Cover by Emma Stern, the artist whose subversive oil paintings bridge techniques from the Italian masters with the digital age, creating a pastel universe of voluptuous characters. The legendary sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine commemorated the start of its 46th year with a brand new #1 issue, featuring original stories and serials and designed as a jumping on-point for new readers. Issue #3 continues to take us to dark and mysterious places, as only HEAVY METAL can. This month's stories include the continuation of SCREAM by Luca Conca and Gloria Caiponni, CHINESE STORY by Daniele Afferni, A DARKER GOD by Homero Rios, Andres Esparza, Oscar Carreno, and JAME, WIREMONKEYS by Dan Schaffer and SOMETHING SEEMS OFF by Chris Anderson, and the debut of GEO-GRAPHICS by writer Marko Stojanovic and artist Well-Bee. Author(s): Gloria Ciapponi, Daniele Afferni, Homero Rios, Dan Schaffer, Marko Stojanovic, and Chris Anderson Artist(s): Luca Conca, Daniele Afferni, Andres Esparza, Oscar Carreno, Dan Schaffer, Well-Bee, and Chris Anderson
