Two interesting things about this Corben page (both of them in the last panel).

1. The caption box tells readers that if they want to read more, they can go out and buy the rest of the saga directly from Corben himself. Not from some Heavy Metal reseller in New York – send money to Kansas City, where Corben lives. This is the first time I’ve seen that in fifteen years worth of this publication and I think that only Corben could have gotten away with it, especially considering his tumultuous relationship with Heavy Metal.

2. If you look closely, you can see that directly behind that caption box, Den and his girlfriend are having sex. They’re also having sex on the first page and the little goblin character describes them as “wrestling.” It’s interesting that the caption box is so well placed as to almost obscure the activity, but not too much. It also makes me think that the advertisement is implying that the full saga will have much more explicit sexual activity.

(Heavy Metal issue #145, July 1993 – Page 13 Den by Corben)