Rex

Rex is the super-intelligent canine companion of the First Family, Astro City's premiere super-team led by Augustus Furst. A loyal and capable member of the household, Rex participates in the family's extraordinary adventures within the richly detailed Astro City universe.

Rex made their debut in the very first arc of Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's landmark Kurt Busiek's Astro City in 1995, stepping onto the page during one of the most celebrated launches of the Modern Age. A fixture of the richly imagined Astro City universe, Rex has kept remarkable company over the years — sharing adventures with the likes of Natalie, Julius, Nick, and Augustus Furst, as well as the formidable Cleopatra. With appearances spanning three decades across Astro City in its various collected and ongoing forms, Rex is a testament to the quiet depth that makes Busiek and Anderson's world so beloved: a character who may not always grab the headlines but has proven genuinely enduring in one of comics' most thoughtfully constructed superhero settings. If you're exploring Astro City's sprawling tapestry, Rex is one of those discoveries that rewards the attentive reader.