Heavy Metal Magazine
#v5#2
[Newsstand]
(May 1981)
Heavy Metal,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HM Communications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0709893658705
- Editing
- Leonard Mogel; Julie Simmons (executive)
Issue Notes
UPC/EAN as printed is missing a 2 before the last two digits. This occurs on early HMs until about 1987.
This issue is a variant of Heavy Metal Magazine (Heavy Metal, 1977 series) #v5#2 [Direct].
This issue is a variant of Heavy Metal Magazine (Heavy Metal, 1977 series) #v5#2 [Direct].
Enter Adam
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Enrich Torres (painting)
- Inks
- Enrich Torres (painting)
- Colors
- Enrich Torres (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
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Contents
credits, title page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Contents page with illustration spanning to next page.
Immortality
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- William S. Burroughs
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Text article with illustrations.
Editorial
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.666 page
Indexer Notes
Editorial text with illustration.
Bloodstar
comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Robert E. Howard (original story); John Pocsik (adaptation); John Jakes (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Richard Corben
- Inks
- Richard Corben
- Colors
- Richard Corben ?
- Letters
- Richard Corben ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
-
from Bloodstar (Ariel Books, 1979 series) (September 1979) [colored] -
in Bloodstar (Volksverlag, 1981 series) (1981) [Page 9-16], (1981) [Page 1-8]
-
Pillars Of P-11507
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Spécial USA (Edition des Savanes, 1983 series) #7 (avril 1984) -
in Zona 84 (Toutain Editor, 1984 series) #3 (agosto? 1984)
-
The Immortals' Fete
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Enki Bilal (signed)
- Pencils
- Enki Bilal (signed)
- Inks
- Enki Bilal
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Heavy Metal Collector's Items
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Grass Green (signed)
- Inks
- Grass Green
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for back issues and vinyl binders for Heavy Metal Magazine.
Dax Prometheus (Part 1)
Cody Starbuck / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Howard Chaykin
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #25 (diciembre 1982) which is reprinted
- in Zona 84 (Toutain Editor, 1984 series) #95 ([abril 1992])
- in Spécial USA (Edition des Savanes, 1983 series) #2 (mai 1983)
-
The Maker: Dzintars Mezulis
Gallery / text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Brad Balfour
- Pencils
- Dzintars Mezulis
- Inks
- Dzintars Mezulis
- Colors
- Dzintars Mezulis
- Letters
- typeset
Heavy Metal Bookself
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for books from Heavy Metal Books.
Last-Minute Butterflies or ...In Den Garten Pharaos'
Changes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
Reflection
Valentina / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Guido Crepax
- Pencils
- Guido Crepax (signed / dated 1974)
- Inks
- Guido Crepax
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Background of pages is bluish grey color.
[Heavy Metal T-Shirt]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for t-shirts from Heavy Metal.
The Toll Bridge
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Arthur Suydam; Joe Koch
- Pencils
- Arthur Suydam (signed / dated 1979)
- Inks
- Arthur Suydam
- Colors
- Arthur Suydam
- Letters
- Arthur Suydam
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Rock Opera / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Rod Kierkegaard
- Pencils
- Rod Kierkegaard
- Inks
- Rod Kierkegaard
- Colors
- Rod Kierkegaard
- Letters
- Rod Kierkegaard
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- President Kennedy once said...
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
[no title indexed]
The Bus / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- in Zona 84 (Toutain Editor, 1984 series) #56 ([enero 1989])
-
[Heavy Metal Magazine]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Chris Achilleos (painting)
- Inks
- Chris Achilleos (painting)
- Colors
- Chris Achilleos (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for subscription to Heavy Metal Magazine.
Cody Starbuck
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Howard Chaykin (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Image on back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Enter Adam
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
Immortality
-
3.
Editorial
-
4.
Chain Mail
Chain Mail -
5.
Bloodstar
-
6.
Tex Arcana (Part Three)
-
7.
Pillars Of P-11507
-
8.
The Immortals' Fete
-
9.
Heavy Metal Collector's Items
-
10.
Dax Prometheus (Part 1)
Cody Starbuck -
11.
The Maker: Dzintars Mezulis
Gallery -
12.
Heavy Metal Bookself
-
13.
Audition
Changes -
14.
Take: 2
-
15.
Last-Minute Butterflies or ...In Den Garten Pharaos'
Changes -
16.
1:09
-
17.
Reflection
Valentina -
18.
[Heavy Metal T-Shirt]
-
19.
The Toll Bridge
-
20.
["President Kennedy once said..."]
Rock Opera -
21.
[no title indexed]
The Bus -
22.
[Heavy Metal Magazine]
-
23.
Cody Starbuck
This issue was modified by
- mcomics
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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