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A young man looks up to the heroes of the city after he arrives, and wants to be like them, or help them if he can. When he bravely and probably foolishly intervenes in a crime, he comes to the attention of the Confessor, a Batman like character.
Astro City has a Sunnydale-like suburb, and out of that has come a hero trying to make things better. The Confessor finds his Robin, but ultimately at the cost of his secret.
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If you're 'old school' and like Miller and Moore don't miss this book. Worth several re-reads
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Kurt Busiek asks that question, to a certain degree, in all the Astro City stories. This story follows Brian, a young man who resents both the father that gave free checkups to his small town's children, and the adults who called him a bum after his death. Once Brian's grown up, he goes to Astro City to live among the heroes. Eventually, he catches the eye of a secretive superhero, The Confessor, who decides to make Brian his sidekick. Especially, the Confessor teaches Brian to observe a situation and pick out the fact that doesn't fit. This proves to be helpful when a mysterious killer begins ritually murdering people, the mayor demands superheros register their powers, ordinary people begin to get suspicious and resentful of the supers, and the Confessor begins to act oddly. This leads to several well plotted mysteries that don't always lead where you think they will. All this forms a beautiful story that explains why helping someone ungrateful can be the most heroic thing ever.
One minor concern is that the Shadow Hill Killer is delt with in one panel and is never fully explained. Also, if you have issues with Christianity, I would not read this book, as it has several Christian heros. Personally, I found the idea of a superhero with religious faith an intriguing idea.
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Busiek has an amazing way of taking familar superhero comic themes and using them in new ways. Unlike some modern comic writers, he respects the genre and knows how to tell great stories within it, rather than cynically discarding the very things that make heroes so inspiring. The Confessor is clearly inspired by Batman, and Altar Boy is his Robin. But the basic similarity of the characters is used as a way of introducing a completely different kind of story. Even what appear to be relatively minor supporting characters are used to good effect, while also remaining surprisingly respectful to their own particular beliefs. Astro City is a great series, and a sure fire favorite for anyone who enjoys comics.
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I'm not a comic book fan; they're much too convulted for my own tastes. But even the first time I read Astro City: Confessions I knew it was something else, something different. Confessions is more literature than it is comic book; it transcends the genre and becomes something new altogether.
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