Love and Rockets #2 [Second Printing]
(December 1990)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume
[1]
Price
3.95 USD; 4.75 CAD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [sans serif, spaced apart, uniform negative space]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (Editorial Coordinator)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
Jaime Hernandez (colors); Monster X (credited) (color separations); Roberta Gregory (credited) (color separations); Tom Mason ? (color separations, see note)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Color separations credits for the issue read “Monster X & Roberta Gregory, Tom Mason.” An inference that some draw from the ordering and punctuation of credits is that Mr. Mason separated the back cover, but not the front cover.

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Comics Can Be Art and Here Are Some of the Reasons Why (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Groth (credited)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
First page of Groth's discussion on literacy, art and this issue's Mechanics story. The page also includes the table of contents, production credits and indicia.
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Indexer Notes

Continued on the inside back cover.

Mechanics (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Genre
drama; fantasy-supernatural; romance; science fiction
Characters
Tony Belle (cameo); Bernie Carbo (supporting) (first appearance); Penny Century (supporting); Daffy (supporting); Joey Glass (supporting); Vicki Glori (flashback) (cameo) (first appearance; two panels); Zero Gravity (cameo) (single-panel); Yax Haxley (supporting); Hopey (supporting); Izzy (supporting); Maggie (featured); Duke Morales (supporting); Speedy Ortiz (cameo); Rand Race (supporting); Rena Titañon (supporting) (first appearance); Tse Tse (supporting) (first appearance); Mr. Escareno; Ben Ruben; Guillermo del Juevín (Penny's Pet Dinosaur); Pedero Rodriguez San Jo; Old Timer [Ruben]; Highway Patrolman; Sancho Conrado San Jo (single-panel silhouette); Doctor Numura Mumura; Torombolo; Tiger Rosa (Wrestler; single-panel); Maria Bravo (Wrestler; single-panel cameo); Ki Ki
Synopsis
Maggie and Rand Race are sent to fix a downed ship in a volatile jungle country where dinosaurs still live and the leader is an oppressive dictator.
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Keywords
dinosaurs; space ship

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of Vicki Glori, and Rena Titañon.

Radio Zero (Table of Contents: 3)

Errata Stigmata / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Mario Hernandez (credited as Mario) (plot germ)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as 'Bert)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as 'Bert)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as 'Bert)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Errata Stigmata (first appearance); Bubbles; Velentia; Old Lady; Bubble's Mom [Edwina]
Synopsis
Errata Stigmata and her friend Bubbles blow up an embassy.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Somewhere in California / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Mario Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited as 'Bert)
Pencils
Mario Hernandez (credited)
Inks
Mario Hernandez (credited)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as 'Bert)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Vodor; Xed; Zezbar [Zizbah]; Tony; Noalda; King Svedor of Marzipan; Katie; Cluzia; Mosca
Synopsis
Aliens, the deposed King of Marzipan and drug dealers all are at the Polaris Apartments.
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¿Music for Monsters? II (Table of Contents: 5)

Bang and Inez / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Bang; Inez; Killiaak monsters; Doreena (unseen)
Synopsis
Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.
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Comics Can Be Art and Here Are Some of the Reasons Why [Continued] (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Groth (credited)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Letters
typeset
Characters
Maggie (spot illustration)
Synopsis
Groth's essay continued from the inside front cover. Also, a small Jaime drawing on the lower left corner from the following issue's Maggie vs. Maniakk story.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
Colors
Tom Mason (credited)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Bert)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...er Tavos Qualvida?
Characters
Monster X
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Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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