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  <title><![CDATA[Astro City Vol. 3: Family Album]]></title>
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  <default_description>Every family has treasured memories... and isn't that what a family album is for? You're invited to share in some of Astro City's greatest memories - from the wonder and terror experienced by a family new in town, to a world-famous super-hero's first day at school, to a crimefighter and his wife facing momentous decisions about the future. 
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">23</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">6</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1999</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series suffers a bit due to being a vignette series rather than focusing strongly on a handful of characters -- it's hard to get any sense of a continuing storyline. On the other hand, the vignettes let you get to know a number of characters, and tend to prevent this series from accumulating th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15566970">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A further exploration of team and family dynamics by Busiek and company.  Not as electrifying or all-encompassing as Confessions, but rich in the superhero history that marks the series.  We get a further look at the Furst family from its youngest member's point of view, allowing for loopiness of al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54182733">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am constantly amazed at the quality that comes from Astro City tales.<br/><br/>It's like discovering a mythos for the very first time, but also realizing that they are near copy-cats.<br/><br/>My only complaint is that I feel the Jack in the Box character was cut off before his prime in the st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60462674">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 15:02:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 09 10:10:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What else could I give this but 5 stars?  This time Busiek and crew go back to the anthology format, but follow a theme.  All of the stories are about family and family issues.  The best story in the entire anthology is the very first one, which won an Eisner Award for best single issue.  It's about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30930489">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28919011">
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    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 31 16:10:45 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 31 16:11:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Our next visit to Astro City finds us back into the set of smaller vignettes that I liked so much in the first volume.  While there's really nothing to dislike about anything in Astro City, I do think it works best in the shorter story format, where Busiek can pick a theme from a part of the traditi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28919011">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77029466">
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    <location><![CDATA[Olathe, KS]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 13:32:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 07 13:33:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A refreshing look at superhero parentage. Unfortunately, it smacks a little TOO much of other story arcs in comic book history done better.]]></body>
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    <review id="67584871">
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    <body><![CDATA[Good stories throughout with wonderful art. The Astra series was wonderfully done]]></body>
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    <review id="68618600">
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite graphic novel series....]]></body>
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    <review id="20683894">
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    <body><![CDATA[I hear this is the worst of the collections. That seems amazing to me. I don't know why I put this series off for so long.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This volume includes the Spider-Man/Street level super Jack-in-the-Box and some weird time-travel-y family drama.]]></body>
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