The Heap ended in the 50's, but as one might expect from a moss-encrusted creature who rose out of the swamp from the bones of a long-dead World War I airman, it did not stay ended.
The Heap was revived by Skywald Comics, first in the black and white pages of Psycho magazine and later in pages of a self-titled off-beat full color one-shot. To see some delicious artwork by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito drawing the Heap Psycho check out this link and this one too. To get a look at Tom Sutton and Jack Abel in the color comic go here.
Many years later Eclipse comics revived Airboy and the Heap along with him. The mossy monster appeared in several issues of the comic, getting more than a few intriguing cover appearances.
Most recently Moonstone Publishing brought out a Heap comic, this one a modern revision of the classic character with a few more violent aspects to the storytelling. It didn't catch on and only lasted a single issue.
The Heap is dead of course, but as we see long live the Heap.
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