Heroes #1
(December 2001)

Marvel, 2001 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
3.50 USD; 5.25 CAD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
2001-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
759606052301 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color cover; color interior
Dimensions
magazine size
Paper Stock
glossy
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

"The world's greatest super hero creators honor the world's greatest heroes". September 11 commemorative edition with pin-up artwork. Proceeds of the sale of HEROES went to the Twin Tower Fund, which is providing financial aid to families of firefighters, police officers, and other uniformed personnel who died during the attack on the World Trade Center.

Printer: The indicia erroneously states "Printed in the Canada."
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Alex Ross (painting)
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Alex Ross (painting)
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Alex Ross (painting)

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Heroes: Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

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Indexer Notes

Table of contents, credits and indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Joe Quesada (credited)
Pencils
Sam Kieth (credited, signed)
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Sam Kieth (credited, signed)
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Sam Kieth (credited, signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What happened on September 11, 2001 was not God's will.
Characters
Hulk
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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George Pérez (credited) (signed as George Perez)
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George Pérez (credited) (signed as George Perez)
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Tom Smith (credited) (signed as Tom Smith)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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?
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Alan Davis (credited, signed)
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Robin Riggs (credited) (signed as ROBIN RIGGS)
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?
Letters
Pat Prentice (credited, signed)

Characters
Silver Surfer
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
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Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
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Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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Lee Ferguson (credited, signed)
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Norm Rapmund (credited) (signed as RAPMUND.)
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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Sal Velluto (credited, signed)
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Bob Almond (credited, signed)
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Chris Dickey (credited, signed)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed as Mike Deodato, Jr.)
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Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed as Mike Deodato, Jr.)
Colors
Dennis Calero (credited)

Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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J. H. Williams III (signed as J. H. Williams III) (credited as JH Williams III)
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José Villarrubia (signed) (credited as Jose Villarrubia)
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José Villarrubia (signed) (credited as Jose Villarrubia)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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Frank Miller (credited) (signed as FM [lamba-shaped M])
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Frank Miller (credited) (signed as FM [lamba-shaped M])
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Alex Sinclair (credited)

Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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Nelson (credited) (signed as Nelson)
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Nelson (credited) (signed as Nelson)
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Hi-Fi (credited)

Synopsis
Firefighters raising a flag at Ground Zero.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Frank Quitely (credited)
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Frank Quitely (credited)
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Hi-Fi (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Fabian Nicieza (credited)
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Patrick Zircher (credited, signed)
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Derek Fridolfs (credited, signed)
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a middle school outside of Dearborn, Michigan, ...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Kurt Busiek (credited)
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Carlos Pacheco (credited) (signed as CARLOS PACHECO [scratched])
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Jesús Merino (credited)
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Tom Smith (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
And there came a day, a day unlike any other...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark]
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Dan Jurgens (credited, signed)
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Bob Layton (credited)
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Lovern Kindzierski (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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Richard Corben (credited, signed)
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Richard Corben (credited, signed)
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Francisco Ruiz Velasco (credited) (signed as F)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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John Romita (credited as John Romita Sr.) (signed as ROMITA)
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?
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Udon Studios (credited) (signed as Udon); Angelo Tsang (signed as Ang Tsang)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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Igor Kordej (credited as Igor Kordey)
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Igor Kordej (credited as Igor Kordey)
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Chris Chuckry (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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Brian Stelfreeze (credited) (signed as B. Stelfreeze)
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Brian Stelfreeze (credited) (signed as B. Stelfreeze)
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Brian Stelfreeze (credited) (signed as B. Stelfreeze)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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Rob Haynes (credited, signed)
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Tim Townsend (credited, signed)
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David Self (credited, signed)

Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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Stuart Moore (credited)
Pencils
Phil Winslade (credited, signed)
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Phil Winslade (credited, signed)
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Chris Chuckry (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
9:00 AM A tower on fire
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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Kaare Andrews (credited) (signed as kaare [lowercase])
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Kaare Andrews (credited) (signed as kaare [lowercase]) (painting)
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Kaare Andrews (credited) (signed as kaare [lowercase]) (painting)
Colors
Kaare Andrews (credited) (signed as kaare [lowercase]) (painting)
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Kaare Andrews (credited) (signed as kaare [lowercase])

