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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Until he reached his truce with Samaritan, Infidel would time-travel to various historical crisises and asking which of the victims were willing to survive as his slaves.
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** The story "Thumbtacks & Yarn" introduce the Blasphemy Boys, a government agency out to contain such horrors, such as the Batrachi.
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** The story "Thumbtacks & Yarn" introduce the Blasphemy Boys, a government agency out to contain such horrors, such as the Batrachi. It goes badly for them.
** Later on in the same issue we see a glimpse of what looks like one that's been imprisoned.
** Whatever the 'Oubor' is that the Broken Man is so afraid of sounds like one.
** Later on in the same issue we see a glimpse of what looks like one that's been imprisoned.
** Whatever the 'Oubor' is that the Broken Man is so afraid of sounds like one.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Doctor Egyptus, who kidnapped dozens of people and planned to use time-travel to take them back to before the American Civil War and sell them into slavery.
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* {{Steampunk}}: Dame Progress, an early twentieth century hero of Astro City.
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* OverlyLongName: The Working Group on Unsettling Anomalies Classification and Contamination, otherwise known as the Blasphemy Boys.
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* DatingCatwoman: The Confessor and the Stray.
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** This attitude eventually destroys Ned Carroways' marriage.
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* RageBreakingPoint: A lifetime of being insulted and ignored finally spill over when someone just walks into Ned Carroway, who lays into the man, before stealing his clothing.
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** A recent story set in the late 19th century featured a {{Steampunk}} heroine Dame Progress, going up against a nimble-footed AntiHero ([[spoiler: and possible past incarnation of the Bouncing Beatnik]]) Mister Cakewalk.
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** A recent story set in the late 19th century featured a {{Steampunk}} heroine Dame Progress, going up against a nimble-footed AntiHero AntiVillain ([[spoiler: and possible past incarnation of the Bouncing Beatnik]]) Mister Cakewalk.
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* AdultFear: When Astra goes missing in an early arc (see FaceOnAMilkCarton below) the First Family tears apart a number of alternate dimensions to find her. It turns out she was spending time at a local school with normal kids having fun.
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompts him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompts him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
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* AdultFear: When Astra goes missing in an early arc (see FaceOnAMilkCarton below) the First Family tears apart a number of alternate dimensions to find her. It turns out she was spending time at a local school with normal kids having fun.
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This realization that he would leave his son without a father the way he had prompts him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest.
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* AdultFear: When Astra goes missing in an early arc (see FaceOnAMilkCarton below) the First Family tears apart a number of alternate dimensions to find her. It turns out she was spending time at a local school with normal kids having fun.
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompted him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompted him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
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* AdultFear: When Astra goes missing in an early arc (see FaceOnAMilkCarton below) the First Family tears apart a number of alternate dimensions to find her. It turns out she was spending time at a local school with normal kids having fun.
** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompted prompts him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
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** Jack-In-the-Box meets three alternate versions of his unborn son; two of them became ruthless vigilantes after his death, the third one became a priest. This prompted him to go into retirement, training one of the Trouble Boys to [[TakeUpMySword take his place]] as [[LegacyHero the new Jack-In-the-Box]].
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* Winged Victory: A Franchise/WonderWoman analogue and feminist. An early story has her and Samaritan going on an abortive date in their civilian identities.
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* Winged Victory: A Franchise/WonderWoman analogue and feminist. An early story has her and Samaritan going on an abortive date in their civilian identities.identities; by the Vertigo run, they're in a long-term relationship.
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* The First Family: A ComicBook/FantasticFour analogue, a family of interdimensional explorers and superheroes. Consists of Augustus and Julius Furst, the patriarch brothers, Augustus' twin children Nick and Natalie, Natalies husband Rex, and their daughter Astra.
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* TheArchmage: The Silver Adept is considered the most powerful magician of the forces of light in the Astro City cosmology. However, this means there are a lot of mystical matters that need her attention, keeping her very, very busy. (Living in Astro City has apparently made things more hectic; it was a bit calmer in her previous home, but still busy enough the Adept needed a personal assistant.)
