Heavy Metal Magazine
#v4#1
[Direct]
(April 1980)
Heavy Metal,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- adult
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HM Communications, Inc.
- Editing
- Ted White (editor); Julie Simmons-Lynch (credited as Julie Simmons) (executive editor); John Workman (art director)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
He Turned the Phindog to Stone
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Roberts (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Roberts (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Roberts (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
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Contents
credits, title page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Inks
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Colors
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Contents page with illustration spanning to next page/editorial page.
...Third Anniversary...
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.67 pages
- Script
- Ted White
- Pencils
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Inks
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Colors
- Clyde Caldwell (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Editorial with illustration spanning to previous page/contents page.
[no title indexed]
Sidebar / text article / 1.17 pages
- Script
- Norman Spinrad
- Pencils
- Chris Browne (illustration)
- Inks
- Chris Browne (illustration)
- Colors
- Chris Browne (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
[no title indexed]
Comix Int'l / text article / 2.33 pages
- Script
- Maurice Horn
- Pencils
- Guido Crepax (illustrations)
- Inks
- Guido Crepax (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Muzick / text article / 2.08 pages
- Script
- Lou Stathis
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Flix / text article / 2.67 pages
- Script
- Bhob Stewart
- Pencils
- Nino Carbe (illustrations)
- Inks
- Nino Carbe (illustrations)
- Colors
- Nino Carbe (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Champakou [1]
comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Jean Torton (credited as Jéronaton); ? (translation)
- Pencils
- Jean Torton (credited as Jéronaton) (painting)
- Inks
- Jean Torton (credited as Jéronaton) (painting)
- Colors
- Jean Torton (credited as Jéronaton) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Story set in the ancient Mayan civilization circa 1000 AD.
- Reprints
-
from Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #34 (octobre 1978), #35 (novembre 1978), #36 (décembre 1978), #37 (janvier 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 3.
Of Needle and Thread
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Enki Bilal; ? (translation)
- Pencils
- Enki Bilal
- Inks
- Enki Bilal
- Colors
- Enki Bilal
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Pilote Mensuel (Dargaud, 1974 series) #28 bis (Septembre 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #41 (juin 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 32 of 32.
The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer Chapter Three: Land Ho!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of 10.
The Beast of Wolfton [3]
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Creepy (Toutain Editor, 1979 series) #16 ([julio 1980]) which is reprinted -
in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #4/1984 ([augusti] 1984) -
in Werewolf (Catalan Communications, 1984 series) (1984) [The complete 25 page story was first published in black and white in Grim Wit (Rip Off Press, 1972 series) # 1 (1972). This reprinting is the color version that was first serialized in Heavy Metal Magazine #35-37.]
-
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of 3.
[no title indexed]
Dream Police / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Bill Gruber, he's new on the force.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; crime
Indexer Notes
Two half page sequences on consecutive pages.
Monsieur Glou Glou
comic story / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jacques Rochberny
- Pencils
- Jacques Rochberny
- Inks
- Jacques Rochberny
- Colors
- Jacques Rochberny
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Sequence on top third of page.
Sunday Night
comic story / 0.17 page
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Sequence on bottom sixth of the page.
Zooks! [6]
comic story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Sequence is 3 quarter page sections on consecutive pages.
- Reprints
- in Junkwaffel (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #1 (May 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 6 of 7.
Rock Opera
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Rod Kierkegaard (credited as Rod Kierkegaard Jr)
- Pencils
- Rod Kierkegaard (credited as Rod Kierkegaard Jr) (painting)
- Inks
- Rod Kierkegaard (credited as Rod Kierkegaard Jr) (painting)
- Colors
- Rod Kierkegaard (credited as Rod Kierkegaard Jr) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Sequence is 6, 2/3 of a page sections on 6 consecutive pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
He Turned the Phindog to Stone
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
...Third Anniversary...
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Chain Mail -
4.
[no title indexed]
Sidebar -
5.
[no title indexed]
SF -
6.
[no title indexed]
Comix Int'l -
7.
[no title indexed]
Muzick -
8.
[no title indexed]
Flix -
9.
Champakou [1]
-
10.
Of Needle and Thread
-
11.
[no title indexed]
The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius -
12.
The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer Chapter Three: Land Ho!
-
13.
The Beast of Wolfton [3]
-
14.
High Rise [5]
Changes -
15.
["This is Bill Gruber, he's new on the force."]
Dream Police -
16.
Monsieur Glou Glou
-
17.
Sunday Night
-
18.
Zooks! [6]
-
19.
Rock Opera
-
20.
November
Suburban Scenes -
21.
Perversity
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