Plot
Collects Arrowsmith Astro City (2004), Astro City: The Dark Age (2005) #1-4 and Astro City: The Dark Age - Book 2 (2006) #1-4. Introduction by Marc Guggenheim. Cover by Alex Ross.
Collecting the first eight chapters of the 16-part "Dark Age" saga, revealing the history of Astro City and shedding light on some of its greatest heroes! Book One, now in trade paperback, takes place in the early 1970s, and follows two brothers - with one becoming a hero and another taking a far different path. Along the way, the long-standing secret tale of the Silver Agent and his fate is told at last, as the story shifts back to the 1950s and what made the Williams brothers turn out so differently.