bank robbery that used her signature Laser Blade weapons. She insists she didn't do it, and hires Steeljack to find out who was really responsible. | |
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Superdickery | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f946a529 | comment |
Superdickery: The story "Shining Armor" is a brutal deconstruction of Lois Lane's brand of Superdickery in the Silver Age Superman/Lois relationship. Irene Merriweather tries to prove herself worthy of Atomicus' love by exposing his secret identity, even as she repeatedly endangers him by doing so. When she finally succeeds, Atomicus explodes in rage and leaves Earth forever, tired of her dogged pursuit. Atomicus never wanted to play that game at all, but was too naive and afraid to tell her so. There was also a brief mention in the story "Old Times" — Supersonic, after an adventure that temporarily gave him 16 exact doubles, took his Lois-type girlfriend Caroleen to a dance as Supersonic and had one of his doubles come as his secret identity of Dale Enright. He did this just to mess with Caroleen. | |
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Mile-High Club | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f9971b12 | comment |
Mile-High Club: As Samaritan and Winged Victory's relationship becomes more series, they occasionally indulge in late-night intercourse in the skies above Astro City. Since both of them can fly, no vehicles or assistance is required. | |
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Series Fauxnale | |
| Astro City (Comic Book) / int_f9c3ecc6 | comment |
Series Fauxnale: "The Voice of the Turtle" ends with Steeljack believing that he's stopped the Kiefer Square murders by driving off the Chessmen and saving the Mock Turtle. The issue even closes with the "You Are Now Leaving Astro City" street sign, signaling the end of the "Tarnished Angel" story arc. The next issue opens with the death of the Mock Turtle, indicating the case is far from over. | |
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Fad Super | |
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Fad Super: Occasionally employed in a self-aware manner. Flashbacks to The Fifties might feature an appearance by the Bouncing Beatnik, who actually changes identities to social trends of the time. There've been six known incarnations in-universe: Mister Cakewalk, Jazzbaby, Zootsuit, the Bouncing Beatnik, the Halcyon Hippie, and Glamorax. The Beatnik's story began in the mid-19th century, before the founding of Astro City, with the murder of the mystic troubadour Silverstring and the immolation of his silver-stringed guitar. "The Dark Age" references the Real Life kung fu fad of The '70s with the Jade Dragons, and the space race with the Apollo Eleven. Older stories have featured brief glimpses of the Frontiersman, complete with coonskin cap. In a flashback, Martha Sullivan reveals that as a teenager, she briefly considered becoming a super-heroine, "Mind-Over-Mattie". Her costume consisted of a tie-dyed shirt with a domino mask and a brown vest. A story set in the early 20th century featured Steampunk heroine Dame Progress. | |
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Everytown, America | |
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Everytown, America: Caplinville in "Pastoral" feels very much like this. | |
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Runic Magic | |
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Runic Magic: Starfighter activates the powers of the Lorus by drawing glowing symbols on nearby objects or in midair. These powers include flight, sound suppression, costume changes, and interstellar travel. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Aubrey Jason, a Pyramid agent, killed Royal and Charles Williams' parents during a fight with the Silver Agent. When Royal learns his identity twenty years later, he uses that information to give his dying brother Charles the will to live on. The Gunslinger is a murderer whose targets were all members of a squad of Vietnam War soldiers. His father was the squad sergeant, and the men had killed him to hide their heroin ring. | |
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Samaritan Syndrome | |
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Samaritan Syndrome: A lot of the heroes have shades of this, but Samaritan himself has it the worst; he is so busy helping people that he hasn't been able to form a single normal human relationship in twenty years. In one story, his fellow superheroes make arrangements to protect the world without him for one night so that he can go on a date with Winged Victory, who is similarly as dedicated to heroism. Both of them have a hard time relaxing on the date, but it's implied that their being out of action for a little while didn't cost the world anything due to their friends stepping up their game. There's also a moment towards the very end where they get to relax and enjoy a very short moment of dead silence, with no emergencies. Later issues heavily imply the two of them are an item, which is appropriate considering their similarities to their duty. It's really brought home by the fact that Samaritan's dream is to be able to fly free — as in, "just fly around for the fun of it" rather than "fly toward the latest emergency". Discussed in "After the Fire", where a teen named Farrell talks to a firefighter who lost his leg rescuing him from a burning high rise. | |
