Script:	Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils:	Brent Anderson (credited as Brent E. Anderson)
Inks:	Will Blyberg (credited)
Colors:	Alex Sinclair (credited)
Letters:	John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's John Gaushell)

• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:The sun’s out, and there’s a breeze, and we don’t bother to unpack, we just get outside.

First Family

• Astra Furst
• Augustus Furst
• Julius Furst
• Natalie Furst
• Nick Furst
• Rex

Honor Guard

• Beautie
• Cleopatra [Sarah Brandeis]
• N-Forcer
• Quarrel [Jessica Darlene Taggart]
• Samaritan [Asa Martin]

• Air Ace

  (statue)
• Crackerjack [Eugene Wallace]
• Marcy Doerr
• The Gentleman [Tillie Armstrong]
• The Hanged Man
• Helia
• Jack-in-the-Box [Zachary Johnson]
• Juice
• Loony Leo

  (sign)
• Nightingale [Ginny]
• Otter
• Ben Pullam
• Faithie Pullam
• Meg Pullam
• The Silver Agent [Alan Craig]

  (statue)
• Sunbird
• Thunderhead
• Winged Victory [Lauren Freed]

Iron Legion; Mrs. Damiani

Synopsis:

Ben Pullam wonders if he made the right decision moving his daughters to Astro City, especially when the elemental god Thundercloud declares war on humanity.

Reprints (7)

• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City 3D Special (Image, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997) [3-D effects added]
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City Family Album (Image, 1998 series) (1998)
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album (DC, 1999 series) ([May] 1999)
• in Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Family Album (DC, 1999 series) ([September] 1999)
• in Astro City - Album de famille (Semic S.A., 2000 series) (septembre 2000)
• in Astro City: Family Album (DC, 2015 series) ([June] 2015)
• in Astro City Metrobook (Image, 2022 series) #1 (March 2022)

Homages in this story include the Fox-Broome University. Ben Pullam's narration mentions the Silversmith and the Brahmin.

Script:	Kurt Busiek
Pencils:	Brent Anderson ? Alex Ross (First Family art)
Inks:	Brent Anderson ? Alex Ross (First Family art)
Colors:	Alex Ross (First Family art) ?
Letters:	typeset

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Welcome.

First Family [Astra Furst; Augustus Furst; Julius Furst; Natalie Furst; Nick Furst; Rex]

Includes letters from Bob Sobocinski, Dennis Gutierrez, Blake M. Petit, John Ellis, Jeffrey Carter, Avi Glijansky, and Roy Flinchum.