Matt Zimmer

Matt Zimmer © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Earliest Appearance: 2005 Personal Data Date of Birth: 1986-87 InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Astro City: Astra Special #1, 2 Event Timeline 2008     Flashback Matt Zimmer has a flashback to the day he first met Astra. 2009     Current Astra and Matt Visit Reklak-4. 2009     Current Astra and Matt Enter the Caldera(Gordian Knot's Nucleus). 2009     Current Astra and Matt Bump Into Gavrad Within the Gordian Knot. 2009/05     Current Graduation Gift from Madame Majestrix. 2009/05     Current Astra's Graduation Night Celebrations at Mythos Dance Club. 2009/05     Current In the Transitions Chamber, Astra and Matt prepare for their visit to "The Knot". 2009/05     Current Astra and Matt Arrive at the Gordian Knot. 2009/05     Current Matt and Astra teleport to First Family HQ. 2009/05     Current Graduation visit from Jason Szolda(SkySweeper). Matt Zimmer "And is this your young man of the moment? He cowers well." -- Bertos Grimlar Seneschal‎ History While at Tarleton College, Matt Zimmer happened to run into one of the school's most famous students, Astra Furst, without even recognizing her special identity. Supposedly. Astra, intrigued with meeting someone who accepted her as a peer, took a liking to Matt. Over the ensuing months, they became close friends and more. But on their graduation night, Matt started to bring up questions of where their relationship was headed. His nervousness while cloaked, suggested something more than just insecurity. While at a night club celebrating with friends, there was yet another disturbance caused by an aggressive gossip news show, the Inside Scoop. On their journey home, Matt witnessed visits from old friends and family of Astra. First up was a delegation from Monstro City presenting her with a key of sorts, officially designating her place in succession order for ruling Monstro City. This was immediately followed with a young group of heroes, led by Skysweeper, congratulating Astra on her graduation and offering her a position with a new super-hero team they were organizing. These visits increased Matt's insecurity, once again enforcing how different and out of place he was in Astra's world. It reemphasized his mundane, normal, and rather bland background. Eventually the couple made their way back to First Family's Headquarters and a meeting of sorts with Astra's family. While Matt was always a bit uneasy there, tonight he seemed more nervous than usual. To help ease the growing tension Astra revealed that she was taking them both to a special place that very night. An area called the Gordian Knot. It was untold light years away and to get their they would use a special transportation platform constructed by Augustus and located within the extensive laboratories strewn throughout the subterranean levels of Mount Kirby As a precaution, Augustus equipped Matt with a Bug-out Bracelet, a device which would return him safely back to the Furst's HQ should the need arise. Astra showed Matt various locations in the Knot, and more new people, including another former boyfriend Prince Gavrad. As the night progressed, Astra realized that Matt's nervousness was more than just the strange locale giving him the spooks. It was also his inner guilt. She was aware that Matt had been feeding gossip to the Inside Scoop for the past several weeks. She'd had enough and couldn't continue her charade. Once exposed, Matt explained that he never seemed privy to Astra's plans for the future and if he was going to be a part of them. His insecurity and weak character lured him to accepting a big money offer from the Scoop. All he had to do was supply them with sordid details about Astra, her family, and their private, personal relationship. Anything to feed their prying gossip shows and other media outlets. They even offered a huge bonus if he could produce revealing video of then in a sexually compromising situation. Matt attempted to save face by cheering up Astra but the damage had been done. Following their break up and his immediate return to earth, he further damaged his now low standings with Astra and the Furst Family, by feeding the Scoop falsified, exaggerated, scandalous stories of Astra's activities within the Gordian Knot. It provided lots of sensationalist grist for the slimy producers and hosts at the Inside Scoop. Observations Generally speaking, despite all his cleverness, Matt is a major fool, and a not so insignificant sleaze.