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"OLIVIA variant cover. Heavy Metal #4 hits the worldwide newsstands with this Cyberpunk themed issue. As winter settles in and the new year begins, Heavy Metal #4 delivers a landmark issue filled with climactic finales and daring new visions. Heavy Metal #4 is available at comic shops, newsstands worldwide and at the Heavy metal webstore. Olivia De Berardinis returns to the cover of Heavy Metal.

Enki Bilal concludes the first major arc of his acclaimed BUG saga, where politics, technology, and surrealism collide in unforgettable ways. Michael Conrad and Ilias Kyriazis bring Millstone to the close of its opening arc, weaving myth and destiny into a fateful conclusion. Sergio Gerasi’s reimagining of Valentina reaches its dreamlike finale, and Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Anna Morozova conclude
the first chapter of Taarna “Rebirth”, cementing her place as the eternal cosmic warrior. The magazine also continues its bold ongoing series, as Charley and Vlas Parlapánides with Marco Failla push Ink into darker territory and John Stanisci returns with a fierce new installment of Gladiatrix, where honor and brutality collide
in the arena. Adding to this landmark lineup are three speculative shorts that venture into unsettling visions of the near future, stories where technology, identity, and control blur into haunting reflections of our own world. Baby Trigger by Mark McCann and Luis Guaragna. Burton & Cyb return by Ortiz and Segura. HM alum Zeljiko Pahek reaturms with a tale of robots in Phase 4 Completed.

The magazine will also feature part 3 of Cold Dead War:The Aftermath by Craig Wilson. Janevsky’s cult sci-fi heroine, Sixella concludes with this issue. Alfonso Font returns with the trippy Ink Blot. Pepe Moreno brings us on a wild ride in The Elevator.

The Bus by Paul Kirchner and June 2050 by Pepe Moreno return

In Million Dollar Idea, a group of space pirates stumbles upon a malevolent A.I. in a cosmic junkyard, written by Ondraj Neff and illustrated by Michael Suchanek. Metal Optimism:The Future according to Syd Mead by Josh Sky. Rudy Rucker’s prose fiction tale Big Germs infects the pages of HM. Heavy Metal #4 stands as a milestone, an essential edition where defining arcs reach their climax, ongoing sagas intensify, and new visions chart the shadows of tomorrow.