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Heavy Metal 001 by Jason Pell, John Reppion, Jok, Ian Spelling, David Quinn, Antonio Segura, Dave Baron, ELGO, Curt Merlo, Vicente Segrelles, Fernando Dagnino, José Ortiz, John T. Workman, Jonathan Wayshak, Christopher Porteous, Ladrönn, Janevsky, Paul Kirchner, Steve Mannion, Enki Bilal, Tim Vigil, Anna Morozova, Cody Goodfellow, Michael Conrad, Keron Grant, Michael Peters, Ilias Kyriazis, Leah Moore, Frank Forte, Sergio Gerasi, John Stanisci, Dwayne Harris, Jim Rugg, Joshua Sky, Dave Kelly, Craig Wilson, Joseph Michael Linsner
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If you know much of anything about Heavy Metal, you know what to expect with this relaunch of the long-running comic anthology series. Sci-fi/fantasy/horror comics and  art (often of the “muscle bound men and women wearing a whole lot of not very much no matter how impractical that might be” variety, of course). As the relaunch issue, this also has several short essays about the history of the magazine and some of the artists who have been involved, particularly Greg Hildebrandt, who died between painting the cover (of the edition I have) and when it was published. Though I was never a subscriber, I’d found the occasional issue, and certainly saw the movie (and have had it in my collection for years, even if it’s not a regular watch), and it’s good to know that the magazine is still going, and that it’s still exactly what your inner ‘80s adolescent has been looking for.