The winter holiday season is upon us, (and probably your family gathering too!) So, what better way to celebrate than with some HEAVY METAL Holiday-themed covers?

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Starting right off the bat, December 1977's edition of HEAVY METAL mag featured a cover illustrated by Jean Sole. Originally, this cover was used as an illustration on the front of METAL HURLANT issue #12, which itself had been published in December 1976.

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Following after that, the December 1979 issue of HEAVY METAL featured a cover painted by Richard Cohen and Jon Townley.

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Other Christmas-y covers would  occasionally appear, although not as often.

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We have painter Olivia De Berardinis's 1985 painting of a female Santa Claus gracing the cover of Winter 1988's issue of our magazine:

However, after the Winter 1988 issue, we don't get anymore holiday-themed covers until nearly 20 years later!

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January 2007's edition of HEAVY METAL magazine features artwork by Claudio Aboy. Depicted on the cover by Aboy, we are treated to another Santa-outfitted woman. This time, our Santa lady is leaning up against a super-awesome vehicle that looks straight out of a sci-fi story! Of course, some wrapped Christmas gifts are also there - depicted on the bottom left side.

HEAVY METAL issue #297 is a Winter-themed edition, which of course lends itself to having winter-and-holiday-themed covers. This issue has 3 unique cover variants: Cover A,by Brandi Milne, is titled "Once Upon A Quiet Kingdom". Cover B, by Jacques Parnel, is titled "Père Noël Extraterrestre";That particular piece originally was used by SyFy Channel on a promotional postcard of theirs. Cover C, titled "Krampus", was done by Dwayne Harris.

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So, what do you think? What are your favorites from this selection of covers? Should HEAVY METAL do more Holiday-themed covers or issues?


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