Hero Happy Hour | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | GeekPunk |
Genre | |
Publication date | 2002 – 2016 |
No. of issues | 5 |
Creative team | |
Created by | Dan Taylor Chris Fason |
Written by | Dan Taylor Lance Karutz James Denning Dan Wickline Neil Kleid James Patrick Scott Morse Jim Keplinger Jeffery Stevenson Steve Niles Jon Hook C. G. Kirby Kovalic |
Artist(s) | Chris Fason Jim Mahfood Scott Morse Brandon "Ragnar" Johnson Dave Crosland Aaron Sowd Brett Weldele Neil Vokes D. J. Coffman Diego Jourdan Ben Templesmith John Schuler Cal Slayton |
Letterer(s) | Kathleen Marinaccio Jason Hanley Anthony Schiavino Jim Keplinger |
Colorist(s) | Brandon J. Carr Michael Russell |
Collected editions | |
Hero Happy Hour: Heroic Edition | ISBN 0-557-18579-3 |
Hero Happy Hour is an American comic book co-created by writer Dan Taylor and artist Chris Fason. Like The Tick and, less satirically, Watchmen , it takes place in a universe of vaguely familiar costumed crime fighters. All stories unfold in First City at The Hideout Bar & Grill (Drink Specials For All Heroes) and usually feature genre savvy humor.
The series was originally released as Super Hero Happy Hour in 2002 but the "Super" had to be dropped over trademark concerns about the use of the term super hero, as explained by Dan Taylor:
The decision to change the title was brought upon by the fact that we received a letter from the trademark counsel to 'the two big comic book companies' claiming that they are the joint owners of the trademark 'SUPER HEROES' and variations thereof. [1]
A Hero Happy Hour Super Special was published in 2004 and IDW Publishing released Super Deluxe Hero Happy Hour "The Lost Episode" in 2006.
Some of the series has been collected into a trade paperback:
In Wizard's Best of 2003 the series was named "Concept We Wish We’d Thought Of." [1]
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