Heavy Metal Magazine #v2#4 [Newsstand]
(August 1978)

Heavy Metal, 1977 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.50 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
HM Communications Inc.
Barcode
0709893658708
Editing
Sean Kelly; Valerie Marchant

Issue Notes

Barcode is printed backwards.
This issue is a variant of Heavy Metal Magazine (Heavy Metal, 1977 series) #v2#4 [Direct].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Clyde Caldwell (painting)
Inks
Clyde Caldwell (painting)
Colors
Clyde Caldwell (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

...Moreover... (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jean Vern (illustration)
Inks
Jean Vern (illustration)
Colors
Jean Vern (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Editorial page with illustration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Moebius
Pencils
Moebius
Inks
Moebius
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was the beginning of winter on Dpem
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Sindbad in the Land of the Jinn (Table of Contents: 3)

New Tales of the Arabian Nights / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jan Strnad
Pencils
Richard Corben (painting)
Inks
Richard Corben (painting)
Colors
Richard Corben (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 14.

Major Grubert's Adventure (Table of Contents: 4)

The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Moebius
Pencils
Moebius
Inks
Moebius
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints
  • From METAL HURLANT

Indexer Notes

Part 13 of 32. Part 12 appears in the June 1978 issue.

Mission on Saturn! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
René Pétillon
Pencils
René Pétillon
Inks
René Pétillon
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Gail (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Philippe Druillet
Pencils
Philippe Druillet
Inks
Philippe Druillet
Colors
Philippe Druillet
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 8.

Off-Season (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Zha
Pencils
Nicole Claveloux
Inks
Nicole Claveloux
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 5.

Orion (Table of Contents: 8)

Orion / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gray Morrow
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Colors
Gray Morrow
Letters
Gray Morrow

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Orion
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 5 of 9.

Georgik (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Georgik
Pencils
Georgik
Inks
Georgik
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Rochberny (Table of Contents: 10)

filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Jacques Rochberny
Pencils
Jacques Rochberny
Inks
Jacques Rochberny
Colors
Jacques Rochberny
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Title from Table of Contents. One-third of the page vertically.
Rest of page is ad (with previous page) for issues of Heavy Metal Magazine.

New Evidence of Life in the Void (Table of Contents: 11)

Galactic Geographic / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Karl Kofoed
Pencils
Karl Kofoed (painted)
Inks
Karl Kofoed (painted)
Colors
Karl Kofoed (painted)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Only Connect: A Sequence (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Claude Lacroix
Pencils
Claude Lacroix
Inks
Claude Lacroix
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

More Than Human (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Theodore Sturgeon (original); Doug Moench (adaptation)
Pencils
Alex Niño
Inks
Alex Niño
Colors
Alex Niño
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3.

Heilman (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Alain Voss
Pencils
Alain Voss
Inks
Alain Voss
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 6.

Peaceful in the Country (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dominique Vallet
Pencils
Dominique Vallet
Inks
Dominique Vallet
Colors
Dominique Vallet
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Somewhere, Sometime (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Workman
Pencils
John Workman
Inks
John Workman
Colors
John Workman
Letters
John Workman

Genre
science fiction

Planet of Terror (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Paul La Montellerie
Pencils
Caza
Inks
Caza
Colors
Caza
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Age of Ages (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Rubington
Pencils
Norman Rubington (collages)
Inks
Norman Rubington (collages)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Last appearance was in the March 1978 issue. I think this is still the same continuing story despite "The End" on the last two chapters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michel Gueranger
Inks
Michel Gueranger
Colors
Michel Gueranger

Indexer Notes

Image on back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ...Moreover...
  3. 2. ["It was the beginning of winter on Dpem"]
  4. 3. Sindbad in the Land of the Jinn
    New Tales of the Arabian Nights
  5. 4. Major Grubert's Adventure
    The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius
  6. 5. Mission on Saturn!
  7. 6. Gail
  8. 7. Off-Season
  9. 8. Orion
    Orion
  10. 9. Georgik
  11. 10. Rochberny
  12. 11. New Evidence of Life in the Void
    Galactic Geographic
  13. 12. Only Connect: A Sequence
  14. 13. More Than Human
  15. 14. Heilman
  16. 15. Peaceful in the Country
  17. 16. Somewhere, Sometime
  18. 17. Planet of Terror
  19. 18. Age of Ages
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Jonathan E.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Thomas Johnson