During its first year it released 3 issues, typically around four pages long.

The publisher released four magazine-sized, black and white issues starting in September, 1987.

Metal Forces released seventy-two issues and ceased publication in 1992.

After releasing 49 issues it ceased publication in the spring of 2001.

The paper released twenty issues over the course of its three-year existence.

The Coat of Arms releases eight issues in a year.

Gold Key began publishing a comic version in 1969, releasing eight issues through 1971.

In 2010, the magazine released two issues in May and October.

Most of these magazines release 2-4 issues per year and range in price from $20-$79 depending on the magazine.

The company plans to release two more issues of the magazine this year before going quarterly in 2006.