Mordecai Chalk

Mordecai Chalk is one of those quietly compelling figures who populate the richly textured world of Astro City — Kurt Busiek and Brent E. Anderson's celebrated Modern Age universe where superhero mythology meets deeply human storytelling. Debuting in 1996's Kurt Busiek's Astro City #6, this Image Comics character shares his pages with some of that world's most iconic inhabitants, from the brooding Confessor to the swashbuckling Crackerjack and the beloved Jack-in-the-Box. With appearances stretching across 25 years and collected in the essential Astro City Metrobook volumes, Chalk may be a rare presence in the catalog, but in Astro City, even the figures at the margins carry the weight of a fully realized world — and that's exactly what makes hunting them down so rewarding.