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Heavy Metal Magazine List

2025
#1 (Legacy #321)
Cover A

Greg Hildebrandt
"Legacy"

Variant Covers
A
Greg Hildebrandt
"Legacy"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200
A
Greg Hildebrandt
"Legacy"
Kickstarter exclusive, hardcover, limited to 2000
A
Greg Hildebrandt
"Legacy"
Kickstarter exclusie, metal cover, limited to 25

B
Frank Frazetta
"Sword & Sorcery"

B
Frank Frazetta
"Sword & Sorcery"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

C
Tula Lotay "Taarna"
Comic shop exclusive

D
Keron Grant
"Grimaldi"
Comic shop exclusive

E
Janesvsky
"Sixella"
Comic shop exclusive

F
Blank sketch

G
David Palumbo
"Lovers"
Comic shop exclusive

H
Tehani Farr
"Taarna"
HeavyMetal.com exclusive, limited to 2025

H
Tehani Farr
"Taarna"
HeavyMetal.com exclusive, metal cover, limited to 100

I
Tony Moore
"Massive Select"
Massive Select exclusive

John Horton
"Hightech Lowlife Complex"
Hardcover, limited to 2000

Skinner
"Barbarian Psycho Rage"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 1000

Skinner
"Barbarian Psycho Rage"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

Luca Strati
"Taarna"
Kickstarter exclusive

Luca Strati
"Taarna"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Dan Brereton
"Taarna"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Dan Quintana
"Mech Girl"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Dan Quintana
"Mech Girl"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

Brian Viveros
"Metal Head"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Brian Viveros
"Metal Head"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

Nychos
"Nelson"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Nychos
"Nelson"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

Nychos
"Taarna"
Kickstarter exclusive, limited to 500

Nychos
"Taarna"
Kickstarter exclusive, metal cover, limited to 200

Kelly McKernan
"Taarna"
Ruptura Comics exclusive, limited to 1000

Isaac Escorza & Esau Escorza
"Taarna"
Limited to 250 copies

Released April 30 2025

Contents

Page numbers depend if it's for the softcover (SC) or hardcover (HC)

