HERO

Real Name: Inapplicable

Identity/Class: Fictional character; Post-WWII era

Occupation: Hero

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Jimmy Rogers, Venus

Enemies: "The Weirdies"

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Comic book panels

First Appearance: Venus#17/2 (December, 1951)

Powers/Abilities: Once upon the three-dimensional plane of existence, Hero possessed the same powers he had as a fictional character. As such, he could fly and was incredibly strong.

History: (Venus#17/2) - After cartoonist Jimmy Rogers' imagination began to cause his creations to spring to life, he was almost driven mad by them. When his friend Venus stopped by to check up on him, she found him almost dead as the Weirdies ran amok in his home. She implored Jimmy to create a super hero to counter the monsters, and Jimmy created Hero, who leapt off his comic book page and destroyed the creatures. Once done, Hero asked Jimmy what he wanted him to do now, and Jimmy drew Hero diving back into his inkwell. When the drawing was completed, the "real" Hero disappeared into Jimmy's real inkwell.

Comments: Created by Bill Everett.

Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales#18

Profile by Madison Carter

Clarifications:

Hero has no known connections to

• Hero, the Forgotten One/Gilgamesh, Eternals/Avengers member @ Thor I#287
• Hero, 4000 A.D., encountered Hulk @ Hulk II#286
• Hero for Hire (Luke Cage), Power Man, or any of the teams he was part of @ Hero for Hire#1
  
• or any other "hero" characters

"The Weirdies"

A group of horror comic book characters that somehow came to life and harassed their creator, Jimmy Rogers. Venus implored him to create a hero to dispatch of them, and held them off until Hero was created. Hero lept off his comic book page and disposed of the creatures.

--Venus#17/2

images:
Venus#17, story 2, page 5, panel 2 (Hero)
                                  page 3, panel 1 (Weirdies)

Venus#17 (December, 1951) - Bill Everett (writer/artist), Stan Lee (editor)

First Posted: 02/14/2006
Last Updated: 09/26/2007

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