Special Kind of Heroes
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Special Kind of Heroes |
| Publisher: | Wizard Works |
| Editor(s): | Kenda Buxton and Anne Swank |
| Date(s): | 1992-1996 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Simon and Simon |
| Language: | English |
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Special Kind of Heroes is a gen anthology.
Summaries
From the publisher: "Simon and Simon fiction, humorous brotherly conversations, poetry, cartoons, and much, much more." Also: "A must for every fan suffering from Simon & Simon withdrawal."
From a 1993 ad in GAZ: "Experience Rick and AJ as children and Adults. By Kenda Buxton and Anne Swank. No slash."
Issue 1 v.1
Special Kind of Heroes 1 v.1 was published in 1992 and contains 350 pages.
- Journey Into the Past by Brenda A (Simon and Simon) It was an inspiration for another story written a year later, "Revisit the Past," by Kenda Buxton, see comments below
- other unknown content
Issue 1 v.2
Special Kind of Heroes 1 v.2 was published in 1992. contains 350 pages.
Issue 2 v.1
Special Kind of Heroes 2 v.1 was published in 1993.
Issue 2 v.2
Special Kind of Heroes 2 v.2 was published in 1993.
Issue 3 v.1
Special Kind of Heroes 3 v.1 was published in January 1994 and contains 300 pages. It contains fifteen stories, some cartoons, photos, and more.
Issue 3 v.2
Special Kind of Heroes 3 v.2
Issue 4
Special Kind of Heroes 4 was published in 1994 and contains 350 pages.
Issue 5
Special Kind of Heroes 5 was published in Spring of 1995 and contains over 400 pages.
Issue 6
Special Kind of Heroes 6 was published in 1996 and contains over 450 pages.
- Just Like Old Times by Kenda Buxton (Simon and Simon) won a Fan Q
- other unknown content
Author's Comments Regarding "Revisit the Past"
About a story in the first volume:
"Revisit the Past" was written as a result of another fan fiction story, 'Journey into the Past', by Brenda A. To the best of my knowledge, Journey into the Past is not archived anywhere on the Internet. If I ever discover that it is, I’ll be happy to provide a link for it. Brenda’s, Journey into the Past, is an excellent story that was set during Rick and A.J.’s adult years, and detailed what events caused Jack Simon’s death. In 1993, with Brenda’s permission, I worked backwards from her story to further fictionalize the night Jack Simon died. Thank you, Brenda, for allowing me to do this. And thank you, as well, for being the fan fiction writer I aspired to emulate when I started this journey ten years ago. Your masterfully written relationship-dramas were of great inspiration to me... The following excerpt is from Brenda A.’s, Journey into the Past. This seven-paragraph excerpt was used by permission in 1992 in the hard-copy zine, Special Kind of Heroes. Later in the story, references to Arthur Cavanaugh, the role he played in Jack Simon’s death, and A.J.’s part in discovering this, are also from Brenda’s story." [1]