Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Letters:	typeset

Inside front cover.

Script:	Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils:	Brent Anderson (credited)
Inks:	Brent Anderson (credited)
Colors:	Steve Buccellato (credited) Electric Crayon (credited)
Letters:	Richard Starkings (credited) Comicraft (credited)

• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:In my dreams I fly.
• Keywords:Biro Island; Philippines; Zyxometer

Honor Guard (introduction)

• Beautie

  (introduction)
• The Black Rapier

  (introduction)
• Cleopatra [Sarah Brandeis]

  (introduction)
• MPH [Michael Hendrie]

  (introduction)
• N-Forcer

  (introduction)
• Quarrel [Jessica Darlene Taggart]

  (introduction)
• Samaritan [Asa Martin]

  (introduction)

The Menagerie Gang (introduction)

• Foxie Loxy

  (introduction)

• Ms. Cavendish
• The Living Nightmare [Pete Carney]
• Dr. Saturday
• Shakira

Rich; Karen

Synopsis:

Though Samaritan devotes every moment of his waking day to using his great powers to aid humanity, it is only in dreams that he can enjoy them.

Reprints (9)

• in Astro City (Norma Editorial, 2009 series) #1
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) (1996 [May 1999])
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (Image, 1996 series) (1996)
• in Astro City (Semic S.A., 1997 series) (décembre 1997)
• in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
• in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
• in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #1 (March 2022)
• in Image Firsts: Astro City (Image, 2022 series) #1 (May 2022), #1 [second printing] (April 2025)

The Biro Island in the story is most likely an homage to comics creator Charles Biro. Jack-in-the-Box's name appears in a newspaper's headline. The Irregulars appear on a page pinned on Asa Martin's office wall. Asa Martin is assigned an article on the First Family to proof-check. Gnomes, The Deacon, and Pyramid are discussed at an Honor Guard meeting.

Pencils:	Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
Inks:	Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
Colors:	Alex Ross (credited) (painting)
Letters:	typeset

• Genre:superhero

Printed between pages 14 and 15 of the story sequence.

Reproduction of cover, printed sideways across the centerspread, with the text elements of the cover removed, except for the logo, which is reduced and moved to the bottom-right of the image.

Script:	Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils:	Art Nichols (credited) (background art) Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration)
Inks:	Art Nichols (credited) (background art) Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration)
Colors:	Alex Ross (credited) (painted, cover illustration) ?
Letters:	typeset

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:It’s evening.

• Elliot Mills
• The Silver Agent [Alan Craig]

Kurt Busiek discusses the genesis of his writing Astro City, and a preview of the next issue with a small reproduction of its cover.

Pencils:	Alex Ross (credited)
Letters:	typeset

• Genre:superhero

• Samaritan [Asa Martin]

Reprints (3)

• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 1999 series) (1996 [May 1999])
• in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)
• in Astro City: Life in the Big City (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)

Pencil design sketch. Back cover.