V25.6 Heavy Metal - JAN 2002

STAN & VINCE RETURN WITH A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Cover - Oscar Chichoni
p.03 - "Publishers Note" - Kevin Eastman and The Staff Of Heavy Metal
p.03 - "Letters To The Editor"
p.05-08 - "Gallery: Myke Maldonado's Dreamland Creations"
p.10-11 - "Dossier: Tripping The Dark Fantastic: The Brom Interview" - Steven C. Ringgenberg
p.11 - "Dossier: In Memorium: Another EC Great Gone" - Steven C. Ringgenberg
p.14-15 - "Galactic Geographic: Fungi Gardens Of Kier'ki'mos'2b" - Karl Kofoed
p.18-25 - "Hell Bus" - Carlo Bocchio
p.27-30 - "Genesis" - Roberto Ricci
p.32-56, 107-127 - "The Bomb" - Stan Manoukian, Vince Roucher, Benoît Delépine, and Walter Pezzali
p.58-65 - "Fistful Of Blood" - Simon Bisley and Kevin Eastman
p.64.5 - "Tip-In Series No. 3: 2000 Questions" - Luis Royo
p.67-72 - "The rEvolution" - Matt Marsilia and Beth Sotelo
p.76 - "A Lesson In Female Sexual Anatomy" - Jacky Goupil and Walter
p.77 - "A Lesson In Male Sexual Anatomy" - Jacky Goupil and Walter
p.79-81 - "Joe In The Future" - Horatio Weisfeld, Peter Koch, Trevor Von Eeden, Laurie Smith, and George Freeman
p.82-99 - "Demon Wind: Night Wings" - Alfonso Azpiri and Lovern Kindzierski
p.102-105 - "The Last Halloween" - Didier "Cromwell" David

Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, published beginning in 1977. The magazine is known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction, erotica and steampunk comics. Unlike the traditional American comic books of that time bound by the restrictive Comics Code Authority, Heavy Metal featured explicit content.

The magazine started out primarily as a licensed translation of the French science-fantasy magazine Métal hurlant, including work by Enki Bilal, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius), Chantal Montellier, and Milo Manara. As cartoonist/publisher Kevin Eastman saw it, Heavy Metal published European art which had not been previously seen in the United States, as well as demonstrating an underground comix sensibility that nonetheless "wasn't as harsh or extreme as some of the underground comix – but . . . definitely intended for an older readership".

Heavy Metal's high-quality artwork is notable. Work by international fine artists such as H. R. Giger, Frank Frazetta, and Esteban Maroto have been featured on the covers of various issues. Stefano Tamburini and Tanino Liberatore's RanXerox series debuted in the States. Terrance Lindall's illustrated version of Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost appeared in the magazine in 1980.[15] Many stories were presented as long-running serials, such as those by Richard Corben, Pepe Moreno and Matt Howarth.

Illustrators like Luis Royo and Alex Ebel contributed artwork over the course of their careers. An adaptation of the film Alien named Alien: The Illustrated Story, written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Walter Simonson, was published in the magazine in 1979.