The Street Angel

Few characters capture the grounded, human heart of Kurt Busiek and Brent E. Anderson's Astro City universe quite like The Street Angel, who first stepped onto the page in 2003's Astro City: Local Heroes #4. A Modern Age creation published under DC, this figure has endured for over two decades, appearing most prominently in the richly layered Dark Age storylines — those ambitious, street-level chronicles that gave Astro City some of its most celebrated chapters. Sharing adventures alongside the likes of Quarrel, The Silver Agent, and Julius Furst, The Street Angel keeps genuinely distinguished company in a universe that rewards close attention. With 14 catalog appearances across 21 years, this is exactly the kind of character that rewards the dedicated Astro City reader — a piece of a beautifully constructed world well worth seeking out.