I don’t usually post the covers of the magazines because those are often the easiest images to find for each issue. This cover is different because someone in the household defaced it with a ballpoint pen. Based on the year that it came out, that someone was either me or my brother. Oops.

The editorial is noteworthy because of the reference to “Howie Chaykin,” which cracks me up. The Chain Mail column contains a very long love letter from Dan O’Bannon, right next to an ad for Alien – which was written by Dan O’Bannon. Go figure.

(Heavy Metal issue #25, April 1979 – Page Cover, page 4 Twenty-five, page 72 Chain Mail)