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Issue: Heavy Metal Magazine #8
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #8 of 330 Issues (552 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagHeavy Metal
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: HM Communications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 8 in. x 10.5 in.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: squarebound, later issues saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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He's Comin' to Town

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 1
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...Thirty-three...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial text with mirror image of illustration from contents page.
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Midnight Feast

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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 2
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Combing Out the Kinks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Welcome to Cityville 2

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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Suburban Scenes
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Pages: 7
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After the Fall

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 5
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Giants

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from the book published by Harry Abrams (same book "family" as "Faeries" and "Gnomes").
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Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R.

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
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Reprint Notes: From the collection "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World".
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Includes a ten-years-later introduction.
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Work and Win

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Genres: science fiction
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The Story of Rowlf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 9
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On the Side of the Highway

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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 3
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Noron Edition

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 2
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Fomalhaut

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 8
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Pau Pele Pau Mano

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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 6
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A Tale of Christmas

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Genres: fantasy
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Gnomes: The True Inside Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Luck; Flaw
Penciller(s): Luck; Flaw
Inker(s): Luck; Flaw
Colorist(s): Luck; Flaw
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: A look at the darker side of the Gnomes' world with illustrations.
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December 24th, 11:55 p.m.

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Slim Kentucky

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Genres: fantasy
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Christmas Carol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagDemon Dreams #1 published February 1984
as Christmas Carol [Story on Interior Page(s)]with color added
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Christmas Carol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Sweet Dreams

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image on back cover with an abreviated list of contents of this issue.

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