When scanned, this comes up as Bartman and Radioactive Man 1 ashcan. I think mine may be considered a Hero Premiere Edition or something else Hero related. It has “supplement to Hero Illistrated” in white on the front and the Hero logo on the back. I took pics of both.
There is a series of “Hero Premiere Edition” – but those stopped numbering with #11.
Wetworks was Hero Premiere Edition #11 and was inserted in Hero Illustrated #7 according to my notes.
H.I. #8 had Extreme Hero, H.I. #9 had Bravura Preview Issue and H.I. #10 had Axis Jam. If I recall, those are all full-size comics.
Then H.I. #11 had the Bartman you have. That’s back to an Ashcan size.
So you are correct that your copy was released in the same manner as the Hero Premiere Editions, but I don’t think it’s in the same run – it came a few months after they stopped numbering/labeling the backs with “Hero Premiere Edition #”
Of course, that was more than 30 years ago, and so it wouldn’t be the first time my notes were wrong.
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Is what’s inside not the same as the “Bartman and Radioactive Man” Ashcan we have in Core? I get that the cover looks different
I have no idea. I would guess that it probably is but I can’t say for sure. I just have this issue. It’s not under hero premiere or the ashcan version.
It’s the size of a standard ashcan. The exact same size as the hero premiere editions.