***Special Variant cover edition***It has been two years since our heroes last banded together to fight the menace of the Blue Hun. Now another threat to the world is on the rise. Sea King receives an urgent message from King Neptune in Atlantis. He and some of the others come to his aid while Dan Urich and the rest of the group venture to the Island of Vipralia to conduct a business deal. They are unaware of the dangers they will encounter there. Meanwhile, back at the Cincinnati, Ohio office of the Urich Foundation another superhero emerges. Who is The Sword? The answer can be found in the pages of Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack.

Rick L. Phillips was born in Covington, Kentucky to Louis and Margaret Phillips. He received a BA in Radio, Television and Film Communications from Northern Kentucky University. He is an announcer and voice actor and his agent is the Heyman Talent Agency in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. His first professional story was a short story titled "War Between Two Worlds" published in the book "It's That Time Again Volume 3". It was edited by the late, great writer and editor Jim Harmon. His next book that was published was a children's book. It was his creation called "Dinky the Elf". He is the author of the mystery "Last Train to Murder", the superhero series "Project: Hero" and wrote short stories for as well as conceived and edited the book "With Great Power" which follows the first Spider-Man story from 1962 to present and tells how it influenced the lives of each of its owners. Profits from With Great Power go to charity. Currently he is working on a new mystery novel as well having just published the second in the Project: Hero series, Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack. Both of his parents were Sunday School Teachers and his father was a Deacon in his church. Rick is also a Christian. He was a Sunday School Teacher for 3 years and is active in the church choir and has sang solos and as part of a group at other churches. Like his Father he is now a Deacon in the church. He lives in Kentucky with his wife Violet. Steve Skeates began his career as a writer for Charlton, Marvel and DC Comics. At DC he worked on books like the Hawk and Dove, Aquaman and Plop. His stories were illustrated by some of the greatest artist in the comic book industry like Steve Ditko and Jim Aparo. After a brief time away from the industry he came back and anonymously wrote the Generic Comic Book in 1984. He also wrote Spider-Ham for Marvel comics and then he pursued a brief career as a reporter, wrote and drew comic strips for newspapers, and co-wrote a episodes of Transformers, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and Jem.He has since returned to writing comics for independent publishers. He is also gaining a reputation for his artwork. With this variant edition of Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack, Mr. Skeates has done his first cover art for a book.