The First Family

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Status: active

Real Name: Furst Family

Debuted: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4

Earliest known appearance: 1950,

Affiliation:

Base of Operations: Astro City at the First Family's Headquarters on Mount Kirby. They also used an orbital base, called Outpost F as headquarters and home during the dark age of the 1970s.

Range of Operations: global, extraterrestrial and extra-dimensional. InfoDump

Headlines: 1964: Dr. Furst Battles 'Space Spiders Un-shown: First Family To City: Good-Bye either June 8th or 9th, 1986: Rex and Natalie: It's A Girl!

Appearances: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #4, 6 Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #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 Special: Samaritan Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 3, 4 Astro City Special: Astra #1, 2 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #3

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. Contents [hide]

   1 History
   2 Powers
   3 Speculations, Observations and Theories
   4 Timelines of Interest

[edit] History

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.

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 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, wedding one Darcy Conroy.

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. [edit] Powers [edit] Speculations, Observations and Theories

Some of their more infamous enemies include

   The Derelikt:
   Insectra:
   Kaspian: Tribal leader of the Beast-Men. Kaspian is the biological father to Nick and Natalie.
   Kratorr the Invincible: A lunar organism
   Lord Volcanus: King of the volcanic creatures known as the Insiders.
   Madame Majestrix: The monarch of Monstro City and Rex's mother.
   Silver Brain:
   Praetor: High-tech super-villain styled after a Roman centurion.
   Ugly Max:
   The Worst Family: An evil version of the Furst Family from an alternate reality.

Equipment, Gear, Uniforms and Resources

   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 locater 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 Fursts don't wear the devices as a matter of course, they can pull 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. [edit]

First Family Trophy Room

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Timelines of Interest

First Family