Literature and Published Works
- Heroic Age (literary theory) postulated by some scholars of oral and traditional literature, as a stage in the development of human societies likely to give rise to legends about heroic deeds
- Heroic Age (anime), short-running anime in 2007 by XEBEC
- Heroic Age (comics), a Marvel Comics storyline which began in 2010
- The Heroic Age (journal), an academic journal published since 1999 and dedicated to Northwestern Europe during the early medieval period, from the early 4th through 13th centuries
- The Heroic Age of American Invention, 1961 children's science book
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