# Cache of Heavy Metal covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829 "2013-04-16T12:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/1 "2013-04-16T12:35:11Z")
The illustrated magazine. A good deal of T&A, so probably NSFW. 70s covers: [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-1/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-1/) 80s covers: [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-2/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-2/) Their adaptation of _Alien_ [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/alienthe-illustrated-story-heavy-metal-comics/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/alienthe-illustrated-story-heavy-metal-comics/) I had quite a few from 1983. I loved it, and other trash like _Eerie_ and _Epic Illustrated_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/2 "2013-04-16T17:57:16Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > The illustrated magazine. A good deal of T&A, so probably NSFW. > > 70s covers: [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-1/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-1/) > > 80s covers: [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-2/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/heavy-metal-magazine-covers-2/) > > Their adaptation of _Alien_ [http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/alienthe-illustrated-story-heavy-metal-comics/](http://www.anywhen.com/2013/01/alienthe-illustrated-story-heavy-metal-comics/) > > I had quite a few from 1983. I loved it, and other trash like _Eerie_ and _Epic Illustrated_. I still have the first 14 issues of _Epic Illustrated_ as well as various HM issues from the '80s. I slowly tapered off HM when they changed the format from serialized stories to flu stories in one issue, tho. Oh yeah, I have a handful of graphic novel prints of various stories from _Epic_ as well, my favorite being the nifty version they did of REH’s _Almuric_. It took me 14 years to find a copy of the novel, tho. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/3 "2013-04-16T18:35:04Z")
The first two links don’t seem to be what you say. I had many of issues of Heavy Metal, sadly gone with my comic book collection. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/4 "2013-04-16T20:21:28Z")
Sorry, Bo, but what are flu stories? And sorry, Tripolar, link works for me-- the covers do appear in a pop up, though. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/5 "2013-04-16T21:14:27Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > And sorry, Tripolar, link works for me-- the covers do appear in a pop up, though. Huh. Came up for me once. All the other times are some old photographs. It might want me to log in, or it’s getting blocked by all the security I have. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/6 "2013-04-16T21:20:05Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Sorry, Bo, but what are flu stories? > > And sorry, Tripolar, link works for me-- the covers do appear in a pop up, though. I think he meant “full stories.” ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/7 "2013-04-16T21:26:21Z")
I sold off a bunch of my _Heavy Metal_ on eBay. They took up too much space and were heavy; so I picked my favourites that had stories I liked to read more than once and got rid of the rest. Any of Serpieri’s “Druuna” stuff was a “keep”, naturally, but I also enjoyed all of the [Gipsy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gipsy_(comics)) and [Hombre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hombre_(comics)) stories. I would have like to have collected Marvano’s version of Joe Haldeman’s _The Forever War_; I eventually got the first and third TPB’s, but had to settle for the black-and-white _ligne clair_ version serialized in _Cheval Noir_ to get the middle piece… although having read the book, I had a pretty good idea of what would happen. Plus, _Cheval Noir_ exposed me to Tardi’s [Adèle Blanc-Sec](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A8le_Blanc-Sec), which I enjoyed as well. Before you ask, no, I haven’t seen [the movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Ad%C3%A8le_Blanc-Sec_(film)) yet. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/8 "2013-04-16T21:42:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > > > Sorry, Bo, but what are flu stories? > > > > And sorry, Tripolar, link works for me-- the covers do appear in a pop up, though. > > I think he meant “full stories.” Aye, **Miller** got it. I can’t remember the year, but sometime in the late '80s or so, HM started publishing full stories in each issue instead of serializing longer pieces. What this meant was fewer stories per issue and if one of the stories was a 50 page thing that you didn’t care for, you had basically wasted your money on that particular issue. At least when things were serialized, you could skip the 10-12 pages of whatever you didn’t like and continue reading what actually engaged you. It was, IMO, a really stupid move by the publisher and it cost them at least 1 reader (me). Speaking of really stupid moves by the publisher: _Heavy Metal 2000_. If Kevin Eastman was a comic book supervillian, his name would be Feceseater. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/9 "2013-04-16T22:50:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > If Kevin Eastman was a comic book supervillian, his name would be Feceseater. C’mon, this is _begging_ to set up any number of jokes about Julie Strain… I’m just not clever enough to come up with one at the moment! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/10 "2013-04-17T10:20:52Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > C’mon, this is _begging_ to set up any number of jokes about Julie Strain… I’m just not clever enough to come up with one at the moment! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/11 "2013-04-17T11:38:38Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > Before you ask, no, I haven’t seen [the movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Ad%C3%A8le_Blanc-Sec_(film)) yet. I have, it’s quite good. Funny, odd, clever. Recommended. I recognise a few of those _Heavy Metal_ covers, I collected them for a very brief period, plus my Art Teacher gave me a few older issues as inspiration. Unfortunately all the T&A that tended to dominate didn’t appeal to me, so I abandoned it as it became increasingly difficult to find decent art that didn’t involve copious amounts of bare nipples. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/12 "2013-04-17T20:55:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have, it’s quite good. Funny, odd, clever. Recommended. [I told you before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15054864&posted=1#post15054864), **Guanolad** , we should hang out sometime. In fact, you and I discussed Adèle Blanc-Sec in that very thread! I can hear what **Snowboarder Bo** is saying. That they come poly-bagged with only the occasional name of the artist on the front to tantalize you (“In this issue: Frezzato! Serpieri! Minara!”) does make the buying decision … difficult at times. On the whole, though, I _enjoyed_ having the entire story show up in one issue, and would read them all irrespective of the necessary capital outlay. The ones I didn’t care to re-read were the ones that ended up on eBay, but they were still good enough to read _once_, at least. Luckily, I managed to get a hold of stacks of older issues at Half-Price Books; somebody must’ve sold off his collection and when the merchandise didn’t move, the staff had shrinkwrapped them into bundles of eight or ten issues apiece that I bought for cheap. I read them all, kept the best ones, and re-sold the remainder. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cache-of-heavy-metal-covers/655829/13 "2013-04-17T23:47:32Z")
Looking at some of the cover blurbs I think I’d rather read the articles than the stories. I remember reading about industrial and electronic music, interviews with horror directors, stuff still of some interest even after comics featuring radioactive mutants that look like genitals have lost some of their wonder. I might still like to read Tex Arcana, though. Found it online: [books](http://www.texarcana.com/books.html)