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Issue Details

Issue V1#13
Published April 1978
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Sean Kelly; Valerie Marchant
Notes The issue number isn't a mistake; Vol. I did have thirteen issues for some reason, or possibly for no reason at all. Vol. II runs 12 issues and Vol. 3 has 11 to get things back on track.

Cover Details

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Robert Morello (painted)
Inks Robert Morello (painted)
Colors Robert Morello (painted)

8 page Den story "Den's Farewell"

Genre Fantasy
Script Richard Corben
Pencils Richard Corben (painted)
Inks Richard Corben (painted)
Colors Richard Corben (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes Epilogue to the first story.
Reprinted in Best of Heavy Metal, The (HM Communications, Inc., 1982 series) #[nn]; in Tung metall (Epix, 1986 series) #12/1986

2 page The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius story

Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Pencils Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Notes Part 9 of 32
Reprinted From METAL HURLANT

11 page story "Urm the Mad"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Philippe Druillet
Pencils Philippe Druillet
Inks Philippe Druillet
Colors Philippe Druillet
Notes Part 3 of 4

5 page story "1996"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Chantal Montellier
Pencils Chantal Montellier
Inks Chantal Montellier
Notes Part 3 of 6
Reprinted From METAL HURLANT

10 page story "City of Flowers"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Philippe Druillet
Pencils Picotto
Inks Picotto
Colors Picotto
Reprinted in Best of Heavy Metal, The (HM Communications, Inc., 1982 series) #[nn]

2 page The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius story

Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Pencils Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Notes Part 10 of 32
Reprinted From METAL HURLANT

2 page story "Kierkimos Toxis"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Karl B. Kofoed
Pencils Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Inks Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Colors Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Letters typeset

8 page Orion story "Orion (Chapter II)"

Genre Fantasy
Script Gray Morrow
Pencils Gray Morrow
Inks Gray Morrow
Colors Gray Morrow
Letters Gray Morrow
Notes Part 2 of 9

1 page Paradise 9 foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Manoeuvre
Letters typeset
Notes "Paradise 9 Magazine" is a joke simultaneously published in the U.S. and France. The story has the HM staff going to Paradise 9, home planet of contributor Zha, on a press junket. Several short stories by various contributors give their impressions.

2 page Paradise 9 story "Departure"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Manoeuvre
Pencils Sergio Macedo
Inks Sergio Macedo

3 page Paradise 9 story

Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Manoeuvre
Pencils Nicole Claveloux
Inks Nicole Claveloux

2 page Paradise 9 story "Aedipios"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Manoeuvre

3 page Paradise 9 story

Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Manoeuvre
Pencils Serge Clerc
Inks Serge Clerc

3 page Paradise 9 story "Genesis"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Dominique He
Pencils Dominique He
Inks Dominique He

2 page Paradise 9 story "The Flora of Paradise 9"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Pencils Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks Jean Giraud [as Moebius]

1 page Paradise 9 text article "Paradise 9 Magazine"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Sean Kelly
Pencils Denis Sire
Inks Denis Sire
Notes Piece by one of HM's editors explains the scenario.

2 page Paradise 9 illustration "The Ruins of Supiliouluma"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean-Claude Gal
Pencils Jean-Claude Gal
Inks Jean-Claude Gal

3 page Paradise 9 story

Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean-Pierre Dionnet
Pencils Jean-Louis Trip
Inks Jean-Louis Trip

1 page Paradise 9 story "9661"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Chantal Montellier
Pencils Chantal Montellier
Inks Chantal Montellier

2 page Paradise 9 story "A Brief History Of Its Natives"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Akbar Del Piombo
Pencils Norman Rubington (collages)
Inks Norman Rubington (collages)
Letters typeset

4 page Paradise 9 story "Macaberesque"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Ed Davis
Pencils Ed Davis
Inks Ed Davis
Colors Ed Davis
Notes Color consists of spots of red for a butterfly, blood, a book, some apples and a machine gun.

8 page Barbarella story "Barbarella"

Characters Barbarella
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jean-Claude Forest
Pencils Jean-Claude Forest
Inks Jean-Claude Forest
Colors Jean-Claude Forest
Notes Part 3 of 6

1 page illustration

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Rick Bryant (painted)
Inks Rick Bryant (painted)
Colors Rick Bryant (painted)
Notes Image on back cover.