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Issue Details

Issue #v8#08
Published November 1984
Cover Price 2.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Julie Simmons-Lynch (Editor-in-Chief); Steven Maloff (Managing Editor); Lou Stathis (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Olivia De Berardinis (painted)
Inks Olivia De Berardinis (painted)
Colors Olivia De Berardinis (painted)

1 page illustration

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Lance Raichert
Inks Lance Raichert
Colors Martin Springett
Notes Contents page illustration

4 page Dossier text article "Nuvinyl"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Lou Stathis
Letters typeset

2 page Dossier text article "Tanith Lee"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Constance Ash
Letters typeset

1 page Dossier text article "Ruy Guerra"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Dan Yakir
Letters typeset

2 page Dossier text article "Filmstrip"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Lou Stathis; Steven Maloff
Letters typeset

3 page Dossier text article "Nahallywood"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Ed Naha
Pencils Joyce Rudolph (photography)
Inks Joyce Rudolph (photography)
Letters typeset

1 page Dossier text article "The Metal Projector"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Ed Naha; Steven Maloff
Pencils Dave Friedman (photography)
Inks Dave Friedman (photography)
Letters typeset

1 page Dossier text article "Hi-Tech Lowdown"

Genre Nonfiction
Script John Holmstrom
Letters typeset

16 page story "Triton"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Daniel Torres
Pencils Daniel Torres
Inks Daniel Torres
Colors Daniel Torres
Notes Part 1 of 4

1 page HM's Star Dissections story "The Incredible Shrinking Joe Franklin"

Genre Satire
Script Drew Friedman
Pencils Drew Friedman
Inks Drew Friedman
Letters Drew Friedman

8 page story "A Second Babel"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Joost Swarte
Pencils Joost Swarte
Inks Joost Swarte
Colors Joost Swarte

8 page story "The Great Passage"

Genre Fantasy
Script Jean Torton (as Jeronaton)
Pencils Jean Torton (as Jeronaton) (painted)
Inks Jean Torton (as Jeronaton) (painted)
Colors Jean Torton (as Jeronaton) (painted)
Notes Part 5 of 5

6 page story "The Hunting Party"

Genre Drama
Script Pierre Christin
Pencils Enki Bilal
Inks Enki Bilal
Colors Enki Bilal
Notes Part 6 of 10

9 page story "The Walls of Samaris"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Benoit Peeters
Pencils Francois Schuiten
Inks Francois Schuiten
Colors Francois Schuiten
Notes Part 1. 5 parts are presented, but the story is never completed in Heavy Metal.

5 page text article "The Most Moral Man in America: An Interview with John Waters"

Genre Nonfiction
Script Michael Simmons
Pencils Peter Hudson (photography)
Inks Peter Hudson (photography)
Letters typeset

8 page story "Lann"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Frank Thorne
Pencils Frank Thorne
Inks Frank Thorne
Colors Frank Thorne
Letters Frank Thorne
Notes Part 5

4 page story "I'm in Love with an Economist"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Elizabeth Salomon
Pencils Nicole Claveloux
Inks Nicole Claveloux
Reprinted From METAL HURLANT

1 page The Bus story

Genre Fantasy
Script Paul Kirchner
Pencils Paul Kirchner
Inks Paul Kirchner
Letters Paul Kirchner

8 page Tex Arcana story "Meets the Toast of Europe"

Genre Western; Horror
Script John Findley
Pencils John Findley
Inks John Findley
Letters John Findley
Notes Part 14 of 25

3 page story "Critical Mass of Cool"

Genre Fantasy
Script Paul Kirchner
Pencils Paul Kirchner
Inks Paul Kirchner
Letters Paul Kirchner

Cover Details

Pencils Al Voss
Inks Al Voss
Colors Al Voss