Heavy Metal Magazine 1977 #9 Direct ed. - 4.0 - $10.00

This issue introduces as regular features several short text articles on movies, comics, science fiction, & music. These share pages both with each other and other features, so the page count totals are estimates.

• "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - Picture split between front and back covers. It is not a wrap-around image.
• Contents - Contents page with illustration spanning to next page/editorial page.
• ...Thirty-four... - Editorial text with illustration spanning previous page/contents page.
• - Part 1 of a Stephen King interview. Art is the paperback cover for The Stand.
• The Story of Rowlf - Part 3 of 3
• Paradise Lost - Beginning a serialized adaptation of the Milton novel. No part 2 has appeared yet.
• Zooks! - Part 4 of 7. Part 5 is in the March issue. Printed sideways.
• The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell - This and the next two "features" are actually the component parts of a single feature displaying artwork from three forthcoming books (divided for indexing clarity). Writing credits are for feature scripts; they also carry editorial comments (by White?).
• Food for the Children - Reprinted version is without last 2 story pages.
• Wide Awake - Two half pages on two adjoining pages.
• Rock Opera - Long serialized feature that runs through 12/85 (the final monthly issue, and it probably ended only for that reason). Two, 2/3 adjoining pages.
• "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - Second half of image from front cover with a list of this issue's contents.