9-11 comics emerged following the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and cartoonists turned to art to express their grief and support.

History

Two comic book volumes were coordinated as a two-volume set by mainstream comic book companies: 9-11: September 11, 2001 (Artists Respond), Volume One was coordinated by Dark Horse Comics, Chaos! Comics, and Image Comics; 9-11: September 11, 2001 (The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember), Volume Two was organized by DC Comics.

Marvel Comics produced three charity books, Heroes, The Amazing Spider-Man #36 and A Moment of Silence. Heroes was a book of sixty-four full-page illustrations paying tribute to those who attempted to save lives on 9-11. The profits from sales of the comic went to 9-11 based charities. The Amazing Spider Man #36 explores how Spider-Man and other Marvel characters like Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Doom and Magneto react in the aftermath of the attacks; and A Moment of Silence features four wordless stories reflecting different perspectives on September 11th, all inspired by true events.

9-11: Emergency Relief was published by Alternative Comics. The book features the talents of people from the alternative comics medium, with all of the profits from the book donated to the American Red Cross.

I Love N.Y. Benefit Book was created entirely by Joe Linsner through his company Linsner.com. It presented the perceptions of Linsner, a native New Yorker, on that day.

Titles

Title	Number	Publisher	Cover Artist	ISBN	US Cover Price	Notes
9-11: September 11, 2001 (Artists Respond)	Volume 1	Published as a collective effort by Dark Horse Comics, Chaos! Comics, and Image Comics	Cover by Eric Drooker of The New Yorker	1-56389-881-0	$9.95	Proceeds to the World Trade Center Relief Fund, Survivors Fund, September 11th Fund, Twin Towers Fund
9-11: September 11, 2001 (The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember)	Volume 2	Published by DC Comics	Cover by Alex Ross (Based on The Big All American Comic Book)	1-56389-878-0	$9.95	Proceeds to the World Trade Center Relief Fund, Survivors Fund, September 11th Fund, Twin Towers Fund
Heroes	No Number	Published by Marvel Comics	Cover by Alex Ross	ISBN	$3.50	Proceeds to Twin Towers Fund
The Amazing Spider-Man	Volume 2, #36	Published by Marvel Comics	The cover is entirely solid black except for Marvel Comics and The Amazing Spider-Man 36 in white at the top	ISBN	$2.25	Also called the Black Issue for the solid black cover
A Moment of Silence	No Number	Published by Marvel Comics	Front cover by Joe Quesada, and Alex Ross, back cover by Gene Ha and Shad Petoski	ISBN	$3.50	Introduction by Rudy Giuliani with proceeds to Twin Towers Fund
9-11: Emergency Relief	No Number	Published by Alternative Comics	Cover by Frank Cho	1-891867-12-1	$14.95	Proceeds to the American Red Cross
I Love New York Benefit Book	No Number	Published by Linsner.com	Cover by Joe Linsner	ISBN	$2.95	Proceeds to the American Red Cross

Creators

9-11: September 11, 2001 (Artists Respond), Volume One includes work by the following:

• Writer/Artists:

Brian Biggs, Mike Diana, Dylan Horrocks, Roger Landridge, Liniers, R. Sikoryak, Dean Motter, Jon J. Muth, Dave Cooper, Will Eisner, Batton Lash, Frank Miller, Al Davison, Bryan Talbot, David Alvarez, Layla Lawlor, Tony Millionaire, Mira Friedmann, Mark Crilley, Doug TenNapel, P. Craig Russell, Tommy Lee Edwards, Mitch O'Connell, David Chelsea, Sam Henderson, Ron Boyd, Phil Elliott, Stan Sakai, Jim Mahfood, Paul Chadwick, Darko Macan, Leland Myrick, John Paul Leon, William Stout, Marc Rosenthal, Enrico Casarosa, Mark Martin, Brian McDonald, Brian O'Connell, Terry Anderson, Becky Cloonan, Eric Drooker, Chris Eliopoulos, Davide Fabbri, Tatiana Gill, Steve Guaraccia, Jim Hill, Eric Kilkenny, Scott Morse, Peter Pachoumis, Nijo Philip, Lark Pien, Bill Pressing, Aaron Renier, Laurie Ross, Paul Sloboda, John K. Snyder III, Kellie Strom, and Jim Valentino.

• Writers:

Alan Moore, Joe Casey, Jeph Loeb, Robert Smigel, Roger Stern, John Ostrander, Trina Robbins, J. Torres, Fabian Nicieza, Mike Carey, Jason Hall, Steve Darnall, Stephen Banes, Art Brooks, Marie Croall, Tom DeFalco, Bob Harris, Antony Johnston, Dan Jolley, Robert Kirkman, Pablo Maiztegui, John McCrae, Steve Niles, Marti Noxon, Brian Pulido, Jamie S. Rich, Randy Stradley, Stephen Walsh, and Walt Whitman.

