V30.4 Heavy Metal - SEP 2006

Cover - Alessandro "Alex Horley" Orlandelli
p.04-05 - "Bound" - Josh Bradigan
p.06 - "Publisher's Note" - Kevin Eastman
p.06 - "Letters To The Editor: Tim Hildebrandt: 1939 - 2006"
p.08-09 - "Galactic Geographic: The Galactic Geographic Joins Forces With IVM Technologies To Advance Interstellar Real-Time Communications" - Karl Kofoed
p.11-14 - "Gallery: Alex Horley"
p.16-17 - "Dossier: Alex Toth Remembered: June 25, 1928 - May 27, 2006" - Steven C. Ringgenberg
p.19-26 - "Neurospace" - Antonio Javier "Kaparó" Caparó and Vladimir Hernandez
p.27 - "Doubts" - Jean-Pierre Autheman
p.28-33 - "Metallici & Miserabiles" - Luis Royo
p.35-61, 99-117 - "Starlight #1: The Road To Crime Is Paved With Lead" - Giovanni Gualdoni, Alberto Ponticelli, and Davide Turotti
p.64-65 - "The Garden" - Pamela Marie Pierce and Christopher Small
p.66-79 - "The Black Hole" - Ferran Xalabarder
p.82-89 - "Piece By Piece" - Stefano Cardoselli and Rita Gorgoni
p.92-95 - "The Rescue" - Alfonso Azpiri
p.97 - "Pollution" - Jean-Pierre Autheman
p.119-122 - "Artist's Studio: The Art Of Pamelina H"
Back Cover - "ElvenPath" - Ron Leary Jr.

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.