In a metropolis where superheroes are as numerous as skyscrapers, every inhabitant lives in the shadow of a legend. As the Protectors watch over the city, a disillusioned journalist discovers that beyond the spectacular battles, it's the human stories, the silences, the sacrifices, the regrets, that truly shape heroes. Between grandiose flights of fancy and intimate tragedies, Astro City paints a portrait of a world where every citizen, masked or not, has a role to play...