"Heavy Metal" Magazine November 1981, issue #56. The Adult Illustrated Fantasy Magazine. This issue's front cover art by Vicente Segrelles.

Soft cover (a little wear. The back cover and last page are slightly stained, the bottom of the pages is slightly wavy: see photos); 8" x 11"; 96 pages, good/ very good condition.

Metal also publishes tales of horror, science fiction, and adventure. This issue includes the following stories:

"Shakespeare for Americans", script and art by Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson.
"The Mercenary", script and art by Vicente Segrelles.
"The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon" article by Byron Preiss.
"The Immortals' Fete", script and art by Enki Bilal.
"At the Middle of Cymbiola", script by Claude Renard, art by Francois Schuiten.
"Mudwog", script and art by Arthur Suydam.
"Humus", script and art by Rafael Estrada.
"One Evening, I Saw Red!", script and art by Philippe Cazaumayou [as Caza].
"I'm Age", script and art by Jeff Jones (one page).
"Tex Arcana", script and art by John Findley.
"Siren Song", script by Jim Cummings, art by Paul Abrams.
"The Egg of the World", script and art by Jean Torton [as Jeronaton].
"O'Clock", script by Antonio Altarriba, art by Luis Royo.
many interesting ads

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