Heavy Metal #1

The world’s greatest illustrated magazine is back, bringing bold new stories and legendary creators to the forefront of comics once again.

One of Heavy Metal’s original icons, Enki Bilal, returns with the English-language debut of his acclaimed BUG series. Fans of dark sci-fi and surrealism, rejoice.

Writer Michael Conrad (Hello Darkness, In Bloom) teams up with Greek comics legend Ilias Kyriazis (Collapser) for the all-new series Millstone.

Other returning legends include:

• Antonio Segura & Jose Ortiz with a new Burton & Cyb story, Poor Monsters

• Vicente Segrelles’ classic The Mercenary

• The English-language debut of Janevsky’s cult sci-fi heroine Sixella

• A new Valentina tale, written and illustrated by Sergio Gerasi

Heavy Metal also unleashes its own legendary lineup of characters, starting with the ultimate Taarakian warrior—Taarna. Her ongoing series will be penned by Leah Moore & John Reppion, with art by Anna Morozova.

Also featured:

• Cold Dead War (B-17) by Craig Wilson

• Grimaldi by Keron Grant

• Legends of Taarna by Joseph Michael Linsner

• Lester, That Old Feeling – a new cyberpunk short by Fernando Dagnino

• The Bus by Paul Kirchner and June 2050 by John Workman return

• Transcendestiny by David Quinn & Tim Vigil

• They Dug Too Deep by Dwayne Harris

• Kecksburg UFO by Jim Rugg

• Cobot, a horror short by Jon Wayshak

Plus: interviews, The Dossier, prose fiction, and much more.