War Heroes

• Title — War Heroes • Schedule — Erratic • Limited — y • War — y • Superhero — y • Publisher — Image Comics • Date — August 2008 – present • Issues — 6 • Writers — Mark Millar • Pencillers — Tony Harris • Inkers — Cliff Rathburn • Letterers — Clem Robins • Colorists — J. D. Mettler • Editors — Drew Gill • Creators — Mark Millar Tony Harris • Subcat — Image Comics • Sort — War Heroes (comics)

The six-issue limited series started August 2008 but As of March 2024 only three issues have been published.

Set in an alternate timeline during the coalition wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the detonation of a nuclear bomb in Washington D.C. prompts the United States administration to expand the coalition war on terror to include Iran, as well as institute martial law in the United States. As American casualties increase, morale and public support decline with the economy, reducing America's standing in the world. Lacking the necessary recruits, the US Military boosts enlistment by distributing pills to its soldiers which confer upon them various superpowers, tipping the scale in the war. The story focus on a group of disenchanted American con artists, who enlist in the military to steal the pills and sell them to foreign investors at $10 million before planning to desert. Initially, however, the con artists had no knowledge of the identity of their clients that they were to sell to until it was revealed to be the terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda. When one of the con artists' brother (a war hero) is taken prisoner in an attack by a super-powered member of Al-Qaeda, the con artists set about rescuing him from a public execution.