Junior Forgione

Kurt Busiek and Brent E. Anderson introduced Junior Forgione to the richly textured world of Astro City in 2003, a Modern Age debut that planted this character firmly in one of comics' most beloved creator-driven universes. Though Junior's catalog footprint is small — just three appearances — they share those pages with compelling company including Jack-in-the-Box and The Blue Knight, the kind of street-level and costumed figures that give Astro City its distinctive human warmth. For collectors who prize the intimate, character-driven storytelling that defines Astro City: Local Heroes, Junior Forgione is exactly the sort of quietly meaningful figure that makes this corner of the DC universe worth digging into.