(July 1984)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume
[1]
Price
1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1984
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, spread out]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (Editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: May 1984.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Locas / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Colors
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime); Janet Toombs (credited) (color separations)
Genre
science fiction; drama
Characters
Maggie
Reprints
Keywords
robots
Cover Thumbnail for Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #7 Cover Thumbnail for Love and Rockets (1982 series) #7 [Second Printing]
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Letters (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Groth (credited) (intro + reply); Brian James Riedel (credited)
Pencils
Brian James Riedel (credited)
Inks
Brian James Riedel (credited)
Letters
Brian James Riedel (credited); typeset
Synopsis
Letters of comment from Roger Weddall (Fitzroy, Australia); Richard Bruning (Madison, WI); Jua; Pete Scott (Harworth, Great Britain); James Laws Sebastian (New York, NY); Charles Van Meter; Jon Turnbow (Olympia, WA); Aaron Headly (Chester Springs, PA); Benno Schmidt (Brookline, MA). Also includes a postcard from Paul Mavrides and an cartoon from Riedel on the third page.
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Indexer Notes

Starts on the inside front cover and continues (on pgs. 30-31) right before the promo ads at the end of the issue.

[Mechanics / Las Mujeres Perdidas, part two] (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 10 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)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heck no! I'm not crazy!
Genre
drama; science fiction
Characters
Penny Century; Chiness; H. R. Costigan (two-panels); Dr. Beaky; Hopey; Machi; Maggie; Rand Race; Dot Winks; Benso; Joe
Synopsis
Maggie and Race, hired by Dr. Beaky, arrive in Rio Frio for a job repairing robots on the island of Chepan.
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Indexer Notes

This story has had multiple titles over the years. The title "Las Mujeres Perdidas" wasn't used until the final page of the concluding chapter in Love & Rockets #11. Later reprints have titled this "The Lost Women" and most recently "Mechanics" once again.

Act of Contrition Part 3 (Table of Contents: 3)

Palomar / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Genre
drama
Characters
Ofelia Beltran; Chelo; Casimira de los Santos; Doralis; Guadalupe; Luba; Maricela; Martín el Loco; Archie Ruiz; Archie's Mom; Esther; Tom
Synopsis
Luba is in San Fideo in an attempt to get a part to repair her movie house's projector. Meanwhile, unbeknowst to her, her bath house is part rubble because the water heater blew up. By chance she meets up with Archie again and their cooled relationship heats up and turns physical.
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Keywords
cadaver; morgue; mortician; nightmare

Locos (Table of Contents: 4)

Locas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime Loco de Scxch)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime Loco de Scxch)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime Loco de Scxch)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime Loco de Scxch)
Genre
drama
Characters
Hopey (flashback); Izzy; Maggie (flashback); Speedy Ortiz; Carlos; Jack Ruebens; Izzy's Mom [Juana Ortiz]; Izzy's Dad
Synopsis
Speedy recounts to Carlos Izzy's evolution from gang leader to straight-laced college student to dark neighborhood eccentric.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

The Whispering Tree (Table of Contents: 5)

Palomar / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Genre
drama
Characters
Ofelia Beltran; Doralis; Guadalupe; Beto
Synopsis
Guadalupe tells Doralis a ghost story about a deceased bruja and a tree.
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A Commitment to Excellence and Originality: Fantagraphics Books Spring 1984 Catalogue (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mario Hernandez (signed as Mario)
Inks
Mario Hernandez (signed as Mario)
Colors
Janet Toombs (credited) (color separations)
Reprints
Keywords
buzzsaw; cage; flashlight; gag; gasmask; rope

Indexer Notes

back cover

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