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ASTRO CITY

ASTRO CITY
 -Kurt Busiek-


Personally, I am not a super big fan of superhero comics. But I appreciate that for Astro City, readers don’t need to follow the Marvel Universe to pick up the series like Batman. The story is also very interest and unique because the point of view it’s been told. Readers get to see what a daily life of a superhero would be like. Like “whatever happened to the man of tomorrow”, these series show how many superheroes sacrificed for society including their love life.



In-Class Q&A 

What is your reaction to the text u just read?

In common superhero comic, there are very minimal deaths. Only the villain or a few commoners would die. So, I was shocked when each of superman’s good friend dies one by one. I never expect a superhero comic to be so brutal with most of the main characters dying at the end. Superman broke his oath of not killing, leading to his suicide was another surprising factor. But the artist ended the story well with Mrs. Elliot having Superman's child.


What connection did you make with the story? 
Discuss the elements of the story with which you were able to connect.

Superheroes are simply human like us at their core. They can die easily, however, they still risk their lives to protect others. This story makes superheroes much more sympathetic and more incredible. It shows the gut superman had to has to do what needs to be done even when it is against his moral of not killing, to the point where he could not bear the fact that he killed someone.  


what changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium?
what medium would you use?
what changes would you make?

Because the story has so much surprising elements I believe a movie would be a good medium to adapt this story. I would have more screen time for the characters who sacrificed themselves. Showing the hard lives, they faced as a human with weird power and the current happy life they are putting on the line for their duty. So, that when they die, the audience would react stronger to their death.


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