pencil: Richard Corben

story: Richard Corben

David Ellis Norman passes through a portal invented by his uncle Dan and arrives in a parallel world.
Here his body is different: muscular and naked.
Everyone calls him Den and tries to kill him.
The world of NeverBeen is inhabited by mutant monsters, with the exception of the Queen and Christine, who are very similar, curvy, naked women.
The Queen wants power over NeverBeen and Den is an obstacle to her success.
Den comes into contact with Ard, an immortal boy who kidnaps Christine and blackmails him into stealing the queen's scepter.
Kang, a knight under Ard's command, also sets out with Den.
Den is captured by the Queen, who abuses him, while Kang escapes with the scepter.
Den manages to escape and finds Kang and Ard.
Ard wants to sacrifice Christine to awaken the demon Uhluhtc (Cthulhu, the demon created by H.P. Lovecraft, spelled backwards).
Den stops Ard, feeding him to Uhluhtc along with the scepter.
The queen is furious with them and swears revenge, but it will take her 4 years before she can create a new scepter.
Den and Christine run away together to make love and think about nothing else.
Defined as a perverse version of the Land of Oz, NeverBeen is a fantastic beat creation, which inspired the famous underground erotic animated film “Heavy Metal”.