Heroes Against Hunger

Heroes Against Hunger is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson, all proceeds from the comic went to hunger relief in Africa.

Publication history Heroes Against Hunger came about in response to the devastating 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia. The concept was nearly identical to the earlier benefit comic, Heroes for Hope, published by Marvel Comics in 1985 (which was also spearheaded by Wrightson and Starlin), and was in the spirit of contemporaneous musical fund-raisers like Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", USA for Africa's "We Are the World", and the Live Aid concerts.

Plot In a story called "A Song of Pain and Sorrow!", Superman, Batman, and Lex Luthor try to curtail the Ethiopian famine. While there, they interact with Peace Corps member Lee Ann Layton. Their antagonist is a green-skinned, four-armed giant with a keyboard embedded on his chest called the Master. The Master feeds on entropy, so he is strengthened by the Ethiopian famine.

Contributors The story was plotted by Jim Starlin with a plot assist from Bernie Wrightson. The editor was Robert Greenberger. Front cover penciled by Neal Adams, with inks by Dick Giordano; back cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Logo design by Gaspar Saladino.

There were 100 contributors to the project. In addition to Starlin and Wrightson, a number of Heroes for Hope contributors also donated their creative labors to Heroes Against Hunger, including John Byrne, Howard Chaykin, John Costanza, Steve Englehart, Klaus Janson, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Michael Kaluta, Steve Leialoha, Al Milgrom, Gray Morrow, Josef Rubinstein, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walt Simonson, and Alan Weiss.*.

Pages Writer Penciler Inker Letterer Colorist1, 48 Jim Starlin George Pérez Kim DeMulder Helen Vesik Daina Grazanus2-3 Cary Bates Paris Cullins Tony DeZuniga Carrie Spiegle Michele Wolfman4–5 Elliot S. Maggin Denys Cowan Val Mayerik Carrie Spiegle Michele Wolfman6-7 Paul Levitz Jan Duursema Alfredo Alcala Helen Vesik Gene D'Angelo8–9 Mike W. Barr Keith Giffen Joe Staton Duncan Andrews Carl Gafford10-11 Michael Fleisher Ross Andru Klaus Janson John Workman Carl Gafford12-13 Bob Rozakis José Luis García-López Jerry Ordway Agustin Mas Anthony Tollin14–15 Roy Thomas Carmine Infantino Murphy Anderson Milt Snapinn Tom Ziuko16-17 J. M. DeMatteis Marshall Rogers Karl Kesel John Costanza George Roberts18–19 Robert Bloch Bernie Wrightson Michael Kaluta Bob Lappan Anthony Tollin20–21 Robert Loren Fleming Joe Brozowski Gray Morrow Bob Pinaha Gene D'Angelo22–23 Marv Wolfman Sal Amendola Jim Aparo Albert DeGuzman Liz Berube24-25 Tony Isabella Curt Swan John Byrne Todd Klein Nansi Hoolahan26–27 Gerry Conway Barry Windsor-Smith Jeff Jones Todd Klein Tatjana Wood28–29 Barbara Randall Ernie Colón Terry Austin Agustin Mas Nansi Hoolahan30–31 Andy Helfer Walt Simonson Steve Leialoha John Workman Joe Orlando32-33 Dan Mishkin Eduardo Barreto Romeo Tanghal Helen Vesik Liz Berube34-35 Len Wein Dave Gibbons Bruce Patterson John Costanza George Roberts36-37 Ed Hannigan Jack Kirby Al Milgrom Duncan Andrews Tom Ziuko38–39 Mindy Newell Tony Salmons Tom Mandrake Bob Pinaha Joe Orlando40-41 Steve Englehart Dan Jurgens Bill Wray Agustin Mas Adrienne Roy42-43 Joey Cavalieri Joe Kubert Josef Rubinstein Andy Kubert Adrienne Roy44-45 Paul Kupperberg David Ross Howard Chaykin Bob Lappan Bob LeRose46-47 Doug Moench Jim Sherman Greg Theakston & Alan Weiss Todd Klein Bob LeRose

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