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The series had been on an indefinite hiatus since May of 2010; it resumed publication in June 2013 as [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/07/astro-city-new-ongoing-dc-comics-june/ an ongoing monthly series]] published by Creator/DCComics as part of Creator/{{Vertigo| Comics}}, divorced from [[ComicBook/{{New 52}} the new, Wildstorm-inclusive DCU]].
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The series had been on an indefinite hiatus since May of 2010; it resumed publication in June 2013 as [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/07/astro-city-new-ongoing-dc-comics-june/ an ongoing monthly series]] published by Creator/DCComics as part of Creator/{{Vertigo| Comics}}, divorced from [[ComicBook/{{New 52}} the new, Wildstorm-inclusive Vertigo/Wildstorm-inclusive DCU]].
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* HumansAreSpecial [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]]: 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 [[spoiler: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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* EveryEpisodeEnding: 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."
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: Most stories end with a street sign reading "You are now leaving Astro City. please drive carefully."Issues " Issues that are part of a larger arc end with "Astro City Department of Public Works - Under Construction."
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* MundaneUtility: "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 [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] who controls things for stunt work, [[PlayingWithFire a fire-manipulator]] who's a glassblower, an [[TheEmpath empath]] who's a club deejay, and a man with SuperStrength who works in construction. Then a super-villain comes along who thinks their lack of world-breaking ambition [[NotSoWeak make them ripe for exploitation...]]
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* MundaneUtility: "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 [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] who controls things for stunt work, [[PlayingWithFire a fire-manipulator]] who's a glassblower, an [[TheEmpath empath]] who's a club deejay, and a man with SuperStrength who works in construction. Then a super-villain comes along who thinks their lack of world-breaking ambition [[NotSoWeak make makes them ripe for exploitation...]]
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* ContinuityNod: Occurs fairly often, as befitting a series with a single writer. Most Continuity Nods appear as sidelong references to other characters and events in the chronological past/present, even if the subject hasn't had a published appearance yet.
** [[TheCape Samaritan]] briefly mutters "3.2" when he arrives to visit Steeljack in "The Tarnished Angel." This is a reference to Samaritan's DayInTheLife story, "In Dreams," where it's shown he keeps track of how many seconds he spends flying from one scene to another.
** In "Show 'Em All," as Jack-In-The-Box dodges The Junkman's aerosol bombs, he casually mentions having "recent experience" in dodging mid-air explosions. This refers to a single panel from the earlier "Confession" story arc, where Jack-In-The-Box eludes capture from a missile-firing helicopter.
** Also from "Confession", Brian begins his super-hero career by working as a busboy in Bruiser's Bar & Grill, run by retired [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero [[OldSuperhero The Black Badge]]. Both the Black Badge and Bruisers' play small but pivotal roles in the later "Dark Age" story arc.
** The 2013 resumption includes several nods to civilians from earlier stories, such as the Pullan family (from "Welcome to the Big City") and Maddie Sullivan (from "Great Expectations").
** [[TheCape Samaritan]] briefly mutters "3.2" when he arrives to visit Steeljack in "The Tarnished Angel." This is a reference to Samaritan's DayInTheLife story, "In Dreams," where it's shown he keeps track of how many seconds he spends flying from one scene to another.
** In "Show 'Em All," as Jack-In-The-Box dodges The Junkman's aerosol bombs, he casually mentions having "recent experience" in dodging mid-air explosions. This refers to a single panel from the earlier "Confession" story arc, where Jack-In-The-Box eludes capture from a missile-firing helicopter.
** Also from "Confession", Brian begins his super-hero career by working as a busboy in Bruiser's Bar & Grill, run by retired [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero [[OldSuperhero The Black Badge]]. Both the Black Badge and Bruisers' play small but pivotal roles in the later "Dark Age" story arc.
** The 2013 resumption includes several nods to civilians from earlier stories, such as the Pullan family (from "Welcome to the Big City") and Maddie Sullivan (from "Great Expectations").
