Examiner.com correspondent and metal authority Mark Morton has published a list of the top 20 moments when heavy metal crossed over into the world of comic books. He comments:

"Since the massively publicized San Diego Comic Con is happening this week, we thought we’d get in on the action and celebrate a bit by exploring some of those bizarre and sometimes very cool moments when the worlds of heavy metal music and comic books collided. Narrowing the list to the following twenty was a surprising task, because both mediums cross paths more often than you would suspect. Check out IRON MAIDEN's recent single for 'El Dorado', for example. The artwork is designed to mimic a comic book cover, which leads to the notion that there is some deeper connection between comics and metal. Read on, as we explore the Top 20 Moments When Heavy Metal Crossed over into the World of Comic Books!"

An excerpt from the list is available below:

ENTOMBED taps The X-Men’s favorite son Wolverine:

"Around 1992-93, Earache Records made an agreement with Columbia Records to distribute and market some of their more important titles of the time. Among them included CARCASS’ Heartwork, CATHEDRAL's The Ethereal Mirror, NAPALM DEATH’s Fear Emptiness Despair, FUDGE TUNNELS’s Creep Diets, GODFLESH’s Selfless, and Entombed’s Wolverine Blues. For some reason, Earache gave a wee bit more attention to the Entombed album in that, along with (and probably because of) the Columbia deal, they also did a deal with Marvel Comics to not only feature Wolverine on the album art, but to also include a limited edition comic with the CD, though the comic itself had nothing to do with Entombed or the songs. Images of Wolverine even appeared in the music video. Call it a lesson in marketing gone awry, but Wolverine Blues ended up becoming Entombed’s most well-known albums, despite Beavis and Butt-head’s overwhelming loathing of the video. In an effort to retain the band’s core audience, Earache released an alternate version of the album without the ol’ Canucklehead’s grinning mug on it."

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