http://readcomics.org/2008/07/27/astro-city-the-dark-age-book-two-issues-1-4/ ...we do. Tue, 15 May 2012 05:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://readcomics.org/2008/07/27/astro-city-the-dark-age-book-two-issues-1-4/comment-page-1/#comment-294 florence Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:06:26 +0000 http://readcomics.org/?p=369#comment-294 The focus of the Dark Ages comics is a period in the 1970s when Astro City seems to have lost it's optimism, the shining hope that many of its heroes embodied to the citizens in the earlier story arcs. I understand that there are rich stories to tell in the murk, but I will be relieved when they (hopefully) get back to the light. Possibly because it feels too close to home in our current era of disillusionment. The focus of the Dark Ages comics is a period in the 1970s when Astro City seems to have lost it’s optimism, the shining hope that many of its heroes embodied to the citizens in the earlier story arcs. I understand that there are rich stories to tell in the murk, but I will be relieved when they (hopefully) get back to the light. Possibly because it feels too close to home in our current era of disillusionment.

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