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* ContinuityNod: Occurs fairly often, as befitting Frequent. By way of a series with a single writer. Most Continuity Nods appear as sidelong references to other characters and events particularly illustrative example, virtually ''everything'' from issue one is called back in the chronological past/present, even if the subject hasn't had a published appearance yet.
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** [[TheCape Samaritan]] briefly mutters "3.2" when he arrives to visit Steeljack in "The Tarnished Angel." "
** The Samaritan mentions that Honor Guard's alien detector is on the fritz. This seeming throwaway line is areference to critical plotpoint 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'sDayInTheLife fight with the Nightmare is the frontpage story for the Rocket in the very next story, "In Dreams," where it's shown he keeps track of how many seconds he spends flying from "The Scoop."
** And the Rocket's lead story in issue onescene to another.
** In "Show 'Em All," as Jack-In-The-Box dodges The Junkman's aerosol bombs, he casually mentions having "recent experience" in dodging mid-air explosions. This refers to a single panel fromis "Jack-in-the-Box captures Brass Monkey." Both Jack and the earlier 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"story arc, where Jack-In-The-Box eludes capture from a missile-firing helicopter.
** Also from "Confession", Brian begins his super-hero career by working as a busboymentions yet another award ceremony in Bruiser's Bar & Grill, run by retired [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero [[OldSuperhero The Black Badge]]. Both the Black Badge and Bruisers' play small but pivotal roles in the later "Dark Age" story arc.
** The 2013 resumption includes several nods to civilians from earlier stories, such as the Pullan family (from "Welcome to the Big City") and Maddie Sullivan (from "Great Expectations").Samaritan's honor. And so forth...
** [[TheCape Samaritan]] briefly mutters "3.2" when he arrives to visit Steeljack in "The Tarnished Angel.
** The Samaritan mentions that Honor Guard's alien detector is on the fritz. This seeming throwaway line is a
** 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
** And the Rocket's lead story in issue one
** In "Show 'Em All," as Jack-In-The-Box dodges The Junkman's aerosol bombs, he casually mentions having "recent experience" in dodging mid-air explosions. This refers to a single panel from
** 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"
** Also from "Confession", Brian begins his super-hero career by working as a busboy
** The 2013 resumption includes several nods to civilians from earlier stories, such as the Pullan family (from "Welcome to the Big City") and Maddie Sullivan (from "Great Expectations").
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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: "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, [[http://www.herocopia.com herocopia.com]] was a sanctioned fan site, until a database error erased most of the wiki. For a while, it was reduced to a spam have, but it has since been restored, even better than ever, & is now the most extensive wiki for the series online.
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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: "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, [[http://www.herocopia.com herocopia.com]] was a sanctioned fan site, until a database error erased most of the wiki. For a while, it was reduced to a spam have, haven, but it has since been restored, even better than ever, & is now the most extensive wiki for the series online.
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** Australia's most notable heroes include Kookaburra, Barrier, Bullroarer, and the Colonial.
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Astro City is treated in a more or less "realistic" fashion, though the creator gently rejects the term "realistic", often focusing on the emotional and personal lives of the heroes, or of those who just happen to ''live'' in the same universe as superheroes and villains. This puts it in the same class as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', ''TheGoldenAge'', ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', and Busiek's own ''{{Marvels}}''.
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Astro City is treated in a more or less "realistic" fashion, though the creator gently rejects the term "realistic", often focusing on the emotional and personal lives of the heroes, or of those who just happen to ''live'' in the same universe as superheroes and villains. This puts it in the same class as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', ''TheGoldenAge'', ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'', ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', and Busiek's own ''{{Marvels}}''.
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* Samaritan: The resident {{Franchise/Superman}} analogue, but with elements of [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], Busiek's own dreams of flying, and other sources. Originally sent back from the future to alter history. He succeeded in his task [[spoiler:by preventing the Challenger disaster]] and has been stuck here ever since. He's kept incredibly busy; since he's a ridiculously nice guy and his [[SuperSenses Zyxometer]] (a kind of futuristic computer/sensing device) can detect trouble whenever it occurs, he's [[SamaritanSyndrome constantly rushing around preventing disasters.]] Thus, he barely has the time to just enjoy flying (which appears to be his greatest pleasure).
