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Issue: Heavy Metal Magazine #[4]
Publication Date: July 1977
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Issues: #[4] 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: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893658707
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
26 (13 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Sean Kelly; Valerie Marchant; Julie Simmons (associate)
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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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Arzach Rides Again

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover image that is a partial flipped image of a 2 page spread from the Harzakc story in this issue.
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Supertramp

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A&M Records & Tapes
First Line: "Even In The Quietest Moments..."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover advertisement for the first three recordings on LP by the group Supertramp.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ? (credited as Eds.)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: 1/3 page vertical column. Letters from Marty Reese, tucker Peteril and Vincent Tartaro.
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Not every man can handle Metaxa.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metaxa
First Line: There's no easy way to describe the taste of Metaxa.
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Vertical advertisement for Metaxa liqueur from Greece.
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Harzak

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Let's hear it for evolution!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Called "Harzak" in the table of contents but originally titled "Harzac"
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The heat!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents and credits page with partial panel image from the sequence "The Long Tomorrow" in this issue.
Includes creator registered properties and publisher credits for the entire magazine.
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Is putting together a J.R.R. Tolkien Jigsaw Puzzle Hobbit-Forming?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): J.R.R. Tolkien Jigsaw Puzzle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order for four available puzzles from Heavy Metal.
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...Yet...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Twenty-one pgs of this issue belong to Moebius, including cover.
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Introductory text. Includes publishing information indicia and runs vertically on the page to the left.
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The first three issue of Heavy Metal are collector's items!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Heavy Metal is the magazine that everybody is talking about, and the first tow issues of Heavy Metal are already almost impossible to find.
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Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Subscription advertisement running vertically on the right side of the "...YET..." page.
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Approaching Centauri

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Now hear this!...We are now entering hyper space.
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Pages: 6
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Den

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Den; Katherine Wells; Gel; The Queen
First Line: Upon stumbling into this bizarre world through the dimensional warp device, I had first encountered a native girl and her carnivorous dragon...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of 12.
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The Prince of Mist

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The trip was indeed over, and the craft burned silver blue.
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Pages: 4
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The National Lampoon Dares to Compare!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Lampoon
First Line: You subscribe to the National Lampoon, and we do the rest.
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Pages: 1
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World Apart

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Behold the visions you have seen, that which you have viewed, that which you now view.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 5.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): 1996
First Line: Idz been a long day ona louzy planet...
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Pages: 1
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Nep Simo

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Nep Simo
First Line: Nep Simo, a brain, a cold and effective machine, conceived and born in a secret lab, deep beneath the Alps...
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Pages: 10
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Brand-X Bonanza!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 21st Century Books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order catalog of books.
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Harzakc

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Harzach.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story entitled: "Harzakc" yet listed as "Harzak" as the title in the Table of Contents page.
First and only line of dialogue uses the spelling: "Harzach".
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Conquering Armies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Long ago, conquering armies set out to vanquish the world...
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Pages: 12
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Sunpot Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Sunpot
First Line: The huge throbbing Sunpot lays on Venus like a giant penis waiting for its anti-climatic withdrawal...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This 8 page feature is comprised of three parts: Chapter 5, Dr. Electric Starts Scoffing, and Chapter 6.
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The Illustrated Fantasy Magazine From France...You Won't Believe It!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: For the first time in this country, a fantasy magazine combining all the chilling, pulsating elements of your favorite horror stories and the best and sexiest sci-fi movies you've ever seen!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order chapter subscription form.
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The Golden Queen: A Border Ballad

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: fantasy
First Line: This whole place smells like shit!
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Pages: 6
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The Long Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: I'm a private eye...that day started out like all the others...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 2.
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Crossroads of the Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: science fiction
First Line: Good Gods that it should come to this!
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Pages: 7
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Harzack

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 2
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Empire's Blueprint for Better Listening...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Empire Phono Cartridge
First Line: No matter what system you own, a new Empire phono cartridge is certain to improve its performance.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.

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