Amazing Heroes #85 (December 15, 1985). Cover art by Alan Davis.
Editor
Michael Catron (founding editor) Kim Thompson (1981–1992)
Categories
Comics criticism and news
Frequency
Varied between monthly and biweekly
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
First issue
June 1981
Final issue Number
July 1992 204 (plus a number of special issues and annuals)
Country
United States
Based in
Stamford, Connecticut (1981–1984) Greater Los Angeles, California (1984–1989) Seattle, Washington (1989–1992)
Language
English
ISSN
0745-6506
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]
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