• Artists:

Renée French, Dave McKean, Dave Gibbons, Peter Kuper, Paul Lee, Sean Phillips, Mike Collins, Guy Davis, Michael Kupperman, Kevin Nowlan, Humberto Ramos, José Luis Ágreda, Alex Maleev, Ivan Reis, Hilary Barta, Guy Burwell, Chynna Clugston, Rick Ketcham, Cliff Richards, Joe Pimental, Daniel Acuña, Mike Huddleston, J. Scott Campbell, Anne Timmons, Carlos Meglia, Melinda Gebbie, Pat Moriarity, Alcatena, Istvan Banyai, Dawn Brown, Will Conrad, Bill Dodge, Mike Getsiv, Rich Hedden, Todd Herman, Francisco Solano Lopez, Mary Mitchell, Tony Moore, Mike Norton, Joe Orsak, Eric Powell, Steve Rolston, Gregory Ruth, Tsuneo Sanda, Robert Solanovic, Ben Stenback, Lee Townsend, Kelly Yates, and Leinil Francis Yu.

9-11: September 11, 2001 (The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember), Volume Two includes work by the following:

• Writers: Pat McGreal, Neil Gaiman, Steven T. Seagle, Peter Gross, Ed Brubaker, Brian Azzarello, Jamie Delano, Brian K. Vaughan, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Jeph Loeb, Kurt Busiek, Jo Duffy, J. M. DeMatteis, Joe Kelly, Geoff Johns, Ben Raab, Rick Veitch, Dan Jurgens, Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, Marv Wolfman, Denny O'Neil, Michael Moorcock, David S. Goyer, Mike Carey, Hilary Bader, Eddie Berganza, James Denning, Andy Helfer, Chuck Kim, Josh Krach, Dwayne McDuffie, Don McGregor, Jennifer Moore, Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus, Chris Sequeira, Alex Simmons, and Beau Smith.
• Artists: anijel Zezelj, Stephen John Phillips, Dave McKean, Chris Bachalo, Kyle Baker, John Bolton, Glenn Fabry, Dave Gibbons, Alex Ross, Jill Thompson, John Van Fleet, Michael Zulli, Steve Leialoha, Paul Pope, Darick Robertson, Eduardo Risso, Goran Sudzuka, Angelo Torres, Bob Wiacek, Sandra Hope, Jim Lee, Brian Stelfreeze, Neal Adams, Barry Kitson, Tom Palmer, Dan Panosian, Phil Jimenez, Mike Collins, David Lloyd, Todd Nauck, Tom Grummett, Scott Kolins, Keith Champagne, Rich Faber, Guy Davis, Phil Noto, Ande Parks, Mark Farmer, Sergio Aragonés, Humberto Ramos, Brent Anderson, Carlos Pacheco, Jésus Merino, Richard Corben, Walter Simonson, Tim Sale, Scott McDaniel, Phil Hester, Aaron Sowd, Rick Burchett, Sergio Cariello, Joe Staton, Bob Smith, Kieron Dwyer, Marie Severin, Val Semeiks, James Pascoe, Denys Cowan, Alan Davis, José Luis García-López, Steven Parke, Yanick Paquette, Steve Scott, Prentis Rollins, Alex Horley, Ariel Olivetti, Christopher Moeller, Romeo Tanghal, Jim Royal, Pete Woods, Lee Bermejo, Enrique Breccia, John Cebellero, Cliff Wu Chiang, Marcelo Frusin, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Daniel Janke, Jamie Mendoza, Robin Riggs, Roger Robinson, Duncan Rouleau, Eman Torre, and William Wray.

A Moment of Silence features work by Brian Michael Bendis, Scott Morse, Kevin Smith, John Romita Jr., Bill Jemas, Mark Bagley, Joe Quesada, and Igor Kordey.

9-11: Emergency Relief features work by Nick Abadzis, Jessica Abel, Jason Alexander, David Alvarez, Graham Annable, Donna Barr, Tom Beland, Gregory Benton, Nick Bertozzi, Joyce Brabner, Frank Cho, Hearn Jay Cho, Mavis Chu, Brian Clopper, Nikki Coffman, Daniel Cooney, Guy Davis, Tom Derenick, Danny Donovan, Will Eisner, Steve Ellis, Fly, Evan Forsch, Renee French, Jenny Gonzalez, Derek Gray, Eric Wolfe Hanson, Tomer Hanuka, Jim Harrison, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Jon Bean Hastings, Marc Hempel, Phillip Hester, Sam Hester, K. Thor Jensen, Neil Kleid, Keith Knight, Chris Knowle, James Kochalka, James Kuhoric, Peter Kuper, Michael Kupperman, Greg LaRocque, David Lasky, Layla Lawlor, Carol Lay, A. David Lewis, Ellen Lindner, Mike Manley, Jason Martin, Laurenn McCubbin, Darren Merinuk, metaphrog, Tony Millionaire, Gray Morrow, Scott Morse, Jason Narvaez, Josh Neufeld, Phil Noto, Mike Avon Oeming, Peter Palmiotti, Ande Parks, Harvey Pekar, Chris Pitzer, Evan Quiring, Ted Rall, Andrew Ristaino, Alex Robinson, Harry Roland, David Roman, Gail Simone, Jeff Smith, Tommy Sommerville, Jen Sorensen, John Staton, Mark Stegbauer, Steve Stegelin, Eric Theriault, Robert Ullman, Neil Vokes, Lauren Weinstein, Mark Wheatley, Shannon Wheeler, Ashley Wood, and Meredith Yayanos.

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