Hero will be at the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon with an EXCLUSIVE print featuring con guests of honor (or "honour" as they say in Canada) Terry Moore, Matt Wagner, and Marv Wolfman. Check it out here, and get it at Toronto June 8-10!

Artist supreme Darick Robertson (The Boys, 52 ) will be Hero's special guest at the Wizard World Philadelphia June 15-17. Swing by, and see why the relaunch of The Boys from Dynamite Entertainment will be THE comic event of the year!

Writer Paul Jenkins (Civil War: Frontline) will be Hero's ringmaster for the three-ring circus that is Wizard World Chicago, August 9-12. Stay tuned for further announcements, and how you can win great prizes if you can beat Paul at pool. (But watch out-he's a shark!)

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 23, 2007) - Um, did we say March?

Marvel Then and Now: An Evening with Stan Lee and Joe Quesada (hosted by Kevin Smith), was supposed to ship at the end of March. The way we know this is because we posted it on the Web site (www.thenandnowdvd.org ), but we experienced a few technical glitches along the way. The end result is:

People who ordered their copy from the Web site for $24.95 will begin receiving their copies shipping on April 27.

Retailers who ordered their copies at trade shows or online will begin receiving their copies shipping on April 27, at their advance-order preferred pricing.

In addition, Diamond Comics Distribution will handle distribution to comics shops. The product will be in the upcoming edition of Previews (for July-shipping product) at a consumer price of $29.95.

The advance-order consumer price online will remain $24.95, until the end of May, at which time, it will be raised to match the prices in stores.

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 26, 2007) - The Hero Initiative, the 501 (c) 3 charitable organization dedicated to helping veteran comic creators in medical or financial need, is expanding its lineup, and its reach. A massive expansion of its initial agenda will include financial planning for creators, mainstream education, Hero-branded products, and an eventual professional guild arrangement in which creators could obtain access to group health insurance and related services. The expansion will be facilitated the hiring of a second Hero employee, organization co-founder Jim McLauchlin. In his new capacity, McLauchlin will devote full-time energies to bringing all of Hero's long-range plans to fruition.

"There would be no Hero Initiative without Jim McLauchlin," said Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and Hero Board member Joe Quesada. "Hero is an incredibly important and much-needed addition to the comic community. We at Marvel have been proud to work with Hero in the past and look forward to the new heights Jim will bring to the organization. Over the years he has worked tirelessly and has done great things through the charity, all volunteer and all of it in his spare time. Having Jim come on board in a full time capacity will only strengthen what Hero does."

Written By Dan Wickline Artwork By Ben Templesmith, Tone Rodriguez, Nat Jones, Chris Moreno and MORE! Cover By Mike Mayhew and Dean White

From the demented mind of writer Dan Wickline (30 Days of Night) comes...the Unusual Suspects! See the imagination of a writer run amok as he rolls out story after hilarious story in a dizzying array of genres with an all-star cast of artists! A whopping 16 short stories include art by such fan-faves as Nat Jones (Spawn), Ben Templesmith (Fell), Tone Rodriguez (Violent Messiahs), Chris Moreno (Sidekick), and many more!