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Title: Heavy Metal Magazine
Publisher: Heavy Metal
Year Began: 1977
Year Ended:
Country: United States
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Description: The adult comic magazine inspired by and reprinting much from the French Metal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) plus assorted American and foreign artists. April 1977 (first issue) has no volume listed and has "Issue Number 1" on the spine. May 1977 (second issue) through August 1977 (fifth issue) do not have a volume listed and have issue number listed only in introductory text or advertisement for back issues. September 1977 (Vol. 1 No. 6) starts Vol. ## No. ## (mostly listed in Roman Numerals). Volume 1 has 13 issues (April through April). Volume 2 has 12 issues (May through April). Volume 3 has 11 issues (May through March). Volume 4 through Volume 8 have 12 issues (April through March). Volume 9 had 10 issues. 1986 through 1989 issues were published quarterly (4 times per year). Volume 10 through 12 had 4 issues. 1989-2008 Volume 13 - Volume 31 have 6 issues per Volume (March, May, July, September, November, January). 1992-1993 Under new indicia publisher, Metal Mammoth, Inc. the issue volume and number were incorrectly listed in the indicia during the first two years. Cover date and indicia date of the issue were correct. Issues are designated with the incorrect indicia designation with what it should be in brackets. 2008 with Volume 32 the seasonal specials merge into this series with the Fall 2008 Eerie Special. This continues through Volume 35. July 2012 issue designation changes to just numbers with #259. Seasonal specials are included in this numbering.

Assigned Issues

Issue Vol Year # Assigned
[1] April 1977 1
[3] June 1977 1
[4] July 1977 1
[5] ( Newsstand) August 1977 1
8 1 November 1977 1
9 1 December 1977 1
10 1 January 1978 1
11 1 February 1978 1
12 1 March 1978 1
1 2 May 1978 1
3 2 July 1978 1
4 2 August 1978 1
5 2 September 1978 1
8 2 December 1978 1
11 2 March 1979 1
1 ( Newsstand) 3 May 1979 1
2 ( Newsstand) 3 June 1979 1
3 3 July 1979 1
7 ( Newsstand) 3 November 1979 1
8 3 December 1979 1
5 4 August 1980 1
10 ( Newsstand) 4 January 1981 1
6 ( Newsstand) 5 September 1981 1
2 6 May 1982 1
5 6 August 1982 1
6 6 September 1982 1
7 6 October 1982 1
11 6 February 1983 1
1 8 April 1984 1
1 9 April 1985 1
1 [2] 6 [16] May 1992 1
4 [5] 17 [16] November 1992 1
4 17 September 1993 1
6 17 January 1994 1
1 18 March 1994 1
5 18 November 1994 1
6 24 [34] September 2010 1
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Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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