The City of Heroes comic book is based on the characters and situations from the City of Heroes massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game. City of Heroes (CoH) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. ... Players interacting in Ultima Online. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

North American subscribers to the game originally received the City of Heroes monthly comic book in the mail; it is also available in some comic book stores. The comic follows the adventures of fictional Paragon City heroes and ties into the game's plot development at times, as well as featuring a section devoted to fan art, fan fiction, and other miscellany in the back. At times, this rear section has also included comic strips by Scott Kurtz of the PvP webcomic and Tim Buckley of the Ctrl Alt Del webcomic. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... For PvP in multiplayer computer role-playing games, see player versus player. ... PvP, also known as Player Vs. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... Ctrl+Alt+Del (CAD) is a gaming-related webcomic written by Tim Buckley, known online as Absath. ...

Promotional Comic

A single promotional comic was released in 2002 by Dark Horse Comics to promote the game. Written by Richard Dakan and drawn by Rick Zombo, the issue followed the story of a hero new to Paragon City named Thunder-Clap, and set some of the story behind the game, including the Fifth Column, the Freakshow, and the Statesman. This promotional issue also featured Apex and War Witch, who later became protagonists in the Blue King Studios publication of the comic book. Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Rick Zombo (born May 8, 1963 in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for 12 seasons between 1984 and 1996. ...

Blue King Studios run

The comic's first volume was published by Blue King Studios and ran 12 issues from May 2004 to April 2005. It was written by one of the game's designers, Rick Dakan, art was by Brandon McKinney and coloring was by Moose Bauman. It followed the story of the heroes Apex, a martial artist with no super powers; War Witch, a magic user who had ice blasts and a mystical fiery sword; and Horus, an Egyptian-themed hero who nearly died during the Ritki War and was saved from death by becoming the host of a Kheldian. These characters were virtually unmentioned in the game save for an Exploration Badge in Steel Canyon stating that Apex and War Witch were roommates (and possibly lovers). In Issue #5, War Witch was made the trainer (an NPC hero where players level up) in Croatoa as a ghost. When Pocket D was revamped in February of 2006, War Witch was made an NPC stationary character on the Hero side of the dance club. There have been no other mentions of Apex and none of Horus, yet. Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ...

Image Comics' Top Cow Productions run

Beginning with the May 2005 issue, the comic book is now published by Top Cow Productions, written by noted comic book writer Mark Waid, and illustrated by newcomer David Nakayama. Unlike the previous volume, this series will follow the adventures of the city's most illustrious supergroup, the Freedom Phalanx led by The Statesman. Top Cow Productions (TCP) is an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in the 1992. ... Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. ... Statesman is the lead hero of the City of Heroes backstory and is the actual character played by Jack Emmert, Cryptic Studios co-founder/Lead Designer. ...

Mark Waid wrote the first three issues of the new Top Cow comic. Starting with issue four, Troy Hickman (who received Eisner Award nominations for Best Short Story and Best Anthology for his Common Grounds comic from Top Cow Productions) wrote a three-issue story arc entitled Smoke and Mirrors. This was followed up by Dan Jurgens, who wrote the next three-issue arc named Bloodlines. Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. ... The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ... Written by Troy Hickman, this series examined the life of superheroes in and around a coffee shop called Common Grounds. ... Top Cow Productions (TCP) is an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in the 1992. ... Dan Jurgens is an American writer and artist of comic books. ...

As of City of Villains launch, the free comic book deal switched from being an actual comic book being mailed to you to being able to access all existing CoH comic books on the company's website. It's believed Cryptic did this not only to compensate for the lack of additional monthly fees for playing both CoH and CoV, but also to solve the problem of comic books getting lost in the mail. For a small additional fee (US$2 per issue), you can still get the actual comics sent to your door. Some have criticized Cryptic for doing this, but many more feel that this is fair considering you never paid for the comic itself in the first place.

The comic will be converting from a monthly to bimonthly format after issue #15. [1]