(1979)
Heavy Metal,
1979 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 6.95 USD
- Pages
- 72
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HM Communications Inc.
- Brand
- Star
- ISBN
-
0-930368-47-9
- Editing
- Julie Simmons-Lynch (credited as Julie Simmons) (editor); Sheila Feldman (credited) (copy editor)
- Color
- Color
- Publishing Format
- Graphic Novel
Issue Notes
Swords of Heaven is an adult product featuring female nudity and is typical of the best Heavy Metal comics of its time period. Front and back covers on cardboard stock.
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John Daker, Eternal Champion / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (signed as
Chaykin) (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting) - Inks
- Howard Chaykin (signed as Chaykin) (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (signed as Chaykin) (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in The Michael Moorcock Library - Erekosë, The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell (Titan, 2018 series) (May 2018), (May 2018)
-
Introduction
John Daker, Eternal Champion / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Moorcock explains (in text only) how this story of the Eternal Champion came to be written.
The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell
John Daker, Eternal Champion / comic story / 64 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (credited) (conceived by); Howard Chaykin (credited as Howard V. Chaykin)
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting); Mimi Maxwell (credited) (painting, art assistance)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting); Mimi Maxwell (credited) (painting, art assistance)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (credited as Howard V. Chaykin) (painting); Mimi Maxwell (credited) (painting, art assistance)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A sword and sorcery tale of warring realms and a confused hero with a black blade.
- Reprints
-
in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #4 ([noviembre 1980]), #5 ([enero 1981]) -
in Fantastik (Campus Editions, 1981 series) #1 (février - mars 1981) [16 premières pages/First 16 pages], #2 (mars-avril 1981) - in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #6 ([marzo 1981])
- in Fantastik (Campus Editions, 1981 series) #3 (mai-juin 1981)
- in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #7 ([mayo 1981])
- in Fantastik (Campus Editions, 1981 series) #4 (juillet-août 1981), #5 (septembre-octobre 1981)
- in The Michael Moorcock Library - Erekosë, The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell (Titan, 2018 series) (May 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell was co-plotted and designed by Michael Moorcock and Howard V. Chaykin. At the time this was Moorcock's third Eternal Champion (John Daker) story--he has written several others since then.
[Back Cover]
John Daker, Eternal Champion / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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John Daker, Eternal Champion -
1.
Introduction
John Daker, Eternal Champion -
2.
The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell
John Daker, Eternal Champion -
3.
[Back Cover]
John Daker, Eternal Champion
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- mike clark
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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