This is a glimpse of Beachhead, a new story by Grant Morrison and Benjamin Marra, appearing in the next Heavy Metal Magazine out in three weeks time, April 27th.

It's been a long time coming, this is the first issue of the magazine with Grant Morrison as editor-in-chief, though curator seems to be a more accurate title. Morrison told Entertainment Weekly in an article it seems that few have read, calling it "an old school sci-fi twist-ender" It's the only story directly written by Grant in the issue, though he promises to come "upcoming from me and my art collaborators are tales of randy starship crews in a non-dystopian future, anthropomorphic cat detectives with PTSD caught up in quantum-Satanic nightmares, a cut-up collaboration between David Bowie and William Burroughs, and a whole s— ton more."

Heavy Metal showed off all three covers and pages from other strips in the issue.

Gringod by contemporary Pop Art painter Ron English. Victory of the Dravenites by Mozchops, drawing in the issue.

Botanica No. 23 by Gail Potocki, featured in the magazine.

Two ongoing serials remain, Julia and Roem by Enki Bilal and The 49th Key by Erika Lewis, J.K. Woodward and Deron Bennetz:

Lepidoteran by Emilio Balcarce and Gaston Vivanco.

A Mind Bomb by Anna Kornum.

The Key by Max Frezzato.

Time Served by Kyle Charles and Michael Moreci.

Magic Words by Eric Esquivel.

Mozchops' cover featured insect erotica graphic novel Salsa Invertebrexa.

The Artist Studio feature presents the work of Mimi Scholz.