Heavy Metal No. 1: Museum Object and Cultural History
Heavy Metal No. 1: date made: 1977. Object Name: comic book. Object Name: book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Science Fiction and Fantasy comic magazine. "Heavy Metal No. 1. " April 1977. Price $1.50. The cover , done by the artist Nocollet, features image of two robots battling with a wrench and screwdriver. Stories include and adaptation of Terry Brooks' "The Sword of Shannara." The back cover art was done by Druillet
Heavy Metal began publication in 1977. A licensee of the French periodical Métal Hurlant, it featured reprinted material, increasingly presenting original content. The magazine featured illustrated science fiction and fantasy stories intended for mature readers. The 1981 animated film it inspired, Heavy Metal, remains a cult classic.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1977
- Object Name: comic book
- Object Name: book
- Object Name: graphic novel
- Object Name: magazine
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made: United States: New York
- Subject: Comics
- Subject: Fantasy
- ID Number: 2013.3039.435
- catalog number: 2013.3039.435
- nonaccession number: 2013.3039
- Credit Line: Gift of George R. Zug
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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