Top Cow has announced that it will produce the official City of Heroes comic series, based on the superhero massively multi-player online roleplaying game phenomenon.   

 

The City of Heroes comic will be written by top scribe Mark Waid, with art by David Nakayama.  In addition to its trade distribution, the comic will also be sent to all 200,000 subscribers to the City of Heroes online game.  The first issue ships in May.
 

The stars will be the City of Heroes signature characters, the Freedom Phalanx.

 
Marvel sued over City of Heroes last November, alleging infringement using the game's character generator (see 'Marvel Sues over City of Heroes').