THE UNCANNY DAVE COCKRUM TRIBUTE includes a parade of industry legends who have donated unpublished art and new writings to help the ailing comics legend behind DC's Legion of Superheroes and the revamped Uncanny X-Men (first seen in GIANT-SIZED X-MEN #1). In addition to Alan Moore, contributors include Neal Adams, Bob Almond, Murphy Anderson, Sergio Aragones, Terry Austin, Dick Ayers, Mark Bagley, Charles Barnett, Al Bigley, David Boswell, Rich Buckler, Travis Charist, Chris Claremont, Gene Colan, Peter David, Alan Davis, Diane Duane, Harlan Ellison, Steve Englehart, Mark Evanier, Neil Gaiman, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Tony Isabella, Dan Jurgens, Sam Keith, Bill Messner-Loebs, Steve Lieber, Stan Lee, Pablo Marcus, Bob McLeod, Jerry Ordway, Tom Palmer, Mike Pascale, George Perez, John Romita, Joe Rubinstein, Marie Severin, Dave Sim, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Mark Texeira, Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Sal Velluto, Lee Weeks, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Dave Gibbons, Randy Bowen, Michael Kaluta, Gabrielle Della'otto, and Kia Asamiya. While Cockrum's condition has
improved somewhat, he is still hospitalized at press time with neither income, medical insurance, nor royalties from the characters he created. He is being cared for at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital in New York.