Issue Details

Issue	V5#6
Published	September 1981
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	2.00 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Leonard Mogel; Julie Simmons-Lynch (executive)

Cover Details - "Taarna"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Inks	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Colors	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Heavy Metal T-Shirt"

Pencils	Arthur Suydam
Inks	Arthur Suydam
Colors	Arthur Suydam
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Advertisement for T-shirts from Heavy Metal Magazine.

2 page credits "Contents"

Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	John Totleben (signed)
Inks	John Totleben
Colors	John Totleben
Notes	Contents pages with illustration spanning both pages.

Half page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Editorial"

Script	Brad Balfour
Letters	Typeset

Half page letters page "Chain Mail"

Script	Richard Corben
Letters	Typeset

8 page Den II story "Muvovum"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Richard Corben
Pencils	Richard Corben
Inks	Richard Corben
Colors	Richard Corben
Letters	Richard Corben

8 page story "The Immortals' Fete"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Enki Bilal
Pencils	Enki Bilal
Inks	Enki Bilal

10 page story "Infantrymen! Infantrymen!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Juan Gimenez (signed)
Pencils	Juan Gimenez (signed)
Inks	Juan Gimenez (signed)

10 page Cody Starbuck story "Dax Prometheus (Part 5)"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Howard Chaykin
Pencils	Howard Chaykin (painting)
Inks	Howard Chaykin (painting)
Colors	Howard Chaykin (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Heavy Metal Magazine"

Pencils	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Inks	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Colors	Chris Achilleos (painting)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Advertisement for a subscription to Heavy Metal Magazine.

5 page story "Outland"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Peter Hyams (original story); Jim Steranko (adaptation)
Pencils	Jim Steranko
Inks	Jim Steranko
Colors	Jim Steranko ?
Letters	Jim Steranko ?

1 page I'm Age story "He made this stuff on the wall"

Genre	humor
Script	Jeffrey Jones
Pencils	Jeffrey Jones
Inks	Jeffrey Jones
Letters	Jeffrey Jones

14 page story "The Eye of the Goddess Isliah"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Jaime Brocal Remohi (signed)
Pencils	Jaime Brocal Remohi (signed)
Inks	Jaime Brocal Remohi (signed)

2 page text article "The Curse Of The Hobbit"

Script	Charles Platt
Letters	Typeset

6 page story "Tex Arcana (Part 6)"

Genre	Horror
Script	John Findley
Pencils	John Findley (signed)
Inks	John Findley
Letters	John Findley

4 page text article "The Shape Of Rage: Filming The New Mythology"

Script	Timothy R. Lucus
Letters	Typeset

3 page story "Born Again"

Genre	humor
Script	Neal McPheeters
Pencils	Neal McPheeters
Inks	Neal McPheeters
Letters	Neal McPheeters

10 page story "Judgment Day"

Genre	Horror
Script	Dick Matena
Pencils	Dick Matena
Inks	Dick Matena

2 page Dossier text article

Script	Daphne Davis; Lou Stathis; Philip Jose Farmer; Robert Anton Wilson
Colors	B & W
Letters	Typeset

4 page Rock Opera story "The Miss Moral America Pageant"

Genre	satire
Script	Rod Kierkegaard
Pencils	Rod Kierkegaard
Inks	Rod Kierkegaard
Colors	Rod Kierkegaard
Letters	Rod Kierkegaard

Half page story "The Bus"

Genre	humor
Script	Paul Kirchner
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner
Letters	Paul Kirchner

1 page illustration "So Beautiful and So Dangerous"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Angus McKie
Inks	Angus McKie
Colors	Angus McKie
Notes	Image on back cover.