V8.12 Heavy Metal - May 1984

Cover - "Cover Ere Comprimee" - Luis Royo
p.02 - "Illustration" - Cain
p.04-05 - "Dossier: Tanner Mercies" - James Verniere, Alain Tanner, and Robin Holland
p.05 - "Dossier: PKD Redux" - Timothy R. Lucas
p.05 - "Dossier: Deadbeat" - Constance Ash
p.06 - "Dossier: Dream Analysis" - John Silbersack, Lou Stathis, and Jeff Schalles
p.06-07 - "Dossier: Shit List" - Lou Stathis
p.07-08 - "Dossier: Baxtabbing" - Robert Morales and Glen Baxter
p.08-09 - "Dossier: Pil-Grim's Progress" - Jon Tiven and Sally Tiven
p.08 - "Dossier: WRAB: The Pirate Television Station: CWR 4: Record Reviews Wtih Ron Post" - Matt Howarth
p.09-10 - "Dossier: Nahallywood" - Ed Naha
p.10 - "Dossier: The Metal Projector" - Ed Naha and Steven Maloff
p.11 - "Dossier: Hi-Tech Lowdown: Auto-Animation" - John Holmstrom
p.13-19- "Bunker 6A" - Pepe Moreno
p.20-27 - "Tex Arcana: Meets The Toast Of Europe: Part 8" - John Findley
p.28 - "I'm Age" - Jeff Jones
p.29-33 - "Salammbô II" - Philippe Druillet and Gustave Flaubert
p.34-41 - "The Railways: William Davis" - François Schuiten and Claude Renard
p.42 - "June 2050" - Val Lakey Lindahn and Ron Lindahn
p.43-52 - "The Incal: Starting From The Bottom: Crystal Forest" - Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jean "Mœbius" Giraud
p.53-59 - "Ranxerox" - Stefano Tamburini and Gaetano "Tanino" Liberatore
p.60-67 - "Synwulfe: Bounty Hunter: Collect The Tin Soldiers" - Steve Ringgenberg and George Pratt
p.69-73 - "El Borbah: Living In The Ice-Age" - Charles Burns
p.74-75 - "Chain Mail"
p.76 - "June 2050" - Nick Cuti and Tom Mandrake
p.78-82 - "Marlowskitz: The Detective" - Riccardo Buroni and Ugo Bertotti
p.83 - "Alien" - Rod Kierkegaard. Jr
p.84-88 - "AHM: Life And Death Of A Robot" - Dumas
p.89 - "HM's Star Dissections: The Duke Is Coming" - Drew Friedman and Josh Alan Friedman
p.92-95 - "He Came From Within" - Alain Voss
p.96 - "The Bus" - Paul Kirchner
p.96 - "Coming"
Back Cover - Pater Satoh Of A Robot" - Dumas p.89 - "HM's Star Dissections: The Duke Is Coming" - Drew Friedman p.92-95 - "He Came From Within" - Voss p.96 - "The Bus: Bus Gone Bad" - Kirchner Back Cover - Pater Sato

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. 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.