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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