Classic Wolverine Cover: Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men
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There was one other great cover in 1985
But it wasn’t your average comic book.
Think ‘We Are the World’ for the comic book industry, or more accurately, Heroes for Hope starring the X-Men.
And the cover by Arthur Adams was about as tremendous a start for such an ambitious project as could have been hoped for…
The project included such luminaries as Stan Lee, Stephen King, Berni Wrightson and Alan Moore, plus a special Wolverine section of the story.
What do you get when you team up Harlan Ellison, Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz on a three-page Wolverine vignette?
Absolute ecstasy as evidenced below…
Other notable teams of contributors included…
–Stan Lee, John Romita, Jr. and Al Gordon
–Stan Lee, John Buscema and Klaus Janson
–Ed Bryant, Brent Anderson and Joe Sinnott
–Louise Simonson, John Byrne and Terry Austin
–Ed Bryant, Brent Anderson and Dan Green
–Stephen King, Berni Wrightson and Jeff Jones
–Bill Mantlo, Charlie Vess and Jay Muth
–Ed Bryant, Brent Anderson and Tom Palmer
–Alan Moore and Richard Corben
–Ann Nocenti, Mike Kaluta and Al Milgrom
–Chris Claremont, Brian Bolland and Craig Russell
–Jo Duffy and John Bolton
–Mike Baron, Steve Rude and Carl Potts
–Denny O’Neil, Bret Blevins and Al Williamson
–George Martin, Herb Trimpe and Sal Buscema
–Bruce Jones and Gray Morrow
–Steve Englehart, Paul Gulacy and Bob Layton
–Jim Shooter, Alan Weiss and Joe Rubinstein
–Mike Grell, Jackson Guice and Steve Leialoha
–Archie Goodwin, Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson
Phew!
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Wow!
. . . I’ve never read this one.
That breaks my heart. This looks amazing.
I wonder if it’s on Marvel’s Digital Comic Database . . .
Leaves me with an eager “what happens next?” kind of feeling! :D
The cover is truly epic! Thank you for the upload!
The issue is kind of disappointing, to be honest. Though the three-page Wolverine segment is a treat. But I did reprint the best part.
It is really strange that at one time they considered Wolverine being human before he went through the Weapon X project. I never knew that this was a possible Origin for Wolverine at one time.
According to that scan you posted in this thread, the writers intended for Logan to gain the ability to heal when he got the Adamantium bonded to his body. Very interesting to know that Marvel writers had hinted this back then. Thank you DiG.
Some really excellent posts on this website, thank you for contribution. “My salad days, When I was green in judgment.” by William Shakespeare.