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A review by mjfmjfmjf
Astro City, Vol. 13: Honor Guard by Kurt Busiek
4.0
Another re-read. And I definitely didn't like this as much on this read. I definitely prefer the longer stories rather than the more disconnected ones. Another old man superhero story. The hummingbird story might have been my favorite. And I appreciated the origin stories for American Chibi and Wolf Spider. I found the Nightmare story hard to read. 3.5 of 5.
Good solid book, with interesting stories and characters. But not great - which is kind of unusual for Astro City. The art on American Chibi was weird, but it made sense and at least it wasn't weird the whole way through. And Nightmare was a bit jarring, but it also made sense and had a good arc. But what it was missing were those stories that just were aimed right at me and caught me completely. Still better than most anything else.
Good solid book, with interesting stories and characters. But not great - which is kind of unusual for Astro City. The art on American Chibi was weird, but it made sense and at least it wasn't weird the whole way through. And Nightmare was a bit jarring, but it also made sense and had a good arc. But what it was missing were those stories that just were aimed right at me and caught me completely. Still better than most anything else.