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Issue Details

Issue V13#4
Published September 1989
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 3.95 USD
Pages 116
Editing Jullie Simmons-Lynch

Cover Details

Pencils Wayne Duford (painting)
Inks Wayne Duford (painting)
Colors Wayne Duford (painting)

1 page text article "Editorial"

Synopsis Heavy Metal artists choose their favourite science-fiction novels.
Script Julie Simmons-Lynch
Letters Typeset

28 page story "Opium"

Characters Ruben Plata; Blanca Clara; Acapulco Glup; Tontina; Sir Opium
Synopsis Opium releases hordes of mosquitos into the city.
Script Daniel Torres; Perez Navarro
Pencils Incha-Ramon Marcos
Inks Incha-Ramon Marcos
Reprinted From ?

13 page story "The Revenge"

Characters Janosz; Policeman; Ferko
Synopsis The past returns to haunt Janosz and Ferko.
Genre Horror
Script Hermann Huppen [as Hermann]
Pencils Hermann Huppen [as Hermann]
Inks Hermann Huppen [as Hermann]
Colors Hermann Huppen [as Hermann]
Notes The Catalan version features a different translation.
Reprinted In Abominations (Catalan Communications, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)

8 page story "Manuel Montano And The Case Of The Nudist Colony Rip-Off"

Characters Manuel Montano; Mimi; Janitor;
Genre Crime; drama; humor
Script Fernando Luna
Pencils Miguelanxo Prado
Inks Miguelanxo Prado
Colors Miguelanxo Prado
Notes This was originally published in Spain. The Heavy Metal credits page neglects to credit writer Fernando Luna.
Reprinted From ?

8 page story "Double Uh-Oh"

Characters Luther; Moses; Louella; Dr. Emil Flounder
Synopsis Luther and Moses are fused in a radioactive mishap.
Genre Humor; horror
Script Bob Fingerman
Pencils Bob Fingerman
Inks Bob Fingerman
Colors Bob Fingerman
Letters Bob Fingerman
Notes Fingerman would later re-work this story as the basis for his White Like She series from Dark Horse.

5 page story "Microcosmos"

Characters Narrator
Synopsis Ponderings on life and the soul.
Script Kenneth Smith
Pencils Kenneth Smith
Inks Kenneth Smith
Letters Kenneth Smith

1 page illustration "Forgotten Films"

Synopsis Faked film posters.
Genre Humor
Script Drew Friedman
Pencils Drew Friedman
Inks Drew Friedman
Letters Typeset
Reprinted In Warts And All (Penguin Books, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)

8 page story "Stratos"

Characters Vlad Holbein; Kid; Tania Larson; Moreno
Synopsis Holbein arrives in the city, but a lot of things have changed.
Genre Science-fiction
Script Miguelanxo Prado [as Miguelangel Prado]
Pencils Miguelanxo Prado [as Miguelangel Prado]
Inks Miguelanxo Prado [as Miguelangel Prado]

10 page story "Firebrand"

Synopsis A bullfighter defies the Mafia.
Genre Crime
Script Heriberto Muela [as Herikberto]
Pencils Heriberto Muela [as Herikberto]
Inks Heriberto Muela [as Herikberto]
Colors Heriberto Muela [as Herikberto]

4 page story "Ruins"

Synopsis An analogy between a relationship and a historical atrocity at an archeological site.
Script José Ma Beroy
Pencils José Ma Beroy
Inks José Ma Beroy
Colors José Ma Beroy

5 page story "Voodoo Queen And Demon Boy"

Characters Voodoo Queen; Demon Boy
Script Mark Pacella
Pencils Mark Pacella
Inks Mark Pacella
Colors Mark Pacella
Letters Mark Pacella

8 page Sebastian Holmes, Robot Detective story "Pillow Talk"

Characters Sebastian Holmes; Slim Jim Janus; Robot Maid; Eugene Goldberg
Synopsis Old crimes re-surface.
Script Angus McKie
Pencils Angus McKie
Inks Angus McKie
Colors Angus McKie
Letters Angus McKie