Heavy Metal 306 proudly presents Black Beacon, a sci-fi tale about inability, iniquity, inattention to detail, big ideas and weird landscapes by Ryan K. Lindsay & Sebastian Piriz! Kevin Smith interviewed! Steve Orlando continues with his Starward, as well as George C. Romero's The Rise, Ron Marz' Swamp God, Matthew Medney's Dark Wing, and Brendan Columbus' Savage Circus. Among the short stories that round up this issue, Stefano Cardoselli returns to Heavy Metal with Nuclear Romance and Perry Crowe & Chris Anderson collaborate on Au Naturale.