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* Samaritan: The resident {{Franchise/Superman}} analogue, but with elements of [[{{Shazam}} [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], Busiek's own dreams of flying, and other sources. Originally sent back from the future to alter history. He succeeded in his task [[spoiler:by preventing the Challenger disaster]] and has been stuck here ever since. He's kept incredibly busy; since he's a ridiculously nice guy and his [[SuperSenses Zyxometer]] (a kind of futuristic computer/sensing device) can detect trouble whenever it occurs, he's [[SamaritanSyndrome constantly rushing around preventing disasters.]] Thus, he barely has the time to just enjoy flying (which appears to be his greatest pleasure).
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* Jack-in-the-Box: A bouncy clown-themed vigilante with agility and an arsenal of clown-themed weaponry. One of the less obvious CaptainErsatz characters, Jack's loosely inspired by {{ComicBook/Spider-Man}} and by SteveDitko's infamously oddball vigilantes in general.
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* Jack-in-the-Box: A bouncy clown-themed vigilante with agility and an arsenal of clown-themed weaponry. One of the less obvious CaptainErsatz characters, Jack's loosely inspired by {{ComicBook/Spider-Man}} ComicBook/SpiderMan and by SteveDitko's Creator/SteveDitko's infamously oddball vigilantes in general.
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* Honor Guard: A group of top-ranked superheroes, a la the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica or ComicBook/TheAvengers. Samaritan is a member of this group.
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** As The Gentleman is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] {{Expy}} of [[{{Shazam}} 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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** As The Gentleman is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] {{Expy}} of [[{{Shazam}} [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} 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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* {{Animesque}}: Anime-inspired characters have creeped into the series in the 00's - the new Hummingbird seems like a subtle example, with oddly huge eyes, while American Chibi is a more overt and over-the-top example.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: The Samaritan got his name after he first appeared on the scene and identified himself solely as "a good samaritan." The name stuck.
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* DolledUpInstallment: ''The Dark Age'' started life as a proposed sequel to ''{{Marvels}}'' to be called ''Cops & Robbers'' (later ''Crime & Punishment'').
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* EvilTwin: Brief mention is made of the Worst Family, evil versions of the First Family from another dimension. The simple fact that these situations can happen motivates a defense attorney to turn a hopeless case on its head by bringing up the uncontestable idea that maybe it was his client's evil twin who killed that woman in front of 59 eyewitnesses.
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* EvilTwin: Brief mention is made of the Worst Family, evil versions of the First Family from another dimension. The simple fact that these situations can happen motivates a defense attorney to turn a hopeless case on its head by bringing up the uncontestable incontestable idea that maybe it was his client's evil twin who killed that woman in front of 59 eyewitnesses.
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** Then there's Glue-Gun, an {{Expy}} of MarvelComics' Paste-Pot Pete.
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* FusionDance: Jitterjack is a villainous composite example; he appears as two bisected men joined together lengthwise, with more than double the speed, reflxes, and agility of a normal person.
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* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Samaritan is prone to this, on the few occassions you can get him to settle down for dinner and talk.
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* LongingForFictionland: As a child, the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Mock Turtle]] always was trapped in wardrobes. Everyone thought he was an idiot. But he was trying to find a portal to [[ChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. If he could [[TheWizardOfOz have found a twister]] or [[Literature/AliceInWonderland a rabbit hole]], he would have tried that too. Once he is an adult and gets to Astro City, where the super human community saved him from some assassins and accepted him, he gets to a building's roof to see all the city, [[TheWizardOfOz put in her green visor, and all the city looks like an Emerald City]].
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* LongingForFictionland: As a child, the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Mock Turtle]] always was trapped in wardrobes. Everyone thought he was an idiot. But he was trying to find a portal to [[ChroniclesOfNarnia [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. If he could [[TheWizardOfOz have found a twister]] or [[Literature/AliceInWonderland a rabbit hole]], he would have tried that too. Once he is an adult and gets to Astro City, where the super human community saved him from some assassins and accepted him, he gets to a building's roof to see all the city, [[TheWizardOfOz put in her green visor, and all the city looks like an Emerald City]].
