(May 1984)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
1.95 USD; 2.50 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
On-sale date:
1984-05
Indicia Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
Brand:
Fantagraphics Books
Editing:
Gary Groth
Format:
black and white with color covers; 8.5" x 11"; saddle-stitched; was on-going Series

Issue Notes

Original publication date needs to be confirmed. 1st printing: ? 1984; 2nd printing: May 1991


Act of Contrition Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Heartbreak Soup / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gilbert Hernandez ?
Pencils:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gilbert Hernandez ?

Content Information

Characters:
Luba; Archie Ruiz

[none] (Table of Contents)

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Groth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letters of comment from J. Sanchez Northridge, CA; Doug Lafrenier New York, NY; Jack Neignefind Dauphin, PA; Kendall Carnes Memphis, TN; Steve Rude Madison, WI; David Collins Oakville, CN; and Lee Tamayhose.

The Mystery Wen (Table of Contents)

Heartbreak Soup / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Letters:
Gilbert Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:
Drama; Soap
Characters:
Heraclio; Pepo; La Li; Tonantzin; Carmen; Bruja
Synopsis:
Heraclio worries about his health when he discovers a wen on his scalp.
Reprinted:
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #6 [Duck Feet]
  • in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
  • in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) #[nn]
  • in Heartbreak Soup (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]

[Las Mujeres Perdidas] (Table of Contents)

Mechanics / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils:
Jaime Hernandez
Inks:
Jaime Hernandez
Letters:
Jaime Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction; Drama
Characters:
Franco; Dot; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race; Yax Haxley; Duke Morales; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century; Mrs. Lopez
Synopsis:
Maggie becomes jealous of a reporter who is interested in Rand.
Reprinted:
  • in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #11/1985
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #3 [Las Mujeres Perdidas]
  • in Lost Women and Other Stories, The (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn]
  • in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
  • in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

The story is not given the title "Las Mujeres Perdidas" until the final page of the concluding chapter in Love & Rockets #11.


Act of Contrition Part Two (Table of Contents)

Heartbreak Soup / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gilberto Hernandez
Pencils:
Gilberto Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Gilberto Hernandez (signed)
Letters:
Gilberto Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:
Drama
Characters:
Archie Ruiz; Luba; Joe; Chelo; Martin; Ofelia; Maricela; Doralis; Guadalupe
Synopsis:
Luba and Archie recall how they met each other.
Reprinted:
  • in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
  • in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) #[nn]
  • in Heartbreak Soup (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]

[“No... por que el?”] (Table of Contents)

Amor y Cohetes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Letters:
Jaime Hernandez

Content Information

Characters:
Comrade 7; Penny Century; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race
Synopsis:
Penny tells Maggie how she met Rand Race.
Reprinted:
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]
  • in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Letters:
Typeset

Indexer Notes

In the second edition, these two pages are a promo for Love and Rockets material.


[none] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Colors:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Reprinted:
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]

Indexer Notes

back cover


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [none]
    Letters
  2. 2. The Mystery Wen
    Heartbreak Soup
  3. 3. [Las Mujeres Perdidas]
    Mechanics
  4. 4. Act of Contrition Part Two
    Heartbreak Soup
  5. 5. [“No... por que el?”]
    Amor y Cohetes
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
  7. 7. [none]
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