Heavy Metal Vol. II, No. 9
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few publications have defined the boundary between fine art and illustrated fantasy quite like Heavy Metal, the groundbreaking adult anthology magazine that launched in 1977 and forever changed the landscape of graphic storytelling. This January 1979 issue presents a visceral, imaginative collection of illustrated short stories, serialised narratives, and standalone artwork drawn from the finest European and American comic artists of the era — a curated gallery of the bizarre, the beautiful, and the brazenly provocative, all bound within a single iconic publication. Heavy Metal chronicles a singular cultural moment when science fiction, fantasy, and surrealist art collided in glorious, uncensored form, bringing European masters like Moebius, Philippe Druillet, and Enki Bilal to an American audience hungry for something beyond the sanitised output of mainstream comics. The magazine's unflinching commitment to mature, artist-driven storytelling established it as a touchstone of the underground arts movement and a precursor to the graphic novel revolution that followed. Each issue is a time capsule of radical imagination — and this January 1979 edition is no exception, leaving the reader to wonder what dark, beautiful worlds wait within its pages.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1979, HM Communications
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few publications have defined the boundary between fine art and illustrated fantasy quite like Heavy Metal, the groundbreaking adult anthology magazine that launched in 1977 and forever changed the landscape of graphic storytelling. This January 1979 issue presents a visceral, imaginative collection of illustrated short stories, serialised narratives, and standalone artwork drawn from the finest European and American comic artists of the era — a curated gallery of the bizarre, the beautiful, and the brazenly provocative, all bound within a single iconic publication. Heavy Metal chronicles a singular cultural moment when science fiction, fantasy, and surrealist art collided in glorious, uncensored form, bringing European masters like Moebius, Philippe Druillet, and Enki Bilal to an American audience hungry for something beyond the sanitised output of mainstream comics. The magazine's unflinching commitment to mature, artist-driven storytelling established it as a touchstone of the underground arts movement and a precursor to the graphic novel revolution that followed. Each issue is a time capsule of radical imagination — and this January 1979 edition is no exception, leaving the reader to wonder what dark, beautiful worlds wait within its pages.