| Characters |
Mr. Bridwell; Astro City Irregulars [El Robo; Palmetto; Ruby; Juice; Homegirl; Stray]; Crackerjack [Eugene Wallace]; Samaritan; Starwoman; Gnomicron; Quarrel [Jessica Darlene Taggart]; Steel Devil; Jack-in-the-Box; Nightingale; Sunbird |
| Synopsis |
An alien disguised as a human gathers information to report to his superiors about the superheroes of Earth, including, to his surprise, his neighbor Crackerjack. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Script |
Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils |
Brent Anderson |
| Inks |
Brent Anderson |
| Colors |
Steve Buccellato |
| Letters |
Richard Starkings; Comicraft |
| Notes |
Also listed under Color Art & Separations are several other people, most not by their full names. Mr. Bridwell is named after longtime DC editor E. Nelson Bridwell. Homages in this story include Nordling's Department Store and Klein St. Cleopatra's battle with Gnomicron headlines a newspaper. Starwoman appears on a cover of Current, the magazine where Samaritan works. The alien has a file on Confessor, but no pictures. On the walls of his apartment, Mr. Bridwell has articles mentioning the First Family and N-Forcer. According to Mr. Bridwell's computer, Jessica Darlene Taggart is Quarrel II. |
| Reprinted |
in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) #nn |