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Heavy Metal  (1977)

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Heavy Metal #1
Heavy Metal ⋅ 1977
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Heavy Metal #1
 
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Premiere issue of the long-running science-fiction/fantasy magazine

Launched by the same publisher of National Lampoon magazine

Showcased art by notable creators such as H.R. Giger, Richard Corben, Luis Royo, Frank Frazetta, Moebius and many others

Notable comic artists served as editor throughout the magazine's history including Kevin Eastman, Grant Morrison and Tim Seeley

Heavy Metal #52
Heavy Metal ⋅ 1981
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Heavy Metal #52
 
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Includes the first installment of Jim Steranko's graphic novel 'Outland'

Includes 'The Blue Air Compressor' an illustrated short story by Stephen King

Heavy Metal #273
Variant ⋅ Heavy Metal ⋅ 2015
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Heavy Metal #273
 
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Concept art by Jack Kirby for a movie called "Lord of Light" that was never made

In 1980, a CIA operative used the "Lord of Light" concept art and screenplay to convince the Iranian government that he was a film maker, working on a sci-fi movie called "Argo"

This resulted in the successful rescue of six Americans who escaped Iran, disguised as the film crew, an event that was later dramatized in the critically-acclaimed 2012 film, "Argo"

Heavy Metal #276
Heavy Metal ⋅ 2015
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Heavy Metal #276
 
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Cover art by Jack Kirby featuring concept art for the unmade film, "Lord of Light"

Kirby's art would later be used as a prop in the CIA rescue mission of six Americans who escaped Iran in 1980 by posing as the film crew of a fake movie called "Argo"

Heavy Metal #300
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Heavy Metal ⋅ 2020
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Heavy Metal #300
 
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80-page anniversary of Heavy Metal

Features a story by Moebius published in English for the first time

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