Kurt Busiek’s Astro City is the most interesting – and most human – superhero universe there is.
1959
- On Mulberry Street: A Prelude
- (date in story)
1972
- Darkness Falls
- September-October (date in story)
- Criminal Prosecution
- October (date implied in story)
1973
- Casualties of War
- February-April (date in story)
- Execution Day
- (date implied in story)
1974
- Knock Wood & Justice Systems
- (date in story)
1976
- A Cold Wind Blowing
- December (date in story)
1977
- The Out-of-Towners
- January (date in story)
- Street-fighting Man
- (date in story)
- Saturday Night Fever
- (date in story)
1982
- The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
- March (date in story)
- A Cold, Gray Morning in America
- April (date in story)
- Gone to Ground
- April (date in story)
- Deep Cover
- May (date implied in story)
- All the Way Down
- May (date implied in story)
1986
- The Cold Road
- July (date in story)
- Storms of the Heart
- July (date implied in story)
- Hoofbeats
- July (date implied in story)
- Storm’s End
- July (date implied in story)
1995
- In Dreams
- August 8 (date specified in story).
- The Scoop
- August 9 (date implied in story).
- A Little Knowledge
- October (based on original publication date).
- Safeguards
- November (date specified in story).
- Reconnaissance
- December 12-14 (dates specified in story).
1996
- In Dreams
- January (based on original publication date).
- Welcome to Astro City
- September (based on original publication date).
- Everyday Life & Adventures In Other Worlds
- October-November (based on original publication dates).
1997
Confession- Six Chapters:
- New Kid in Town
- Learning the Game
- The Gathering Dark
- Eye of the Storm
- Patterns
- My Father’s Son
(based on publication date)
- Show ‘Em All
- June-November (dates specified in story).
- Serpent’s Teeth & Father’s Day
- November-December (based on publication date)
1998
- The Nearness of You
- (based on publication date)
1999
- The Tarnished Angel
- Seven Chapters:
- The Big Lockdown
- The Long Treadmill
- The Tarnished Angel
- The Voice of the Turtle
- The Empty Shell
- The Only Chance
- The Wow Finish
(based on publication date)
2001
- Where The Action Is
- (date specified in story)
- Great Expectations
- (based on publication date)
2002
- Since the Fire
- (based on publication date)
- Alien Conqueror Captured in Suburbs
- December 7 (date in story)
2003
- Newcomers
- April (based on publication date)
- Shining Armor
- April 9 (date in story)
- Pastoral
- July (date in collection)
2004
- Old Times
- (based on publication date)
- Astro City: A Visitor’s Guide
- October 13 (date in story)
2006
- The Eagle and the Mountain
- (based on publication date)
2007
- Epilogue: A Place in the Sun
- July (date implied in story)
2008
- Her Dark Plastic Roots
- (based on publication date)
2009
- Graduation Day & The Gordian Knot
- November (date in collection)
2012
- The Sorcerer’s Assistant
- December (date implied in story)
2013
- Through Open Doors – part one
- (based on publication date)
- Welcome to HumanoGlobal
- (based on publication date)
- Mistakes
- (based on publication date)
- On The Sidelines
- (based on publication date)
- Thumbtacks & Yarn
- (based on publication date)
- Through Open Doors – part two
- (based on publication date)
2014
The View from Above- (based on publication date)
- The View from the Shadows
- (based on publication date)
- The View from the Heart
- (based on publication date)
- Victory
- (based on publication date)
- The Deep Dark Woods
- (based on publication date)
- Waltz of the Hours
- (based on publication date)
- Ellie’s Friends and Friends & Relations
- (based on publication date)
- Wish I May…
- (based on publication date)
2015
- Sorrowsday
- (based on publication date)
- The Dimming of the Day
- (based on publication date)
- Pushing It
- (based on publication date)
- Doing Battle
- (based on publication date)
- The End of the Trail
- (based on publication date)
- Hero’s Reward
- (based on publication date)
- Sticks
- (based on publication date)
- Apeman Blues
- (based on publication date)
- Lucky Girl
- (based on publication date)
- In Dreams 2015
- (based on publication date)
- Game Over
- (based on publication date)
- Yesterday’s Heroes
- (based on publication date)
2016
The Menace from Earth and Enemy of the Empire- (based on publication date)
- Nightmare Life
- (based on publication date)
- Things Past, Permanent Records and The End of the Whole Mess
- (based on publication date)
- What I Did On My Vacation and The Other Side of the Story
- (based on publication date)
- The Party of the First Part and The Party of the Second Part
- (based on publication date)
2017
- The Deep Blue Sea
- (based on publication date)
- This Town
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
- Hot Time In The Old Town
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
- The Sky’s The Limit
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
- My Dad
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
- Ch- Ch- Ch- Changes
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
- The Day The Music Died
- (based on the publication date of the final issue in this collection)
The 4200’s
- To Serve and Protect & Home to the Hill
- November (date in collection)