  • Illustration: Legacy - Greg Hildebrandt - 2 (HC)
  • Editorial: Welcome To The New Heavy Metal - Frank Forte - 1 (SC), 3 (HC)
  • Illustration - Erwin Papa - 2 (SC), 4 (HC)
  • Quote - Miguel De Cervantes - 2 (SC), 4 (HC)
  • Dossier: The Future Ain't What It Used To Be (It's Weirder) - Frank Forte - 4-5 (SC), 6-7 (HC)
  • Dossier: The 80 Year Old Elephant - Chris Porteous - 6 (SC), 8 (HC)
  • Dossier: Hot Exoplanet Tylos - Frank Forte - 6 (SC), 8 (HC)
  • Dossier: Sorayama In Miami - Dave Kelly - 6 (SC), 8 (HC)
  • Dossier: Radio Garden - Cody Goodfellow - 7 (SC), 9 (HC)
  • Dossier: The Death Mask Of Nikola Tesla - Josh Sky & Frank Forte - 7 (SC), 9 (HC)
  • Dossier: Down With The Illness - Cody Goodfellow - 7 (SC), 9 (HC)
  • Dossier: You Can't Beat A Beatsmith - Cody Goodfellow - 7 (SC), 9 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Axel Medellin & Carlos Cabera - 8 (SC), 10 (HC)
  • Bug: Part One - Enki Bilal & Tom Williams - 9-29 (SC), 11-30 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Ladrönn - 29 (SC), 31 (HC)
  • It Looks Like The World Is Ending, Again! - 30 (SC), 32 (HC)
  • Heavy History: A Crash Chronicle Of Heavy Metal Illusrated - Joshua Sky - 31-34 (SC), 33-36 (HC)
  • The Mercenary: Journey To Death - Vicente Segrelles & Frank Forte - 35-50 (SC), 37-52 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Elgo - 51 (SC), 53 (HC)
  • Coldᗡead War: The Aftermath - Craig Wilson, Adam Wollet, & Dan O'Bannon - 52-59 (SC), 54-61 (HC)
  • June 2050 - John Workman - 60 (SC), 62 (HC)
  • Burton & Cyb - José Ortiz, Antonio Seguara, & Frank Forte - 62-68 (SC), 63-70 (HC)
  • Tribute To Greg Hildebrandt - Ian Spelling - 69-74 (SC), 71-76 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Axel Medellin & Carlos Cabera - 75 (SC), 77 (HC)
  • Evil Sex Bitch - Steve Mannion - 76-80 (SC), 78-82 (HC)
  • Taarna: The Last Taarakian: Rebirth: Part 1 - Leah Moore, John Reppion, Anna Morozova, Ellie Wright, & Tom Napolitano - 81-96 (SC), 83-98 (HC)
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Den - Richard Corben - 97 (SC), 99 (HC)
  • Floydd The Giant-Killer - Michael L. Peters - 98 (SC), 100 (HC)
  • Lester: "That Old Feeling" - Fernando Dagnino - 99-106 (SC), 101-108 (HC)
  • They Dug Too Deep - Dwayne Harris - 107-108 (SC), 109-110 (HC)
  • Austin Grimaldi - Keron Grant, Josh Sky, Frank Forte, Adam Wollet, & Dan O'Bannon - 109-118 (SC), 111-120 (HC)
  • Heavy Metal: Rumble - JM - 119 (SC), 121 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Katie Houghton-Ward - 120 (SC), 122 (HC)
  • Gladiatrix: The Trials Of Ta-Neen: Part 1 - John Stanisci, Dan Gordon, Dave Baron, & Tom Napolitano - 121-130 (SC), 123-132 (HC)
  • Millstone - Michael W. Conrad, Ilias Kyriazis, & Simon Bowland - 131-146 (SC), 133-148 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Luis Guaragna & Felipe Sobreiro - 147 (SC), 149 (HC)
  • The Devil's Teeth - Lia Bozonelis & Agustin Alessio - 148-149 (SC), 150-151 (HC)
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Don't Ask! - Rod Kierkegaard Jr. - 150 (SC), 152 (HC)
  • Legends Of Taarna: "Autophonomania" - Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, JML, & Joseph Michael Linsner - 151-156 (SC), 153-158 (HC)
  • Sixella: The Last Roots: Part One - Janevsky - 157-172 (SC), 159-174 (HC)
  • Kecksburg UFO - Jim Rugg - 173-180 (SC), 175-182 (HC)
  • Cobot - Jonathan Way$hak - 181-186 (SC), 183-188 (HC)
  • Transcendestiny - David Quinn, Tim Vigil, & Omar Estévez - 187-196 (SC), 189-198 (HC)
  • Valentina: Part One - Sergio Gerasi, Guido Crepax, & Tom Williams - 197-214 (SC), 199-216 (HC)
  • All American - Jason Pell & Jok - 215-222 (SC), 217-224 (HC)
  • Artist's Interpretation: Alien Disclosure - Agustin Alessio - 223 (SC), 225 (HC)
  • Wipe Like A Warrior - Richard Corben - 224 (SC), 226 (HC)
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Mayhem - 225 (SC), 227 (HC)
  • Metal Strips: The Bus - Paul Kirchner - 226 (SC), 228 (HC)
  • Metal Strips: Gunk - Curt Merlo - 226 (SC), 228 (HC)
  • Metal Strips: Gunk - Curt Merlo - 226 (SC), 228 (HC)
  • Metal Strips: Harry Canyon - Josh Sky & Frank Forte - 227 (SC), 229 (HC)
  • Metal Strips: Zeke & Edsel - Frank Forte & Angus McKie - 227 (SC), 229 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Greg Hildebrandt, Frank Frazetta, Tula Lotay, & Keron Grant - 228 (SC), 230 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Janevsky, David Palumbo, Tehani Farr, & Tony Moore - 229 (SC), 231 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Skinner, Luca Strati, & Dan Brereton - 230 (SC)
  • Cover Gallery - Dan Quintana, Brian Viveros, & Nychos - 231 (SC)
  • Cover Gallery: Taarna - Dan Brereton - 232 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Nelson - Nychos - 233 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Taarna - Nychos - 234 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Mech Girl - Dan Quintana - 235 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Barbarian Psycho Rage - Skinner - 236 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Taarna - Luca Strati - 237 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Taarna - Luca Strati - 238 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Metal Head - Brian Viveros - 239 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Skinner, Luca Strati, & Dan Brereton - 240 (SC)
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Bits & Pieces - 232 (SC), 241 (HC)
#2 (Legacy #322)
Cover A

