Product Description

Across the world, ordinary people discover they have extraordinary abilities. Why have they been granted these powers? And who wants to use them for their own ends? These are the questions posed by "Heroes", the super-successful TV smash of the year!This collection of comic-book stories delves deep into the history and mythology of the heroes, with exclusive backstory and new characters!Featuring interior art by superstars including Michael Turner ("Justice League of America") and Phil Jiminez ("The Invisibles"), plus covers by Jim Lee ("Batman") and Alex Ross ("Justice"), and including a gallery of Tim Sale\s ("Batman: The Long Halloween") art as seen in the show, this is the ultimate companion to the smash hit series!It also includes reviews, competitions and extracts in nationals, regionals, film, TV, comic, SF, cult and men's magazines and weekend supplements.The promotion is on Titan web sites and monthly e-newsletter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4878 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Synopsis
Across the world, ordinary people discover they have extraordinary abilities. Why have they been granted these powers? And who wants to use them for their own ends? These are the questions posed by "Heroes", the super-successful TV smash of the year!This collection of comic-book stories delves deep into the history and mythology of the heroes, with exclusive backstory and new characters!Featuring interior art by superstars including Michael Turner ("Justice League of America") and Phil Jiminez ("The Invisibles"), plus covers by Jim Lee ("Batman") and Alex Ross ("Justice"), and including a gallery of Tim Sale\s ("Batman: The Long Halloween") art as seen in the show, this is the ultimate companion to the smash hit series!It also includes reviews, competitions and extracts in nationals, regionals, film, TV, comic, SF, cult and men's magazines and weekend supplements.The promotion is on Titan web sites and monthly e-newsletter.

From the Publisher
Features an intro by Heroes creator Tim Kring, plus cover by comics megastar Alex Ross, as well as interior art by Michael Turner, Phil Jimenez and more!

Contains a never-before-published gallery of Tim Sale's artwork from the show!

Delves into the rich backstory of the Heroes universe, with character information and bonus stories which will thrill fans of the show!

Heroes is currently showing on BBC 2, with over four million viewers!

Titan are the publishers of the official Heroes magazine!

Customer Reviews

wow
this is a must have for any heroes fan. the artwork however could have been better, but the story line is very well done.

Beautifully Produced Collection
Ok first up two things ...

1 - I enjoy Heroes & am enjoying the 2nd Series but wouldn't class it as an all-out "favourite" show of mine. It's cool, it's well-produced & it's interesting but it's never quite hooked me in like 24 or Lost.

2 - I'm not a big comic-book buff. I devoured comics as a kid & I sometimes pick up compilations of tie-in's that relate to favourite films/tv shows of mine but I'm certainly no expert

With the above in mind I REALLY enjoyed this Heroes Collection. It's a large compendium of short stories featuring major & minor characters from the tv show but although mirrors the time-line of Series 1, the stories are unique & original. This is not a simple re-telling in graphic form of the first series.

The stories are cool and I couldn't fail to be impressed how easily they sit alongside the show. Sometimes tie-in products fall way-short of expectations due to the fact that they simply aren't a patch on the movie or show they feature. This isn't the case with this collection although MAYBE this is partially down to the fact that the show isn't always expertly written ?

The thing that impressed me most about this Graphic Novel is how well it's produced. I picked it up for under £10 & did so as I thought it was great value for money considering the classy cover & brilliantly laid-out contents. The illustrations throughout the book are all full colour and superbly inked which really appealed to me. Far more impressive than many other comic books I've picked up recently.

Overall if you're a fan of the show I'd recommend this item. Not only is it an interesting, lengthy read but it's also something I'll happily keep in my book collection as one of my more impressively produced books.

heroes the untold story
Heroes is the latest smash hit everyone's talking about american tv show, in which ordinary people suddenly find they have special powers. Whilst you might be able to pick up on the story from this if you've not seen the show I would recommend you go to the dvd for heroes season one reviews instead. Not least because the stories in this collection fill in a lot of untold information from the show, and you'll get more out of it if you've seen the programme.

Anyway, this collects online comic strips published whilst the first season was broadcast. There are roughly thirty four of them, all about five to six pages long, and they tell stories involving the characters and plots from the show. Some fill in things we didn't get to see on screen, like what hiro did when he first came back to tokyo after seeing the bomb go off, jessica and dl's crew on the safe cracking job, dl escaping from prison, and how future peter and niki got together.

Other stories fill in the past of hana, the mysterious lady who was seen in one episode and who can see e mails in her head, and what her past is and what she did next.

There's also another tale that tells you of the first connection between the linderman and petrelli families.

All stories begin with a comic style cover, and the art in each is different, but all of the visuals are pretty good.

the book runs to 234 pages in total, has an introduction by masi oka who plays hiro on screen, and an interview at the back with the writers of the comics.

It's a good sturdy and well bound hardback volume, and has a splendid painted cover on the dust jacket. Well worth a read if you're a fan.