Heavy Metal, April 1977

Decided to start going through as much of Heavy Metal magazine I can take. This first issue at times is pretty great, mostly due to it being translated french work from their magazine Metal Hurlant. To get it out of the way, I will admit the outdated depictions of women can be tiring. I didn't find it to be particularly bad in this first issue but the signs are there.

The standouts here are DEN by Richard Corben, CONQUERING ARMIES by Jean-Pierre Dionnet and drawn by Jean-Claude Gal, ARZACH written and drawn by Moebius, and AGE OF AGE by Akbar Del Piombo.

The rest are either trashy fun or offensive and boring. TRAUMWACH and SUNSPOT especially were just so far from my taste that I skimmed through them. Oddly enough one of the stories, SPACE PUNKS, seemed like satire but by the end I wasn't sure. It's definitely an interesting read.

As it stands (being the only one I've read thus far) It's a 3 and a half stars. Depending on how good or bad future issues are, I'll update this rating.