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  • Leander swimming the Hellespont towards Hero's light, with Eros guiding him. Engraving.
  • A steam-powered spinning disc known as the aeolipile, or Hero's engine. Gouache.
  • Leander and Hero; Iole and Hercules; Pan and Syrinx. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • For two kinds of cough, two kinds of treatment Piriex and Ethnine : "The Parting of Hero and Leander".
  • For two kinds of cough, two kinds of treatment Piriex and Ethnine : "The Parting of Hero and Leander".
  • Surgeon Hua T'o operating upon the war hero Juan Kung,
  • Death astride his horse is the hero of the battlefield. Etching.
  • The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
  • An actor as a Chinese hero wringing out his sleeve. Colour woodcut by Hokkei.
  • The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
  • A hero holding a banner aloft before a western cannon. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1875.
  • An actor as a princely hero by moonlight. Colour woodcut by Kuniharu, early 1860s.
  • Actor as the popular hero Shirai Gompachi under an umbrella. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1860.
  • An actor as a hero who grapples with two demons. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • An actor as a hero who emerges from a well. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • An actor as a hero with his gut torn open. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • In the story of the good & bad bacteria, here's one little hero : Yakult / [Yakult UK Ltd.].
  • In the story of the good & bad bacteria, here's one little hero : Yakult / [Yakult UK Ltd.].
  • Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • [Postcard sized card inviting nominations for the British Red Cross Society annual Humanitarian Citizen Awards, "Do you know a local hero?"].
  • A Persian hero (Iskandar?) on horseback, shoots an arrow at the simurgh (phoenix). Gouache painting by a Persian artist, ca. 1750(?).
  • An actor as a hero in armour, with an old woman and a boy. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoyo, early 1860s.
  • [Postcard sized card inviting nominations for the British Red Cross Society annual Humanitarian Citizen Awards, "Do you know a local hero?"].
  • A condom hiding the word 'come' representing an advertisment for the Maryland State AIDS hotline by HERO. Colour lithograph by Christopher Hayes, 1991.
  • A condom hiding the word 'come' representing an advertisment for the Maryland State AIDS hotline by HERO. Colour lithograph by Christopher Hayes, 1991.
  • Actors in conflict in the snow: Ichikawa Kodanji as the hero Asakura Tōgo, has thrown a ruffian assailant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • The dance of death: Death is seen as hero of the Revolution who passes his sword to the people. Woodcut by G.R. Steinbrecher after Alfred Rethel, 1848.
  • The dance of death: Death, seen riding his horse, leaves the city as the hero who equalised those who followed him blindly. Woodcut by Gaber after Alfred Rethel, 1848.
  • Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • Li'l Abner (American cartoon hero) telling his girl friend Daisy Mae that he is about to have a chest x-ray for tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after Al Capp, 195-.