Cover - "Spheres" - Richard Lon Cohen and Jon Townley
p.02-03 - "Sculpture" - Robert John Guttke
p.05 - "Dossier: Nu Vinyl: Rock 'N' Roll Museum" - Lou Stathis and Dan Steffan
p.06-07 - "Dossier: Springtime For Hitler: Speer Chucker" - Daphne Davis
p.06 - "Dossier: Springtime For Hitler: Saucer, Fang, And Lightning Bolt" - Lou Stathis
p.06 - "Dossier: Springtime For Hitler: Lord Of The Swastika" - Norman Spinrad
p.07 - "Dossier: Dreaming" - George Blecher
p.07 - "Dossier: Light My Fire" - Daphne Davis
p.07 - "Dossier: Iraq Lobster" - Steven Maloff and Terry Allen
p.08 - "Dossier: SF / P. U." - Bruce Sterling
p.08 - "Dossier: Fantasy Gaming: The Front Line" - William F. Loebs
p.08 - "Dossier: Mystique Is The Message" - Brad Balfour
p.09 - "Dossier: Fantasy Gaming: Home Cataclysmia (A Video Fantasy)" - Sally Tiven
p.09 - "Dossier: War Games" - B. K. Taylor
p.10-17 - "The Incal: The Incal Light: Neuraztenik Class Struggle" - Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean "Mœbius" Giraud, and Yves Chaland
p.18-20 - "The Third Sexual Revolution: Transcendent Eroticism In The Eighties" - David Black, John Galsworthy, and Annie Truxell
p.21-24 - "Den II" - Richard Corben
p.25-32 - "Nova 2" - Luis Garcia
p.33-36 - "Gallery: The Art Of De Es Schwertberger" - Jeff Goldberg
p.37-40 - "Superhero" - Angus McKie and Alan Daniels
p.41-45 - "At The Middle Of Cymbiola" - Claude Renard and François Schuiten
p.46-51 - "Yragaël" - Philippe Druillet
p.52-59 - "Zora" - Fernando Fernandez
p.60-63 - "Exiled" - Philippe "Caza" Cazamayou
p.64 - "Shakespeare For Americans: Special Children's Edition: Twelfth Night" - Walter Simonson, Howard Victor Chaykin, William Shakespeare, and George Simon Kaufman
p.65-70 - "Sixteen And Vanilla" - Ted White, David Bischoff, Val "Artifact" Lakey
p.71 - "Mr. Dull..." - Bill Plympton
p.72 - "I'm Age" - Jeff Jones
p.74-77 - "The Black Knight" - Didier Eberoni
p.80-86 - "The Voyage Of Those Forgotten" - Pierre Christin and Enki Bilal
p.87-91 - "The Mercenary" - Vicente Segrelles
p.92-95 - "Rock Opera: Monster Love Comics" - Rod Kierkegaard Jr.
p.96 - "The Bus: Buses In Our Lives" - Paul Kirchner
p.96 - "Coming"
Back Cover - "The Detour" - Jean "Mœbius" Giraud

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.