The First Family

The First Family © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Base of Operations: Astro City at the First Family's Headquarters on Mount Kirby. Range of Operations: global, extraterrestrial and extra-dimensional. First Appearance: 1950 Personal Data Members: Augustus Furst Julius Furst Natalie Furst Nick Furst Rex Zorus Astra Furst Sasha Furst Karl Furst InfoDump Headlines: Headlines: 1964: Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders Unknown: First Family To City: Good-Bye either June 9th, 1986: Rex and Natalie: It's A Girl! Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20 Astro City: Local Heroes#4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 3, 4 Astro City: Samaritan #1 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City: Astra Special #1, 2 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #3 Event Timeline 1954     Dialog Rivalry Between The Furst Family and Kratorr Begins. 1961     Caption Adoption of Nick and Natalie Furst. 197?/??/??     Headline First Family To City: Good-Bye!. 1982     Current Omega Rangers Join the Battle Against Kerresh the Devaster. 1982/05/03     Current Silver Agent's Appointed Arrival at Romeyn Falls. 1996/01     Current Rex and Natalie Call in Reinforcements. 1996/09     Current Heroes of Astro City battle Thunderhead. 1996/11     Current Furst Family Visit Monstro City in Search of Astra. 1998     Current The Mechanimator and The First Family Clash in St. Louis. 2000     Flashback Armageddon Attempts the Destruction of all Reality. 2009/05     Current Matt and Astra teleport to First Family HQ. The First Family A multi-generational clan of heroic adventurers. Members include Augustus Furst, Julius Furst, Nick Furst, Natalie Furst, Rex Zorus, Astra Furst, Karl Furst and Sasha Furst. History more stuff The Early Years - Julius and Augustus The first generation, beginning in the 1950s, was the brilliant Dr. Augustus Furst and his brother Julius Furst, monster-hunters and adventurers into the unknown. Mr. Smartie Notes: add more information (if we can about these early years) Family Bonds and Unions The second generation includes Dr. Furst's adopted children (Nikolai/Nick Furst and Natalie Furst), the twin offspring of one of Dr. Furst's ex-wives, Nadia and Kaspian, prince of the eastern European Beast-Men, who is a recurrent foe of the First Family. The twins can manipulate an unusual form of energy. When Natalie married Rex Zorus, the powerful, dinosaur-like son of another longtime enemy, Madame Majestrix, he joined the group as well. Over a decade later, Nick married as well, Darcy Conroy, a prominent attorney and former District Attorney. Mr. Smartie Notes: expand the information on Kaspian, the adoption of Nick and Natalie the Dark Age meeting of Rex and Natalie The First Family leave Astro City Birth of Astra The First Families involvment with the Alien Invasion of the eNelsians The Family Expands The third generation, to date, is Natalie and Rex's daughter Astra and Nick and Darcy's twins Sasha and Karl. Astra is able to convert herself completely into an energy essence, tapping into the the same power sources that her mother and uncle can manipulate, while the twins have physical transformation abilities. Mr. Smartie Notes: talk more about family events and relationships here, save info about powers for the character's individual pages. Minimize repeating as much as possible. Equipment Family-1 A vehicle with transforming/shape-shifting abilities. As a jet-like structure it serves as the First Family's primary mode of long-range transportation. It has also been seen forming a raw hole in its bottom to allow the Fursts quick exit, and also transforming into a submersible watercraft. Uniforms The family's uniforms can be reprogrammed to transform from the familiar orange-and-black jumpsuit into other types of clothing, including an insulated hooded parka and even -- at least in Astra's case -- pajamas. Each uniform also includes a locator chip. Cerebra-Circuits A device that attaches to the forehead and protects against mental domination powers, such as those possessed by the Silver Brain. While the First Family don't wear the devices as a matter of course, they can quickly deploy them out when preparing to face a foe of a telepathic nature. "Bug-Out" Bracelets When traveling to other dimensions, the family wears these devices. In case of emergency, the bracelet can activate the portal machinery back at Mt. Kirby and thus return the wearer home. In addition to the above, Augustus Furst has invented countless other works of technology over the years, and many are at the First Family's disposal, to be taken into adventures as needed. There is a "100% authorized" First Family comic book. Mr. Smartie Notes: this needs a reference First Family Trophy Room 600px Mr. Smartie Notes: Not sure yet how I want this to format. Do NOT want to use infoboxes here, but I'm not sure how I want it to display on the page. Will need to do some experimenting with layout. Want to do a call-out of any of the specific objects that can be identified to specific adventures, characters, events, locations. General intro paragraph about the room, and its function Outpost F Outpost F is an Earth orbiting headquarters and living facility. The Furst Family used it as a retreat from the chaos happening during the period of Astro City history known as the Dark Age.