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We dig...
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

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Tim Bradstreet (credited) (signed as Tim Bradstreet)
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Tim Bradstreet (credited) (signed as Tim Bradstreet)
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José Villarrubia (credited as Jose Villarrubia)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

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J. Scott Campbell (credited) (signed as Campbell [3-line-E])
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J. Scott Campbell (credited) (signed as Campbell [3-line-E])
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI)

Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rogue; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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John Stanisci (credited)
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?
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Hi-Fi (credited); Paul Mounts (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

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Jim Lee (credited) (signed as JIM LEE)
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Jim Lee (credited) (signed as JIM LEE)
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Alex Sinclair (credited) (signed as Sinc')

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Douglas Wheatley (credited as Doug Wheatley)
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Douglas Wheatley (credited as Doug Wheatley)
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Douglas Wheatley (credited as Doug Wheatley) (greytones)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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Greg Hildebrandt (credited, signed); Tim Hildebrandt (credited, signed)
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Greg Hildebrandt (credited, signed); Tim Hildebrandt (credited, signed)
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Greg Hildebrandt (credited, signed); Tim Hildebrandt (credited, signed)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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Paul Dini (credited)
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Walter Simonson (credited) (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
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Walter Simonson (credited) (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The policeman is your best friend.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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Kevin Smith (credited)
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Joe Quesada (credited) (signed as Q UESADA)
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Todd McFarlane (credited) (signed as McFarlane)
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Richard Isanove (credited) (signed as Isanove)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A hero's thoughts

Diagram of Heroes (Table of Contents: 31)

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David Mack (credited) (signed as MACK)
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David Mack (credited) (signed as MACK)
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David Mack (credited) (signed as MACK)
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David Mack (credited) (signed as MACK)
Letters
David Mack (credited) (signed as MACK)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Alan Moore (credited)
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Dave Gibbons (credited)
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Dave Gibbons (credited)
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?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The other building falls.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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Neal Adams (credited)
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Neal Adams (credited)
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Neal Adams (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Impossible acts of shock and horror.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

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Alex Ross (credited, signed) (painting)
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Alex Ross (credited, signed) (painting)
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Alex Ross (credited, signed) (painting)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

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Humberto Ramos (credited) (signed as Ramos)
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Wayne Faucher (credited) (signed as FAUCHER)
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Edgar Delgado (credited, signed)
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?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With love and respect to all the real heroes of America
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Heroes among Us (Table of Contents: 36)

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Jim Shooter (credited)
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ChrisCross (credited)
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Rick Ketcham (credited)
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Hi-Fi (credited)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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Steve Rude (credited)
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Steve Rude (credited)
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Steve Rude (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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Robert Weinberg (credited)
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Tom Derenick (credited) (signed as T Derenick)
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Tom Derenick (credited) (signed as T Derenick)
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Tom Derenick (credited) (signed as T Derenick)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make no mistake, this was an attack launched not only on the World Trade Center, ...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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Graham Nolan (credited, signed)
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?
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI); Ben (credited) [as BEN] (signed)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Tom Raney (credited, signed)
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Scott Hanna (credited, signed)
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Hi-Fi (credited, signed)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

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Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Salvador Larroca (credited) (signed as SALVADOR)
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?
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Liquid! (credited)

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Bishop; Storm [Ororo Munroe]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

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John Figueroa (credited)
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Alberto Ponticelli (credited, signed)
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Alberto Ponticelli (credited, signed)
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Francesco Ponzi (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moving through a cloud thick with smoke, glass, concrete, and murder, ...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

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Evan Dorkin (credited)
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Evan Dorkin (credited)
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Sarah Dyer (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can't stop New York

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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Joe Madureira (credited) (signed as MAD! [thin lines])
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Joe Madureira (credited) (signed as MAD! [thin lines])
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Joe Madureira (credited) (signed as MAD! [thin lines])

