Airdate: December 13, 1990 This show is brought to you by the letter M! Commander Rick profiles French comic book artist Moebius (Jean Giraud), the ground-breaking creator of Metal Hurlant a.k.a. Heavy Metal. On the eve of the Toronto Public Library’s Spaced Out Library new identity as The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy, the Commander also pays tribute to Judith Merril, one of the earliest and most influential women in the field of science fiction.