Issue Details

Issue	V3#4
Published	August 1979
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Sean Kelly; Valerie Marchant; Julie Simmons (managing)

Cover Details - "Tan, Don't Burn"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Mantxo Algora (painting /signed)
Inks	Mantxo Algora (painting /signed)
Colors	Mantxo Algora (painting /signed)

1 page credits "Contents"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Peter Goodfellow
Inks	Peter Goodfellow
Colors	Peter Goodfellow
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Table of Contents with background image.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "...Twenty-Nine..."

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Peter Tybus
Inks	Peter Tybus
Colors	Peter Tybus
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Introductory text with background illustration and indicia information.

1 page advertisement "Alien the Illustrated Story"

Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Walter Simonson
Inks	Walter Simonson
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for the Heavy Metal Books' "The Book of Alien" and "Alien: The Illustrated Story".

8 page story "Time Out: Opus"

Genre	Occult
Script	Val Mayerik
Pencils	Val Mayerik (painted)
Inks	Val Mayerik (painted)
Colors	Val Mayerik (painted)
Letters	Val Mayerik

1 page Heavy Metal advertisement "Let Us Transport You..."

Genre	Science Fiction
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for subscription to Heavy Metal Magazine with multiple illustrated panels from various issues.

9 page Space Adventures Of Morris White, The story "The Great Trap Part 4"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Denis Sire
Pencils	Denis Sire (signed)
Inks	Denis Sire

Half page Chain Mail letters page

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Letters of Comment with a single panel illustration from a past issue.

8 page story "Free Ways"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Lee Marrs
Pencils	Lee Marrs
Inks	Lee Marrs
Colors	Lee Marrs
Letters	Lee Marrs

5 page story "Shelter"

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

8 page text story "Starcrown Part VI"

Script	John Pocsik
Pencils	Bruce Jones Studio (photographs)
Inks	Bruce Jones Studio (photographs)
Colors	Bruce Jones Studio (photographs)
Letters	Typeset

1 page advertisement "Collector's Items"

Genre	Science Fiction
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for back issues of Heavy Metal Magazine.

2 page Galactic Geographic text story "A Meeting Of Civilizations"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Karl B. Kofoed
Pencils	Karl B. Kofoed (painting)
Inks	Karl B. Kofoed (painting)
Colors	Karl B. Kofoed (painting)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	1/3 page text and 1 2/3 page illustration.

2 page The Airtight Garage Of Jerry Cornelius story "Eng. Barnabus Prepares To Leave This World"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Jean Giraud [as Moeb]
Pencils	Jean Giraud [as Moebius] (signed)
Inks	Jean Giraud [as Moebius] (signed)

1 page story "Monsieur Glouglou"

Genre	Humor
Script	Jacques Rochberny
Pencils	Jacques Rochberny
Inks	Jacques Rochberny
Colors	Jacques Rochberny ?

2 page story "Zooks!"

Genre	Humor
Script	Vaughn Bode
Pencils	Vaughn Bode
Inks	Vaughn Bode
Notes	Sequence printed sideways.

6 page text story "Dragonworld"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Byron Preiss; J. Michael Reaves
Pencils	Joseph Zucker
Inks	Joseph Zucker
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Text story with illustrations.

3 page story "A Space Story"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Peter A. Kuper
Pencils	Peter A. Kuper
Inks	Peter A. Kuper
Letters	Peter A. Kuper

8 page story "New Ark City"

Genre	Occult
Script	Philippe Cazaumayou [as Caza]
Pencils	Philippe Cazaumayou [as Caza] (signed)
Inks	Philippe Cazaumayou [as Caza] (signed)

2 page story "The Mess of Fated Mess"

Genre	Humor
Script	Kenneth Smith
Pencils	Kenneth Smith (signed)
Inks	Kenneth Smith (signed)
Letters	Kenneth Smith
Notes	Dated 19 December 1978.

Half page The Bus story

Genre	Humor
Script	Paul Kirchner
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner
Letters	Paul Kirchner

4 page story "Caries"

Genre	Humor; Science Fiction
Script	Frank Margerin
Pencils	Frank Margerin
Inks	Frank Margerin
Letters	Frank Margerin

1 page story "Illostratos"

Genre	Occult
Script	Todd Klein
Pencils	Todd Klein
Inks	Todd Klein
Letters	Todd Klein
Notes	Sequence printed sideways.

8 page story "Sympathy for the Devil"

Genre	Occult
Script	Mick Jagger (lyrics); Keith Richards (lyrics); James Waley (adaptation); Gene Day (adaptation)
Pencils	Gene Day
Inks	Bill Payne
Colors	Martin Springett
Letters	Bill Payne

4 page story "Mama's Place"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Arthur Suydam
Pencils	Arthur Suydam
Inks	Arthur Suydam
Colors	Arthur Suydam
Letters	Arthur Suydam
Reprinted	in Best of Heavy Metal, The (HM Communications, Inc., 1982 series) #[nn]: in Demon Dreams (Pacific Comics, 1984 series) #2 (May 1984)

4 page story "Amber II"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Jim Starlin
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Jim Starlin
Notes	Amber I (copyright 1977) was in Epic Illustrated (Epic, 1980 series) #34 (February 1986). Amber III, a Starlin illustrated "This Old Man" poem, was in Elipse, The Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #1 (May 1981).

1 page advertisement "The Heavy Metal T-shirt. A knockout"

Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks	Gray Morrow
Colors	Gray Morrow
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for Heavy Metal T-shirts.

1 page illustration "Buz"

Pencils	Martin Springett
Inks	Martin Springett
Colors	Martin Springett
Notes	Image on back cover.