englentine's Kurt Busiek's Astro City #6 - Dinner At Eight review

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    ASTRO CITY VOL.1 #6

    So in all honesty, this is my least favorite of the mini series. Not to say this isn't good. Nope, far from it. the writing, and the art is just as high quality as any of the other issues. It is only when compared to the other issues does it suffer. I think it is because, this is the only story so far that focuses on the superheroes, and not the city's reaction to the superheroes.

    Still, we get a what if on the Wonder Woman Superman dating thing. Along with that, we get a lot of good dialogue, and a decent enough story. One thing Busiek does is create some full 3 dimensional characters. Is it the best ending to the miniseries, well no ... then again, I have not read the main series yet, and could find out that there is a shift in perspective, and the stories are told from a heroes point of view.

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