Brom

Variant Covers

B
Patrick Reilly

B
Patrick Reilly
Hardcover

C
Janevsky

D
Jim Mahfood
Massive Select exclusive

E
Isaac Escorza & Esau Escorza
HeavyMetal.com exclusive, limited to 200

F
Blank sketch, limited

G
Lorenzo Sperlonga
"Taarna"
SDCC exclusive, limited to 500

H
Tanino Liberatore
"Barbarian"
Limited

I
Manolo Carot
"Sword Girl"
HeavyMetal.com exclusive, limited

J
Sedat Oezgen & Carlos Cabera
Angry Mob exclusive, limited

Released July 23 2025

Contents

Some pages are for the hardcover (HC) only

  • Illustration - Patrick Reilly - 0 (HC)
  • Editorial - Frank Forte - 1
  • Illustration - Ladrönn - 2
  • Dossier: Ilustrata Fantastica - Frank Forte & Joshua Sky - 4
  • Dossier: Death To False Wizards - Cody Goodfellow - 5
  • Dossier: Witchsploitation - Frank Forte - 5
  • Dossier: Xenomorph - Frank Forte & José Ladrönn - 6
  • Dossier: The Office That Time Forgot - Joshua Sky - 6
  • Dossier: Howling Pages - Dave Kelly - 7
  • Dossier: Cyro Chamber Label - Brian Quinn - 7
  • Dossier: You Are Not Real - Jason Wilde - 8
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion: Surreal Is The New Real - John Bivens & Michael Woods - 9
  • Bug: Part Two - Enki Bilal & Tom Williams - 10-34
  • Harry Canyon: The Saturnian Affair - Duke Mighten & Frank Forte - 35-42
  • Dangerously Disreputable: An Interview With Philip Gelatt - Joshua Sky & Frank Forte - 43-47
  • June 2050 - Pepe Moreno - 48
  • Bug Hunt - Justin Jordan, Elgo, & Jame - 49-56
  • Burton & Cyb: "El Gato" - José Ortiz, Antonio Seguara, & Frank Forte - 57-64
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - Amilcar Pinna - 65
  • Abduction À La Carte - 66
  • Taarna: The Last Taarakian: Rebirth: Part 2 - Leah Moore, John Reppion, Anna Morozova, & Tom Napolitano - 67-82
  • The Birds Of Margli - Matthew M. Bartlett & Axel Medellin - 83-86
  • Dominoes - Matheus Sant Anna, Dalton Cara, & Jacob Bascle - 87-94
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - Carlos Dearmas & Omar Estévez - 95
  • Metal Detector: Searching For Outstanding New Talent - Joshua Sky & Adrián Castilla - 96
  • Fireshot - Rodrigo Lucio, Adrián Castilla, & Jame - 97-100
  • The Ancient Pact - Axel Medellin Machain, Carlos Cabrera, Grissel Solis, & Jame - 101-108
  • Sixella: The Last Roots: Part Two - Janevsky - 109-124
  • Sacrifice - Antonio Marinetti & Jacob Bascle - 125-130
  • Gladiatrix: The Trials Of Ta-Neen: Part Two: Fall - John Stanisci, Dan Gordon, David Baron, & Tom Napolitano - 131-146
  • The Blob - Valentín Ramón - 147-154
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - Camila Torrano - 155
  • Adopt A Micro Black Hole - 156
  • A Brief Encounter - Marco Nizzoli & Jacob Bascle - 157-165
  • Carmen Bond - Alfonso Font & Frank Forte - 166-169
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - Lalit Kumar Sharma & Oscar Carreño - 170
  • Millstone - Michael W. Conrad, Ilias Kyriazis, Nikki Spanou, & Simon Bowland - 171-186
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - Santi Guillen & Fares Maese - 187
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Serious About Ads - 188
  • Sleepy Boy - Way$hak - 189-194
  • Ink: Ashes & Echoes: Part 1 - Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Marco Failla, Riccarda Brusca, & Tom Napolitano - 195-202
  • Valentina: Part Two - Sergio Gerasi, Guido Crepax, & Tom Williams - 203-220
  • Artist's Interpretation: Dream Invasion - John Bivens & Michael Woods - 221
  • Metal Strips: The Bus - Paul Kirchner - 222
  • Metal Strips: Caveman - Tayyar Özkan - 222
  • Metal Strips: Tales Of The Loc-Nar - Frank Forte & Richard Corben - 222
  • Metal Strips: Harry Canyon - Josh Sky & Frank Forte - 223
  • Metal Strips: Zeke & Edsel - Frank Forte & Angus McKie - 223
  • A Look Back At The Madness: Tex Arcana - John Findley - 224
  • Habemus Papam! - Claudio Alvarez, Geraldo Borges, Arthur Hesli, & Jame - 225-232
  • Cover Gallery - Brom - 233 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Patrick Reilly - 234 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Janevsky - 235 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Isaac Escorza & Esau Escorz - 236 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Taarna - Lorenzo Sperlonga - 237 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Sword Girl - Manolo Carot - 238 (HC)
#3 (Legacy #323)
Cover A