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Gadgeteer Genius | |
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The Fixit Man is a small-time Gadgeteer Genius who used to repair gear for supervillains; he quit due to too much planned obsolescence making everything disposable. | |
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One-Winged Angel | |
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One-Winged Angel: Hellhound is normally a normal-looking Scary Black Man, with a friendly demeanor and heroic intent. But when he was infected with a Hate Plague, he was forcibly turned into a forty-foot-tall Kirin with fangs and horns. | |
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Go-Karting with Bowser | |
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Go-Karting with Bowser: In "The Eagle and the Mountain", Samaritan and Infidel eventually realized the futility in continuing their feud when it became clear that there was no way either of them would ever be able to win, and thus set up a yearly meeting along these lines just to compare notes and talk instead. It's interesting to note that at this point they don't even seem to regard one another as enemies. There's a lot of mutual respect in that arrangement. Though it should be noted they're still indulging in stratagems to wear the other down, psychologically and emotionally. And Infidel himself admits he isn't sure who will be the victor of that battle. | |
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Robot Buddy | |
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Robot Buddy: "Ellie's Friends" features an entire roadside museum full of these, with dozens of robots she salvaged and befriended after countless superhero battles. Special credit goes to Arthur, a ball-shaped former warbot who masterminds Ellie's escape from jail after she's wrongly accused of terrorism. | |
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Alternate Self | |
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Alternate Self: Jack-In-the-Box II meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a non-vigilante college professor. This realization that he could leave his son without a father prompts him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to take his place as the new Jack-In-the-Box. | |
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Robosexual | |
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Robosexual: Played every which way with Beautie. She is a human-sized superpowered robot fashion doll, and while she has an interest in romance she finds the people who aren't put off by her completely rigid body and lack of genitalia more disturbing and difficult to interact with than those who are. | |
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All Trolls Are Different | |
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All Trolls Are Different: They are in a few panels battling the Enelsians. They are mentioned to live on/under Glittertind in Norway. Visually, these ones look like the creations of John Bauer dressed like stereotypical Norwegian farmers, and are strong enough to throw alien tanks around. | |
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Protector Behind Bars | |
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Protector Behind Bars: In "The Tarnished Angel", Steeljack has been imprisoned by Honor Guard after they refuse to believe his warnings about an impending citywide supervillain attack. Out of options, he breaks free and gets back to the city because he realizes that the small-time crooks of his neighborhood had no one else to protect them from a murderer. | |
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Evil Parents Want Good Kids | |
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Evil Parents Want Good Kids: The original Quarrel was a small-time crook with a gimmicky bolt-blaster. When his first child was born, he cheerfully hands out cigars to his villainous colleagues and declares that she won't be a criminal like himself. In his later years, he's thrilled that she's become a world-renowned superhero. Thatcher Jerome may be a racketeer in the Deacon's mob, but he frets over his adult children and almost loses his cool when his college son's grades start to dip. The original Goldenglove was a criminal who'd always tell his kids to go to school and not follow in his shoes. | |
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Our Gargoyles Rock | |
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Our Gargoyles Rock: The Silver Adept's brownstone home is protected by Grev and his team of magic gargoyles, who guard the place and ward off incursions (magical and otherwise) as needed. | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
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Talking Is a Free Action: All over the place, in finest comic book fashion — characters explain gadgets and powers as they are used, speedsters and fliers talk while zipping past, banter... | |
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Evil, Inc. | |
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Evil, Inc.: TransGene genetically engineers half-human Beast Men. The Black Lab performs underground science for anyone willing to pay. | |
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