Amazing Heroes

Amazing Heroes
Amazing Heroes #85 (December 15, 1985). Cover art by Alan Davis.
EditorMichael Catron (founding editor)
Kim Thompson (1981–1992)
CategoriesComics criticism and news
FrequencyVaried between monthly and biweekly
PublisherFantagraphics Books
First issueJune 1981
Final issue
Number
July 1992
204 (plus a number of special issues and annuals)
CountryUnited States
Based inStamford, Connecticut (1981–1984)
Greater Los Angeles, California (1984–1989)
Seattle, Washington (1989–1992)
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0745-6506

Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, The Comics Journal, Amazing Heroes was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analytical journal.[1]

  1. ^ "'Everything Was in Season'": Kim Thompson: "We decided to do a magazine that would cover the mainstream in a more fannish manner".