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

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Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
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Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
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Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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Tom Palmer (credited) (signed as PALMER)
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Tom Palmer (credited) (signed as PALMER)
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Tom Palmer (credited) (signed as PALMER)

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The Song of the Lost (Table of Contents: 47)

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Neil Gaiman (credited)
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Jae Lee (credited)
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Jae Lee (credited)
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José Villarrubia (credited as Jose Villarrubia)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

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Mark Bagley (credited, signed)
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Art Thibert (credited, signed)
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI)

Indexer Notes

The art is also signed by "BENSON" and by what looks like "BEN [3-line E]".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

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Michael Avon Oeming (credited, signed)
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Michael Avon Oeming (credited, signed)
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Tom Smith (credited, signed)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

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Stan Lee (credited)
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Kyle Hotz (credited)
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Kyle Hotz (credited)
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Hi-Fi (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A day there was of monumental villainy.
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)
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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)
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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Ashes to ashes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

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Sean Chen (credited) (signed as CHEN)
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Norman Lee (credited, signed)
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Pete Pantazis (credited, signed)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

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Paul Pope (credited)
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Paul Pope (credited)
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Lee Loughridge (credited); Zylonol Studio (credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 54)

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Mike McKone (credited)
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Mark McKenna (credited)
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Hi-Fi (credited)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 55)

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Dale Keown (credited) (signed as DKeown)
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Dale Keown (credited) (signed as DKeown)
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Dale Keown (credited) (signed as DKeown)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Strongest one there is.
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Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 56)

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Georges Jeanty (credited, signed)
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Dexter Vines (credited) (signed as Vines [oval dot "i"])
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Hi-Fi (credited) (signed as Hi * FI)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 57)

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Jim Krueger (credited)
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Phil Hester (credited)
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Phil Hester (credited)
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Hi-Fi (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Words fail to describe what we feel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

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Adam Kubert (credited, signed)
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Richard Isanove (credited) (signed as Isanove)

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["Heroism feels and never reasons and is therefore always right." - Ralph Waldo Emerson] (Table of Contents: 59)

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Stuart Immonen (credited)
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Stuart Immonen (credited)
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Stuart Immonen (credited)
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Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Mike Allred (credited) (signed as ALLRED M.D.)
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Mike Allred (credited) (signed as ALLRED M.D.)
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Laura Allred (credited)

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Beast [Hank McCoy]
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Gail Simone (credited)
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Doreen Mulryan (credited)
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Doreen Mulryan (credited)
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Doreen Mulryan (credited)
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In the midsts of the horror...

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  2. 1. Heroes: Table of Contents
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  14. 13. ["In a middle school outside of Dearborn, Michigan, ..."]
  15. 14. ["And there came a day, a day unlike any other..."]
    The Avengers
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  22. 21. ["9:00 AM A tower on fire"]
  23. 22. ["We dig..."]
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  30. 29. ["The policeman is your best friend."]
  31. 30. ["A hero's thoughts"]
  32. 31. Diagram of Heroes
  33. 32. ["The other building falls."]
  34. 33. ["Impossible acts of shock and horror."]
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
  36. 35. ["With love and respect to all the real heroes of America"]
  37. 36. Heroes among Us
  38. 37. [no title indexed]
  39. 38. ["Make no mistake, this was an attack launched not only on the World Trade Center, ..."]
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  43. 42. ["Moving through a cloud thick with smoke, glass, concrete, and murder, ..."]
  44. 43. ["You can't stop New York"]
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  48. 47. The Song of the Lost
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  51. 50. ["A day there was of monumental villainy."]
  52. 51. ["Ashes to ashes"]
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  56. 55. ["Strongest one there is."]
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  58. 57. ["Words fail to describe what we feel."]
  59. 58. [no title indexed]
  60. 59. ["Heroism feels and never reasons and is therefore always right." - Ralph Waldo Emerson]
  61. 60. [no title indexed]
  62. 61. ["In the midsts of the horror..."]
  63. 62. Moment of Silence
  64. 63. ["Comic book universes are populated by colorful characters that possess fantastic powers."]
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