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4November 2007
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Astro City: Dark Age / Book Two #4

DC · November 2007 · on sale 2007-09-26

First appearance: AlligatorFirst appearance: SwitchbladeFirst appearance: UmbraOrigin: The DeaconDeath of Black Velvet
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Identification plate

Series
Astro City: Dark Age / Book Two (DC, 2007 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
November 2007
Key date
2007-11-00
On-sale date
2007-09-26
Indicia publisher
WildStorm Productions
Price
$2.99; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
76194126080800411

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Alligator - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Switchblade - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Umbra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: The Deacon.

Death on record for: Black Velvet, Joey Platypus.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex RossHarvard Amos Chester, Hellhound
1Saturday Night Fevercomic story24script: Kurt Busiek; pencils: Brent E. Anderson; inks: Brent E. Anderson; colors: Alex Sinclair; letters: John Roshell of ComicraftAlligator First, Black Velvet Death, Bravo, "Energy" Brown, Harvard Amos Chester, Alan Craig, The Deacon Origin, Augustus Furst, Julius Furst, Natalie Furst, Nick Furst, The Gentleman, Hellhound, Jack-in-the-Box
2Greetings from Astro City U. S. A.letters page2script: Kurt Busiek

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Brothers and Other Strangers
ISBN 978-1-4012-1868-3		2008On eBay ›
Brothers and Other Strangers
ISBN 978-1-4012-2077-8		2009On eBay ›
Astro City Metrobook #3
ISBN 978-1-5343-2462-6; 1534324623		2023On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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