Van Hise's first published works were in the ranks of
fandom. He (along with Larry Bigman) wrote the
Al Williamson Collector column for
RBCC in the early 1970s. In 1974, Van Hise became editor and publisher of
RBCC. He introduced new features and columns to the zine, freshening its aesthetic for new audiences. He and
Don Rosa (another
RBCC contributor) produced the 1976 Omnicon
comic convention, held in
Louisville, Kentucky, in July 1976; guests included
Frank Brunner,
DeForest Kelley, and
Michael Kaluta. Around 1981, Van Hise hooked up with brothers Jack and
Hal Schuster, who a year earlier had established
New Media Publishing (NMP), hired a staff (which included
Carol Kalish,
Richard Howell, and
Peter B. Gillis), and announced a slate of new hobbyist publications. Van Hise joined NMP as a writer and editor, with part of the deal being NMP's taking over the publication of ''Rocket's Blast Comicollector
. NMP soon became notorious for missing publication deadlines, however, and RBCC
fell victim as well, only putting out three issues in the period 1981 to 1983 before it was cancelled. While with NMP, Van Hise edited Enterprise Incidents
, an influential Star Trek'' fanzine. He published
The Art of Al Williamson with
Blue Dolphin Enterprises (the owner of
Pacific Comics), in 1983, and was given an
Inkpot Award at the 1983
San Diego Comic-Con. Beginning in late 1984 NMP published
Monsterland, the follow-up to
Forrest J Ackerman's
Famous Monsters of Filmland, and when NMP went defunct in 1985, the Schuster Brothers started up a number of other publishing entities — one of which, Movieland Publishing, continued
Monsterland. Van Hise was editor of
Monsterland from 1986 to 1987. During that same period Van Hise wrote a number of issues of
Files Magazine, also published by Schuster's Psi Fi Movie Press, which focused "on comic characters, TV shows, rock groups, or movies, mixing text pieces with photos or drawings." Van Hise wrote stories for comic books in the period 1988 to 1994. From 1988 to 1992 he wrote for
NOW Comics' line of licensed titles, including
The Real Ghostbusters,
Fright Night, and
Tales of the Green Hornet. From 1989 to 1995, Van Hise published eleven books with Schuster's
Pioneer Books, on such topics as
Batmania,
The Shadow, the
Lone Ranger, the
Green Hornet, dinosaur movies, and the
Star Trek franchise. In 2002–2003, Van Hise temporarily revived ''
Rocket's Blast Comicollector'', publishing four issues out of a new headquarters in
Yucca Valley, California. == Bibliography ==