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Issue: Heavy Metal Magazine #4
Publication Date: July 1980
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Issues: #4 of 330 Issues (552 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHeavy Metal
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: HM Communications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from some/all another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Invaders from Mars: Part II

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page with illustration spanning to next page/editorial page.
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...Forty...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial page with illustration spanning to previous page/contents page.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Comix
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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James Chance

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Muzick
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.33
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Flix
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): SF
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.33
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The Bilal Interview

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Progress!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From PILOTE
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 4
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Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHeavy Metal Special Editions v8 #2 published October 1994
as Romance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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No. 1: The Bewitching Yogurt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Mysteries of Eroticism
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From METAL HURLANT; L'Écho des savanes #13 ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Re. lettering credit: Since what little dialogue there is is gibberish, I'm assuming HM kept Moebius' original gibberish rather than translating it into English gibberish.
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The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer #[nn] published October 1991
In Issue: FlagThe Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer #[nn] published November 2010
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 6 of 10
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Nimbo Strata

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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A Message from the Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Little Tiny Comics #1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence is 3, 1/3 page sections on consecutive pages.
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Shore Leave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagMétal Hurlant #47 published January 1980
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 2; a.k.a. "Escale sur Pharagonescia"
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Special: Mystery Pictograph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Alchemist Supreme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 5
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Rock Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Sequence is 6, 2/3 page sections on consecutive pages.
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The Meridian Pilgrimage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "The late Julian Kernes" also credited, but nothing specific. Part 12 of 31
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The Cold Front

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "The late Julian Kernes" also credited, but nothing specific. Part 13 of 31
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Gun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Part 14 of 31
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The Rub

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Changes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Part 15 of 31
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A Seventies Retrospective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpécial USA #5 published December 1983
as Une rétrospective [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence is 3, 2/3 of a page sections on consecutive pages.
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Kraaoo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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2005

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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And the Children Play

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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