
Speakeasy magazine reported in April 1986 that Heroes for Hope had raised $150,000 for the American Friends Service Committee.

Heroes for Hope featured some memorable artist/writer and penciler/inker pairings, including Stan Lee and John Buscema Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson Moore and Richard Corben Harlan Ellison, Frank Miller, and Bill Sienkiewicz Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Howard Chaykin inked by Walt Simonson and John Byrne and Terry Austin reuniting on the X-Men. It also saw a rare Alan Moore Marvel Comics credit outside his early Marvel UK work. 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. Proceeds from the comic went to the American Friends Service Committee, to assist in their work on behalf of African famine relief and recovery. Heroes for Hope: Starring the X-Men is a 1985 Marvel comic book designed to raise awareness about hunger in Africa.
