Heavy Metal (magazine)

*Heavy Metal*
	Jean-Michel Nicollet's cover for the first issue.
Editor in Chief	Tim Seeley
Former editors	Sean Kelly and Valerie Marchant; Ted White; Leonard Mogel; Julie Simmons-Lynch; Kevin Eastman; Grant Morrison;
Frequency	Monthly (1977–1985)
Circulation	250,000 (2016)
Publisher	Matty Simmons (1977–1990); Kevin Eastman (1992–c. 2020)
Founder	Leonard Mogel
First issue	April 1977; 47 years ago
Final issue	April 2023; 1 year ago
Company	National Lampoon, Inc. (1977–1990); J2 Communications (1990–1992); Kevin Eastman (1992–2014); Heavy Metal Media, LLC (2014–2021); Heavy Metal Entertainment, LLC (2021–2022); Massive Publishing (2023);
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	HeavyMetal.com
ISSN	0885-7822

Heavy Metal was an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, published between 1977 and 2023. The magazine was 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, the magazine-format Heavy Metal featured explicit nudity, sexual situations, and graphic violence. The magazine started out primarily as a licensed translation of the French science-fantasy magazine Métal hurlant, marking for many Americans their first introduction to the work of European cartoonists like Enki Bilal, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius), Chantal Montellier, and Milo Manara.

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