Description: "In this sixth volume, star creators Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross and friends bring you more stories that change how we think about superheroes. The Broken Man's history, spanning over a century and a half, is revealed at last. Michael Tenicek, Astro City's most tragic survivor, hosts a support group for others like himself. And in between, we meet or re-meet heroes and villains ranging from Jack-in-the-Box to Mister Manta to Kittyhawk, G-Dog and the Pet Patrol."--Amazon.
Brief description: Brent Eric Anderson was born in San Jose, California in 1955 and grew up on the West Coast. His favorite comics - on the rare occasion he was allowed to read them - were Archie, Stumbo the Giant, Hot Stuff the Little Devil, and Dennis the Menace. His mother, influenced by the widespread bias against comics in the 1950s, favored classic children's literature, such as Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. He's known for his work on Somerset Holmes with Bruce Jones (and his wife April Campbell), the heroic space-opera, Strikeforce: Morituri, written by Peter Gillis, and the award-winning Astro City with Kurt Busiek. Other credits include J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars, Green Lantern: Legacy, "The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan," (with Bill Sienkiewicz), written by Joe Kelly, and contributions to New 52 Action Comics #2, and a six-issue run on the New 52 Phantom Stranger, for DC Comics.