Heroic Publishing

Heroic Publishing, previously known as Hero Comics and Hero Graphics, is an American comic book publisher founded by Dennis Mallonee.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company published about 100 superhero comics issues across several series, the most prolific of which featured the League of Champions and other characters associated with the Champions role-playing game. Heroic Publishing returned to the marketplace in 2004, and in 2006 introduced one of its most popular characters, Liberty Girl. In 2007 financial difficulties forced Heroic Publishing to stop regular publication of its titles, producing new issues as funds became available. Currently Heroic publishes via print-on-demand, distributing both physical copies and electronic editions.

Heroic Publishing has never employed in-house creators, so although Mallonee writes a narrow majority of the stories himself, the company's content is largely produced by freelance writers and artists. However, many of these freelancers have been repeatedly retained by Heroic Publishing over a long period of time, in many cases spanning the hiatuses from publishing. Creators associated with the company include Dell Barras, Mark Beachum, Howard Bender, Tim Burgard, E. R. Cruz, Dærick Gröss Sr., Rick Hoberg, Chris Marrinan, Steve Perrin, Gordon Purcell, Roy Thomas, and J. Adam Walters.