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Helen of Troy

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Genres: historical

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You've seen the movie! You've read the book! Now you can read the shirts!

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Feature(s): National Lampoon

First Line: What else? From the National Lampoon, one of the world's great hunters of your loose bucks...

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Notes: 1/3 page vertical column with fan letters from James E. Von Looy and Armand L.B. Christopherson.

Not every man can handle Metaxa.

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Feature(s): Metaxa Greek Liqueur

First Line: There's no easy way to describe the taste of Metaxa.

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Contents

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Notes: Table of contents, publisher credits and creator copyright credits.

The Best Comix from the Underground

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Feature(s): Krupp Giant Catalog

First Line: Here's your chance to pick up on some of the most amazing adult cartooning available.

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...Henceforth...

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: What's wrong with this picture?

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Notes: Editorial page with illustration and publisher subsidiary information.

The Cars

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Feature(s): The Cars

First Line: Top-down music in a hardtop world

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Sindbad in the Land of the Jinn

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): New Tales of the Arabian Nights

First Line: Hurry, Sindbad!

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Pages: 8

Notes: Part 6 of 14.

Over 300,000 People Will See This Magazine

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Feature(s): Baronet Publishing Company

First Line: Only 3,000 of them can buy these books.

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Notes: Mail order for "The Illustrated Harlan Ellison" and "The Stars My Destination".

Exterminator 17

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: Central Command is absolutely positive...at the exact moment when the master of the androids died...

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Notes: Part 2 of 6.

What Does It All Mean?

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First Line: Heavy Metal means a lot of things, but to most people, it is simply the most exciting, colorful, and unusual new magazine being published.

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Notes: Mail order subscription.

Orion: Chapter 8

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Genres: fantasy

First Line: Orion and Sprite have taken refuge in the musty laboratory cellars that house the great vapor machines.

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Notes: Part 8 of 9.

Do You Lust for a Higher Quality Stereo?

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Audio Magazine

First Line: If you're planning to spend your hard-earned bucks on expensive hi-fi gear...

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The Great Trap

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Genres: science fiction

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Notes: Illustration resembling a cover for the story "The Great Trap".

The Great Trap

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Captain Morris White

Character(s): Captain Morris White; Violetta; Doctor Aliptus; Jim; Mona; Colonel Lovecorn; Commander Storch

First Line: This hydrometric indicator is operational.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Part 1 of 4. Part 2 appears in the March 1979 issue.
However, title page shows: "The Spatial Adventures of M. White 4th Episode."

Time Machine

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Feature(s): 1979 Heavy Metal Calendar

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Gail

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Feature(s): Gail

First Line: Holy Mary of the Angels...just when the situation seems to be obviously improving in favor of the insurgents, outside the prison.

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Notes: Part 6 of 8.

When there is no more room in hell...the dead will walk the Earth

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Penciller(s): Photo by K. Kolbert

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Feature(s): Dawn of the Dead

First Line: In 1968 George A. Romero began a three film trilogy tracing the growth of a "Zombie" Society.

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Major Grubert and the Hermetically Sealed Garage of Jerry Cornelius

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Feature(s): The Airtight Garage Of Jerry Cornelius

First Line: The situation has deteriorated but it's only superficial...

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Notes: Part 16 of 32.

You Knew It Could Happen But You Didn't Know When.

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Feature(s): Empire

First Line: You knew how fantastic science fiction could be.

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Notes: Mail order promotional for Howard Chaykin's graphic novel "Empire".

Explorer Colony 6

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: This view of the Syrian Millennium starship bears little resemblance to any previously recorded.

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Off-Season

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First Line: You see anything?

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Pages: 8

Notes: Part 4 of 5.

Collector's Items

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Notes: Two page mail order advertisement for collectible back issues of Heavy Metal.

Empire

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Feature(s): Empire

First Line: The year is 6279.

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Pages: 20

Notes: Excerpt from the graphic novel.

Surgical Tactics

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Genres: horror

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6 From Heavy Metal

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Feature(s): Heavy Metal Books

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Heilman

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Heilman

First Line: As a young fan weeps at the idol's tomb, a pistol in his hand, Hellman, several feet below ground, tries in vain to revive his mortal remains..

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part 6 of 6.

Barbarella's Born Again!

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First Line: The first and finest of female fantasy adventurers takes on the toughest antagonists she's ever had to face...

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Notes: Mail order for "Barbarella: The Moon Child.

So Beautiful and So Dangerous: Episode II - The First Night After Touchdown on Earth

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: Cops!

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Notes: Part 2 of 8.

The Most Incredible T-Shirts in This Galaxy

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First Line: From Heavy Metal, naturally come the most beautiful T-shirts you will ever see or wear.

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How To Pick Up Girls! / How To Make Love to a Single Girl!

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Feature(s): Symphony Press

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May I Have a Cup of Dilithium Crystals, Please

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Genres: science fiction

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