Metal Hurlant Vol.3: The Monster Within

by Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Enki Bilal

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comics

272 pages, Paperback

Published December 16, 2025

About the author

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (pen-name: Mœbius) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer, who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées tradition.
Also published as Jean Giraud.

Reviews

[Luke John · Rating 5 out of 5]

The three Metal Hurlant releases of 2025 have (in my mind, at least) been the very best reads I have had in the area of comics all year. They are absolutely beautiful books, full of widely varied works (both in style and art) that are just a pleasure to consume. Yes, you could say that as with any anthology work there is mixed quality, but I suspect that is more subjective than anything else. My one recommendation for comics readers currently is that they pick up all three of these books (and keep an eye out for any future releases).

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The re-launched Metal Hurlant continues to impress, and this third issue maintains the mix of new contributions alongside reprints from the original run in the 1970's and 1980's. And that mix continues to work perfectly, as classic pieces like Enki Bilal's "Exterminator 17" are grouped thematically with newer contributions, some of which are practically mind-blowing (Salvador Sanz, Elie Huault, Elene Usdin, Jorg de Vos, Jurek Malottke, and Brouette Hurlante deserve shouts outs for their incredible work in this issue).

But I'm especially glad to see Nicole Claveloux's "No Family!" (from 1979) included among the reprints. Claveloux has not had much work published in English, which is a shame since she is a wonderfully original graphic artist with a completely unique take on the macabre. Here's hoping that future issues of Metal Hurlant will contain more work from Claveloux!

[Zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another incredible curation by the team at Humanoids. Crowned by the second half of Dionnet and Bilal's "Exterminator 17" in its original colours, this issue contains a few of the best original Metal Hurlant stories together with tens of worthy new stories by a range of artists. Let's hope Humanoids can by some miracle get around this bankruptcy trouble because this stuff is awesome.

[Bertazzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half is amazing - some really good stories and artwork. But the last stories are boring as hell.