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| − | 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.
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| − | == Promotional comic ==
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Blue King Studios run ==
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 1|Issue 1]] || "Undead In The Big City Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 2|Issue 2]] || "Undead In The Big City Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 3|Issue 3]] || "Dread Carnival Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 4|Issue 4]] || "Dread Carnival Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 5|Issue 5]] || "Jury Duty Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 6|Issue 6]] || "Jury Duty Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 7|Issue 7]] || "Jury Duty Part 3"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 8|Issue 8]] || "Training Day"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 9|Issue 9]] || "The Clothes Make The Man"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 10|Issue 11]] || "The Resurection Man"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 11|Issue 11]] || "Welcome The Kheldians"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (BKS) Issue 12|Issue 12]] || "Best Issue Ever"
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| − | 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). There is also an exploration badge in the [[Faultline]] zone which references where Apex tracked down the archvillain, [[Dr. Vahzilok]]. 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.
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| − | == Image Comics' Top Cow Productions run ==
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 4|Issue 4]] || "Smoke and Mirrors Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 5|Issue 5]] || "Smoke and Mirrors Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 6|Issue 6]] || "Smoke and Mirrors Part 3"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 7|Issue 7]] || "Bloodlines Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 8|Issue 8]] || "Bloodlines Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 9|Issue 9]] || "Bloodlines Part 3"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 10|Issue 10]] || "Trading Places Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 11|Issue 11]] || "Trading Places Part 2"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 12|Issue 12]] || "Trading Place Part 3"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 13|Issue 13]] || "Awakenings Part 1"
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| − | | [[City of Heroes (Top Cow) Issue 14|Issue 14]] || " Awakenings Part 2"
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| − | Beginning with the May 2005 issue, publishing of the comic book series [[Top Cow Productions]] as a 2nd volume, <ref>http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2005/02/top_cow_new_cit.html</ref> written by noted comic book writer [[Mark Waid]], and illustrated by newcomer [[David Nakayama]]. Unlike the previous volume, this series follows the adventures of the city's most illustrious 'supergroup', the ''[[Freedom Phalanx]]'' led by The Statesman.
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| − | [[Mark Waid]] wrote the first three issues of the new Top Cow comic. Starting with issue four, <ref>http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34506</ref> [[Troy Hickman]] 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''.
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| − | 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.
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| − | The comic was said to be converting from a monthly to bimonthly format after issue #15, <ref>http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2006/04/city_of_heroes_12.html</ref> however, due to various delays, issues 15 and 16 turned up in late November of 2006, four months behind schedule. This run of the comic book ended at issue #20, allowing the game developers and [[NCSoft]] to work more on game content as well as interacting with the players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2007/05/end_of_the_top.html|title=End of the Top Cow City of Heroes Comic}}</ref>
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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Heroes_comic_book City of Heroes Comics @ Wikipedia]
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The Paragon Wiki Archive documents the state of City of Heroes/Villains as it existed on December 1, 2012.
