Heavy Metal Magazine #v3#9 [Direct]
(January 1980)

Heavy Metal, 1977 Series
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Volume
3
Price
1.50 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
HM Communications Inc.
Editing
Ted White (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue introduces as regular features several short text articles on movies, comics, science fiction, & music. These share pages both with each other and other features, so the page count totals are estimates.
This issue has variants:

"Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Punchatz (painting)
Inks
Don Punchatz (painting)
Colors
Don Punchatz (painting)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Picture split between front and back covers. It is not a wrap-around image.

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta
Colors
Michael Wm. Kaluta

Indexer Notes

Contents page with illustration spanning to next page/editorial page.

...Thirty-four... (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta
Colors
Michael Wm. Kaluta
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial text with illustration spanning previous page/contents page.

Eno (Table of Contents: 3)

Muzick / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lou Stathis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Multimedia Album (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ted White
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Comix / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Kinney
Pencils
Robert Crumb
Inks
Robert Crumb
Colors
Robert Crumb
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

SF / text article / 2.33 pages (report information)

Script
Steven Patrick Brown
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Flix / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bhob Stewart
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of a Stephen King interview. Art is the paperback cover for The Stand.

The Story of Rowlf (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Corben
Pencils
Richard Corben
Inks
Richard Corben
Colors
Richard Corben
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3

The Pause That Refreshes (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Val Mayerik
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Womb with a View (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Steffan
Pencils
Dan Steffan
Inks
Dan Steffan
Letters
Dan Steffan

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Exit/In (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Neal McPheeters
Pencils
Neal McPheeters (painting)
Inks
Neal McPheeters (painting)
Colors
Neal McPheeters (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Paradise Lost (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jean-Yves Mitton; Terry Lindall (adaptation)
Pencils
Terry Lindall (painting)
Inks
Terry Lindall (painting)
Colors
Terry Lindall (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Beginning a serialized adaptation of the Milton novel. No part 2 has appeared yet.

Space Race 3000 (Table of Contents: 13)

Stellar Journals / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction

Zooks! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Vaughn Bodé
Pencils
Vaughn Bodé
Inks
Vaughn Bodé
Colors
Mark Bodé
Letters
Vaughn Bodé

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 7. Part 5 is in the March issue. Printed sideways.

The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell (Table of Contents: 15)

Gallery Section: New Books / illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Chaykin
Pencils
Howard Chaykin (painting)
Inks
Howard Chaykin (painting)
Colors
Howard Chaykin (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

This and the next two "features" are actually the component parts of a single feature displaying artwork from three forthcoming books (divided for indexing clarity). Writing credits are for feature scripts; they also carry editorial comments (by White?).

1941, the Illustrated Story (Table of Contents: 16)

Gallery Section: New Books / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Allan Asherman
Pencils
Rick Veitch; Stephen R. Bissette
Inks
Rick Veitch; Stephen R. Bissette
Colors
Rick Veitch; Stephen R. Bissette
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Colorvision (Table of Contents: 17)

Gallery Section: New Books / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ron Cobb (painting)
Inks
Ron Cobb (painting)
Colors
Ron Cobb (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Food for the Children (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Arthur Suydam
Pencils
Arthur Suydam (painting)
Inks
Arthur Suydam (painting)
Colors
Arthur Suydam (painting)
Letters
Arthur Suydam

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprinted version is without last 2 story pages.

Alien Comix Presents: (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Veitch
Pencils
Rick Veitch
Inks
Rick Veitch
Letters
Rick Veitch

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Trey Aven
Pencils
Stephen Hill
Inks
Stephen Hill
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

The Bus (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Paul Kirchner
Inks
Paul Kirchner
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Wide Awake (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Stiles
Pencils
Steve Stiles
Inks
Steve Stiles
Letters
Steve Stiles

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Two half pages on two adjoining pages.

Rock Opera (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script
Rod Kierkegaard
Pencils
Rod Kierkegaard
Inks
Rod Kierkegaard
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Long serialized feature that runs through 12/85 (the final monthly issue, and it probably ended only for that reason). Two, 2/3 adjoining pages.

The Bus (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Paul Kirchner
Inks
Paul Kirchner
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Hive (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Paul Kirchner
Inks
Paul Kirchner
Colors
Paul Kirchner
Letters
Paul Kirchner

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

"Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (Table of Contents: 26)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Punchatz (painting)
Inks
Don Punchatz (painting)
Colors
Don Punchatz (painting)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Second half of image from front cover with a list of this issue's contents.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. ...Thirty-four...
  4. 3. Eno
    Muzick
  5. 4. The Multimedia Album
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Comix
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    SF
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Flix
  9. 8. The Story of Rowlf
  10. 9. The Pause That Refreshes
  11. 10. Womb with a View
  12. 11. Exit/In
  13. 12. Paradise Lost
  14. 13. Space Race 3000
    Stellar Journals
  15. 14. Zooks!
  16. 15. The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell
    Gallery Section: New Books
  17. 16. 1941, the Illustrated Story
    Gallery Section: New Books
  18. 17. Colorvision
    Gallery Section: New Books
  19. 18. Food for the Children
  20. 19. Alien Comix Presents:
  21. 20. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
  22. 21. The Bus
  23. 22. Wide Awake
  24. 23. Rock Opera
  25. 24. The Bus
  26. 25. Hive
  27. 26. "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • chris bonham
  • Peter Croome
  • Jonathan E.
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Van der V. Kevin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore