Welcome to the 6th release of HEROES Fanzine. Took awhile to get this update out because of the overwhelming response this time around. Not much more to say but come on down and read these great articles, previews, interviews and reviews. We got 5 new interviews 3 new Reviews and 3 site previews.
Halfway through February 2008, the original fanfic group quietly returned. Marvel Volume 1 was formed via the Avengers Assemble website as a “what if” breaking off from the beginning of the Heroes Return storyline, using the original numbering of Marvel’s top titles. The site grew into a juggernaut, nearly 100 titles at one point. The group was great, with some high quality work, including some of the legendary titles in fanfiction. Read More...
UPDATE 2: Sadly, Barry’s run on this series lasted only three issues, with #7 appearing in March of 2007. But in what I consider a hallmark of the Reese Fanfic Ethos (the Reethos?), he tied up a lot of loose ends and left the series in a place easy for a new writer to continue. Read More...
I should have done this a while ago, but I didn’t get around to it. And after reading Jason McDonald’s solid response to this challenge, I felt I should pitch in as well. The site I would create is an Image/Wildstorm site. And it would be an “Ultimate” version, starting off from square one. Because let’s face it, a lot of these Image properties, when first created, were nothing more than cheap knock-offs of existing characters. So let’s get our writers to flex their imagination a bit and have them reimagine these characters (puns intended). Read More...
April 08 Reader Challenge: ME VS YOU
Your challenge this month is to take any two characters of any universe and pit them against each other. Do you think Superman can take out the Sentry or Batman can take out the Midnighter then write that scene make it as gory as you want, or you think they'd drink tea and talk about the new fall line go for that too. For more info on this gimme a message on AIM or email AIM is comicgeek42 and bookey@gmail.com
Let me know if I missed anything and I'll get it up ASAP.