Starwoman

Starwoman is one of the luminous figures populating Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's beloved Astro City universe, a richly imagined superhero world that debuted through Image Comics in 1995 and has kept readers captivated for three remarkable decades. She shares that storied fictional city with an extraordinary cast — Cleopatra, Jack-in-the-Box, The Silver Agent, N-Forcer, and the alien Pr'slla of K'ntar among them — the kind of colorful, carefully crafted company that makes Astro City feel like a living, breathing metropolis. While her 24 catalog appearances make her a recurring presence rather than a constant headliner, that's very much in the spirit of Busiek's anthology-style storytelling, where every character gets their moment to shine against a backdrop of genuine heart and craft. If you love superheroes with soul and a world built with a collector's love for the genre, Starwoman is exactly the kind of discovery that makes diving into Astro City's back issues so rewarding.