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: 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 lawer refuses, the boss says the trope name nearly verbatim to threaten his family if he turns down the offer...
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: 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 lawer lawyer refuses, the boss says the trope name nearly verbatim to threaten his family if he turns down the offer...
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* ThisMeansWar: Played for drama in "Serpent's Teeth", when an alternate-timeline version of Jack-in-the-Box's son uses Jack's "Of course you realize, this means war" as motivation to become a KnightTemplar on the city's criminals... without realizing Jack was quoting BugsBunny.
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* ThisMeansWar: Played for drama in "Serpent's Teeth", when an alternate-timeline version of Jack-in-the-Box's son uses Jack's "Of course you realize, this means war" as motivation to become a KnightTemplar on the city's criminals... without realizing Jack was quoting BugsBunny.WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.
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* The Hanged Man, a superpowered ghost reminiscent of TheSpectre.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Happens between Samaritan and The Confessor at one point, though [[spoiler:The Confessor knows the fight is pointless because he doesn't think Winged Victory is guilty of anything. But, as he tells Samaritan, someone in his position can't allow the ultra-powerful to push him around.]]
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* ProtectorBehindBars: Steeljack breaks free in "The Tarnished Angel" arc when he thinks the Honor Guard won't act on what he told them.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Green Man, in addition to being a Swamp Thing CaptainErsatz, is also heavily inspired in appearance by AlanMoore, the best-known writer of ''Comicbook/SwampThing''.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Green Man, in addition to being a Swamp Thing CaptainErsatz, is also heavily inspired in appearance by AlanMoore, Creator/AlanMoore, the best-known writer of ''Comicbook/SwampThing''.
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* ComicBookTime: Averted; the Astro City characters age in real time. Notably, Astra, the First Family's daughter, is ten years old in a 1996 story and graduates from school in her own 2009 mini-series.
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* ComicBookTime: Averted; the Astro City characters age in real time. Notably, Astra, the First Family's daughter, is ten years old in a 1996 story and graduates from school college in her own 2009 mini-series.
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**Jack-In-The-Box's two bad-future possible sons are perfect examples of the absolute worst kind of "heroic" characters from the Dark Age of Comics- one is a Sabertooth expy, the other is a cyborg killer (with a spring-loaded ''head'', no less), and both are absolutely convinced that they are entitled to kill anyone they want because they are the good guys. Jack spends the rest of the story arc moving heaven and earth to make sure they never come into existence.
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* StarfishLanguage: The EnelsiansEnelsians. 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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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: "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, [[http://www.herocopia.com herocopia.com]] was a sanctioned fan site, until a database error erased most of the wiki. These days, it's become a spam haven.
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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: "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, [[http://www.herocopia.com herocopia.com]] was a sanctioned fan site, until a database error erased most of the wiki. These days, it's become For a while, it was reduced to a spam haven.have, but it has since been restored, even better than ever, & is now the most extensive wiki for the series online.
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** Also, the Silver Agent was active during the Silver Age of comic books[[spoiler:, which ended when he was executed for a crime that he didn't really commit.]]
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The Confessor is strongly implied to be 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.]]
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* The First Family: A ComicBook/FantasticFour analogue, a family of interdimensional explorers and superheroes. Consists of Augustus and Julius Furst, the Patriarch brothers, Augustus' twin children Nick and Natalie, Natalies husband Rex, and their daughter Astra.
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* The First Family: A ComicBook/FantasticFour analogue, a family of interdimensional explorers and superheroes. Consists of Augustus and Julius Furst,the patriarch brothers, Augustus' twin children Nick and Natalie, Natalies husband Rex, and their daughter Astra.
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* The First Family: A ComicBook/FantasticFour analogue, a family of interdimensional explorers and superheroes. Consists of Augustus and Julius Furst,the patriarch Furst, the Patriarch brothers, Augustus' twin children Nick and Natalie, Natalies husband Rex, and their daughter Astra.
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