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Issue: Heavy Metal Magazine #2
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #2 of 330 Issues (552 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHeavy Metal
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: HM Communications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893658705
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
28 (15 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Ted White
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 8 in. x 10.5 in.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: squarebound, later issues saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Fourteen Year Itch

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 2
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Contents

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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...Thirty-eight...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Comix
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Muzick
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Flix
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): SF
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Sidebar
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Pages: 1
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Champakou

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 3
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The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 0.5
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The Spirit of the Beast

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 8
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The Alchemist Supreme

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Story of a space wanderer's search for the woman of his dreams and God.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 5
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December

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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Suburban Scenes
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Pages: 4
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Sentinel

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gallery Section: New Books
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This and the next four "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?).
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Elfspire

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Gallery Section: New Books
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A Tolkien Bestiary

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Gallery Section: New Books
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The Studio

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Gallery Section: New Books
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Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future: The Man from Nowhere

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gallery Section: New Books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art by either Frank Hampson, Don Harley, or both, but it's not made clear.
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Way-Place Beyond the Screen

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
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Disclose Notes: Extended credits say, "Adapted from "Walker", a film by Tony Sciarra / With photo by the late Julian Kernes." Part 6 of 31
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Enossification

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Part 7 of 31
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...And Find Us

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Part 8 of 31
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Reptilangelo at Work

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Genres: fantasy
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[untitled]

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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Dream Police!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two quarter page sequences on consecutive pages.
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Rock Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 4
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First Love

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Genres: fantasy
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[untitled]

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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Dream Police!
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Only the Plitch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 10

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