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laughing_tree ([personal profile] laughing_tree) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2018-08-28 10:56 pm
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Astro City #52 [final issue] - "And in the End..."



You’re the second person to call it an ambiguous ending, and I’ll admit, I didn’t think it was ambiguous. Underplayed, perhaps, but it’s the kind of story that wouldn’t work as well if we made a big statement about Michael’s choices. But I think they’re clear, if you read the story carefully. -- Kurt Busiek

















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[personal profile] icon_uk 2018-08-28 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a slightly odd note to end the title on I think. Not that Michael's story isn't an interesting one, because it is, but I had wondered whether we might see a touch more of Astro City itself.

And the cameo from the Broken Man sort of addressing the subplot we've been building to for many, many issues seems weird.

I'm also not sure about Michael meeting the Hanged Man again. The original meeting was so powerful because it was so fleeting and yet profound, very human and very INhuman at the same time. Another meeting where the Hanged Man practically infodumps seems a little less impressive.

Still, I'm going to miss this series a whole lot and look forward to the graphic novels as and when we get them.

[personal profile] locuatico 2018-08-28 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
well. if we go with the interpretation that Michael is now a "Superhero" (that is, someone who after a personal tragedy decided to act as a force of good in Astro City, altough in a very non-traditional way), then I think it works.
Hanged Man is no longer this powerful, distant figure because Michael is no longer an Average Joe who lives a normal life. They are equals here.
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