Hero Illustrated
Appearance
Categories | comics, criticism, interviews |
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Frequency | monthly |
Publisher | Warrior Publications |
First issue | July 1993 |
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,[1]andFrank Kurtzwas at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995Eisner Awardfor Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication.
History
[edit]Hero Illustratedwas published byWarrior PublicationsofLombard, Illinois.Its premiere issue was dated July1993and it ceased publication in the spring of 1996.[2]
Specials
[edit]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)
References
[edit]- ^"Hero Illustrated,"AndyMangels.
- ^"Hero Off-Line,"The Comics Journal#187 (May 1996), p. 29.
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- Eisner Award winners for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
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- Magazines disestablished in 1996
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