Chet Markham

Kurt Busiek's Astro City has always been a haven for the human stories living in the shadows of the extraordinary, and Chet Markham — debuting in 2016's landmark independent anthology — is exactly the kind of character that makes that world feel so richly inhabited. Emerging in the Modern Age, Chet shares pages with some of Astro City's most compelling figures: Jack-in-the-Box, Hummingbird, Starbright, The Assemblyman, and Gundog, which tells you he moves in genuinely interesting circles. With appearances collected in the Astro City Metrobook editions, he's part of the carefully crafted tapestry that Busiek, Alex Ross, and Brent Eric Anderson have been weaving for decades — a universe where every face in the crowd has a story worth telling.