Michael Hendrie

Michael Hendrie has been part of the fabric of Astro City since the very beginning — present in Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's landmark debut issue in 1995, one of the collector-significant cornerstones of the Modern Age that helped define what thoughtful, humanist superhero storytelling could look like. Over thirty years of publication, he's woven through the world of Astro City alongside a remarkable cast that includes Samaritan, Cleopatra, and N-Forcer, the kind of company that signals a character embedded in the real heart of that universe. With 37 appearances across the core Astro City titles and collected editions, Michael Hendrie is exactly the sort of figure that rewards the attentive reader — a thread connecting the series from its celebrated origins all the way into the present day.