Hero Illustrated

Hero Illustrated

Categories	comics, criticism, interviews
Frequency	monthly
Publisher	Warrior Publications
First issue	July 1993(1993-07)
Final issue Number	Spring 1996 26
Country	United States
Based in	Lombard, Illinois
Language	English

Hero Illustratedwas acomic book-themedmagazinepublished in the early to mid-1990s in the United States. Columnists includedAndy Mangels,andFrank Kurtzwas at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995Eisner Awardfor Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication.

History

Hero Illustratedwas published byWarrior PublicationsofLombard, Illinois.Its premiere issue was dated July1993and it ceased publication in the spring of 1996.

Specials

In addition to at least 26 regular issues, numerous specials were published, includingHero Premiere Editions (a series ofashcan copyprintings of forthcoming comics),Hero Illustrated Specials, andHero Special Editions.

• Hero Premiere Editions
  • BoneHoliday Special(1993)
  • Charlemagne(insideHero Illustrated#9 (1993))
  • ExtremeHero(1994)
• Hero Illustrated Specials
  • BatmanSpecial#1
  • Sci-Fi Special
  • Star Wars:Dark Empire II#1
  • Top 100 Special
  • Villains Special#1
  • X Special:Will to Power
  • The X-Files(March 1995)
  • Year End Special 1993
  • Year End Special 1994
• Hero Special Editions
  • 1993: The Year in Comics((vol. 1) 1994)
  • Comic Book Villains: The Baddest of the Bad - Anti-Hero Special Edition((vol. 2) 1994)
  • The 100 Most Important Comics of All Time((vol. 4) 1994)
  • Comic Book Who's Who: Complete Biographies on the Hottest Comic Book Characters!((vol. 6) 1994)
  • Hero 1994 Yearbook: the ups and downs, the best and the worst, the people and the events that rocked the world in comics in 1994!((vol. 8) 1994)