Luis Royo


Variant Covers

B
Chet Zar

C
Augustin Alessio

C
Augustin Alessio
Hardcover

D
Sveta Shubina
Massive Select exclusive, limited to 2000

E
Sveta Shubina
Massive Select exclusive, limited to 666

F
Dan Brereton
"Medusa"
Limited to 500

Released October 3 2025

Contents

Some pages are for the hardcover (HC) only

  • Illustration - Augustin Alessio - 0 (HC)
  • Editorial - Frank Forte - 1
  • Illustration - Vince Locke - 2
  • Dossier: The Horror Of George Wilson - Anthony Taylor - 4
  • Dossier: Who Goes There? - Chris Porteous & Drew Struzan - 5
  • Dossier: Eye-Gouging Gore - Frank Forte & Bernard Baily - 5
  • Dossier: Morbid Sanatorium - Brian Quin, Stephen Quay, & Timothy Quay - 6
  • Dossier: Prince Of Terror - Elizabeth J. Musgrave & André De Lorde - 7
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Frank Forte - 8-9
  • Bug: Part Three - Enki Bilal & Tom Williams - 12-26
  • Taarna: The Last Taarakian: Rebirth: Part 3 - Leah Moore, John Reppion, Anna Morozova, & Tom Napolitano - 27-42
  • Interview: Stephen Graham Jones - Cody Goodfellow - 43-47
  • June 2050 - John Workman - 48
  • A Spice Of Life - Fernando Dagnino - 49-58
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Dylan "Deco Noir" Bryan - 59
  • Men Of Profit - Santullo & Jok - 61-66
  • Ink: Ashes & Echoes: Part 2 - Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Marco Failla, Riccarda Brusca, & Tom Napolitano - 67-74
  • Supernatural Farce - Dwayne Harris - 75-80
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Shane Oakley - 81
  • Caveman - Tayyar Özkan - 82-84
  • Chicken - Luan Tie - 85-90
  • Paid In Advance - Diego Agrimbau & Carina Altonaga - 91-100
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Priscilla Petraites & Alex Guimarães - 101
  • Coldᗡead War: The Aftermath - Craig Wilson - 102-111
  • Obj - Way$hak - 112-114
  • Killbox - Lindsey Anderson Beer & Flavio Cortés - 115-118
  • Heresy - Katie Houghton Ward, Frank Forte, & Adam Wollet - 119-126
  • Primeval - David Quinn, Tim Vigil, Jay Fotos, & Adam Wollet - 127-136
  • Millstone - Michael W. Conrad, Ilias Kyriazis, Nikki Spanou, & Simon Bowland - 137-152
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Felipe Cunha - 153
  • Metal Detector: Searching For Outstanding Talent: Matías De Vincenzo - Ricardo González Llarena - 154
  • The Ugly Duckling - Matías De Vincenzo - 155-166
  • Deconstructing Manga - Shintaro Kago - 167-170
  • The Candidate - Alfonso Font - 171-172
  • Beacon From Scorpius 4 - Frank Forte, Edu Menna, & Liezl Buenaventura - 173-180
  • Gladiatrix: The Trials Of Ta-Neen: Part Three: Cave - John Stanisci, Dan Gordon, David Baron, & Tom Napolitano - 181-196
  • Soul O-Matic - 197
  • Artist's Interpretation: Steampunk Horrors - Daf - 198
  • Sixella: The Last Roots: Part Three - Janevsky - 199-214
  • Valentina: Part Three - Sergio Gerasi & Tom Williams - 215-229
  • Metal Strips: The Bus - Paul Kirchner - 230
  • Metal Strips: Gag Reflex - Shannon Wheeler - 230
  • Metal Strips: Harry Canyon: "In Or Out" - Josh Sky & Frank Forte - 231
  • Metal Strips: Gunk - Curt Merlo - 231
  • Start Your Own Apocalypse - 232
  • Cover Gallery - Luis Royo - 233 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Chet Zar - 234 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Augustin Alessio - 235 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Sveta Shubina - 236 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery - Sveta Shubina - 237 (HC)
  • Cover Gallery: Medusa - Dan Brereton - 238 (HC)
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