Editing Heavy Metal (magazine) (section)

==== Other HM Communications publications ====
In 1977–1978, HM Communications published a number of [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperbacks]] featuring "Heavy Metal Presents" on their covers, collecting translated material it had previously serialized in the pages of ''Heavy Metal'':
* ''[[Arzach]]'' (1977) — by [[Jean Giraud]]; originally published in ''Métal hurlant''
* ''Candice at Sea'' (1977) — by [[Jacques Lob]] and [[Georges Pichard]] (trans. by [[Sean Kelly (writer)|Sean Kelly]] and Valerie Marchant); originally published in ''Blanche Épiphanie'' #3 - ''La Croisière infernale'' by [[Les Humanoïdes Associés]] in 1977
* ''Psychorock'' (1977) — by [[Sergio Macedo]] (trans. by Kelly and Marchant); originally published by Les Humanoïdes Associés in 1976
* ''[[Barbarella (comics)|Barbarella]]: The Moon Child'' (1978) — by [[Jean-Claude Forest]] (trans. by [[Richard Seaver]]); originally published in ''Barbarella'' #3 - ''Le Semble-Lune'', published by Pierre Horay in 1977
* ''Ulysses'' (1978) — adaptation of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' by Jacques Lob and Georges Pichard; originally published by [[Dargaud]] in 1974–1975
* ''Is Man Good?'' (1978) – by Jean Giraud (trans. by Sean Kelly and Valerie Marchant); originally published in ''[[Pilote]]'' and ''Métal hurlant''
* ''Conquering Armies'' (1978) – by Jean-Pierre Dionnet and Jean-Claude Gal (trans. by Sean Kelly and Valerie Marchant); originally published in ''Métal hurlant''

In 1978–1979, HM Communications released a number of [[graphic novels]] of original content, also featuring "Heavy Metal Presents" on their covers:
* ''More Than Human'' (1978, in association with [[Byron Preiss]] Visual Publications) – adaptation of the [[Theodore Sturgeon]] novel of the [[More Than Human|same name]], by [[Doug Moench]] and [[Alex Niño]]
* ''1941: The Illustrated Story'' (1979, in association with [[Arrow Books]]) — loose adaptation of the [[Steven Spielberg]] film of the [[1941 (film)|same name]], by Allen Asherman, [[Stephen R. Bissette]], and [[Rick Veitch]], with in introduction by Spielberg; varies wildly and humorously from the film.<ref>{{Cite book|title=1941: The Illustrated Story|publisher= Heavy Metal/Arrow Books|date=Dec 1979|isbn= 0930834089}}</ref>
* ''[[Alien: The Illustrated Story]]'' (1979, with distribution by [[Simon & Schuster]]) — adaptation of the [[Ridley Scott]] film of the [[Alien (film)|same name]], by [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] and [[Walt Simonson]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Muir, John Kenneth |title=Remembering Heavy Metal's Alien: The Illustrated Story |url=http://flashbak.com/remembering-heavy-metals-alien-illustrated-story-59183/ |website=flashbak|date=22 April 2016 |access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
* ''Michael Moorcock's The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell'' (1979) — by Michael Moorcock and [[Howard Chaykin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=THE SWORDS OF HEAVEN, THE FLOWERS OF HELL|first=Frank|last=Plowright|url=https://theslingsandarrows.com/the-swords-of-heaven-the-flowers-of-hell/|work=The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide}}</ref>
* ''So Beautiful and So Dangerous'' (1979, with distribution by Simon & Schuster) — by [[Angus McKie]]
* ''New Tales of the [[Arabian Nights]]'' (1979) — by [[Richard Corben]] and [[Jan Strnad]], introduction by [[Harlan Ellison]]

In 1981, the company launched a new series, '''''Heavy Metal Special Editions''''', which consisted of fifty seasonal ''Heavy Metal'' specials published until 2008. These began with ''Heavy Metal Presents Moebius'' (1981), followed by ''The Best of Heavy Metal'' (1982), ''Even Heavier Metal'' (1983), ''Son of Heavy Metal'' (1984), ''Bride of Heavy Metal'' (1985), and ''The Best of Heavy Metal 2'' (1986). Beginning with ''The Venus Interface'' (1989, v5 no. 4), the indicia began to feature volume and issue numbers, as well as the phrase "a series of special editions published four times a year by ''Heavy Metal'' magazine." After the fiftieth issue, "Overload Special" (Summer 2008, v22 no. 2), the  numbering of the seasonal specials was merged into the main series, and continued for another nine issues until the "War of the Worlds Special" (2011).