Here in the States, I sadly never saw any of these when they came out. The closest thing of course was Heavy Metal, which would *occasionally* mirror Métal hurlant's covers, I think.
It's neat to see how the format and style of the covers changed over time. I suppose there are some archive sites out there that track the whole run of Pilote & Spirou from day one; I just haven't looked yet.
Interesting example of how Spirou (the character) got so many treatments over the years. Most of his stuff I've seen has a comedic or 'light adventure' vibe, yet here he is throwing down like a bad boy. Whoof!
EDIT3: Looks like there was a global federation issue the past two days preventing this post from showing up in "active" (and maybe "new") streams. This cut way down on the number of people who could see it, I believe. Issue seems to be resolved, now.
