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Heroes for Hope
Heroes for Hope: Starring the X-Men
is a 1985
Marvel
comic book
designed to raise awareness about hunger in Africa. Proceeds from the comic went to the
American Friends Service Committee
, to assist in their work on behalf of
African
famine
relief and recovery. Published in the form of a "
comic jam
," or
exquisite corpse
, the book featured an
all-star
lineup of comics creators as well as a few notable authors from outside the comic book industry, such as
Stephen King
,
George R. R. Martin
,
Harlan Ellison
, and
Edward Bryant
. It also saw a rare
Alan Moore
Marvel Comics credit outside of his early
Marvel UK
work.
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