V5.5 Heavy Metal - Aug 1981

Cover - "Grace" - Esteban Maroto
p.02-03 - "Illustration" - Gregory Scott
p.04 - "Editorial" - Brad Balfour
p.04 - "Comment" - Bert
p.06 - "Chain Mail"
p.06 - "Yawn" - Stephen Bissette
p.08-13 - "The Richard Corben Interview" - Brad Balfour
p.14-16 - "5:00" - Mark Fisher
p.17-27 - "Outland" - Jim Steranko
p.28 - "Dossier: New Musics" - Lou Stathis and William Coupon
p.28 - "Dossier: Yahoo Yoks" - Lou Stathis
p.29 - "Dossier: De-Hugoed" - Ralph T. Castle
p.29 - "Dossier: Quick Takes: Surreal Legends" - Daphne Davis
p.29 - "Dossier: Techno-Cize" - Charles M. Young
p.29 - "Dossier: As The Aliens Bop" - David Azarc
p.31-33 - "Martelaine" - John Workman
p.34-40 - "Paradise Lost" - Mora and Giménez
p.41-50 - "Heavy Metal: The Making Of The Movie" - Brad Balfour (reprinted in March 1996)
p.51-56 - "Heavy Metal: The Making Of The Movie: From Paper To Film: The Legend Of Taarna" - Bhob Stewart
p.57-62 - "Pigs On The Wing" - Tom Yeates and Ken Feduniewicz
p.63-64 - "The Immoral Majority" - Norman Spinrad
p.66-75 - "Homo Detritus" - Philippe "Caza" Cazamayou
p.76-81 - "The Nikopol Trilogy: The Immortal's Fete" - Enki Bilal
p.82-89 - "Cody Starbuck" - Howard Chaykin
p.92-95 - "Rock Opera" - Rod Kierkegaard Jr.
p.96 - "The Bus" - Paul Kirchner
p.96 - "Coming"
Back Cover - "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!" - Hajime Sorayama