Love and Rockets #25

(March 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

promo for other Love & Rockets books; Table of contents, production credits, indicia

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Letters (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited as The Bros.); Jaime Hernandez (credited as The Bros.); ? (reply)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Letters

typeset

Characters

Speedy Ortiz

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Indexer Notes

The Bros. thank faithful readers for sending their top album lists. Letters from C. E. Dinkins, Doug Schell, Mark Winston, Jonno Davis. A flipped panel illustration from L&R #22.

Human Diastrophism, Part Five (Table of Contents: 3)

Palomar / comic story / 20 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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hu•Man- A. Belonging to, or having the qualities of, man or mankind.

Genre

drama

Characters

Ofelia Beltran (also in splash photo flashback); Borro; Carmen Calderon; Heraclio Calderon; Chelo; Casimira de los Santos; Doralis de los Santos; Gerry (Dude); Guadalupe (also in splash photo flashback); Humberto; Pipo Jimenez; Luba; Maricela (also in splash photo flashback and flashback with Tonantzin); Martín el Loco; Boots Piña; Chancla Piña; Concha Piña; Miguel Ramos; Riri (also in flashback); Khamo de los Santos; Steve Stranski (dude with glasses); Tomaso; Chango Valdes; Diana Villaseñor; Tonantzín Villaseñor (also in flashback); Detective Linda

Synopsis

Carmen has Tonantzin tied up while she and her friends feast in an attempt to cure her. Humberto and Tomaso are brought in for questioning. At the police lineup, however, someone else takes responsibility for the killings. Luba drops Guadalupe off with Heraclio and Casimira and Doralis with Khamo, letting them know they're their respective fathers. Maricela confesses to Diana she was the one who read Mejia's letters to Tonantzin. Chelo accidentally shoots Casimira while trying to cull some of the rampaging monkeys that are plaguing Palomar. Riri and Maricela leave Palomar for good.

Reprints

• in Heartbreak Soup (Titan, 1987 series) #3 - Human Diastrophism (1989)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #8 - Blood of Palomar (December 1989)
which is reprinted
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

All This and Penny, Too... (Table of Contents: 4)

Locas / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Hymen)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Hymen)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Hymen)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Hymen)

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Penny Century (also in flashback); Maggie Chascarillo (flashback); H. R. Costigan (wall poster); Hopey Glass (also in flashback); Tex; Webster; Ratman [Ted]; Black Basher [Zack]; Apollo

Synopsis

Broke and homeless, Tex and Hopey go to Costigan Manor East to hang out with the superhero cosplaying Penny Century. Also, a flashback to the Locas's teen years showing how they met Penny and how she got her name.

Reprints

• in Love & Rockets (Titan, 1987 series) #3 - Ape Sex (June 1989)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #7 - The Death of Speedy (November 1989)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

promo for Peter Kuper's "New York New York"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime 87)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime 87)

Characters

Bernie Carbo

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #7 - The Death of Speedy (November 1989)
• in Love and Rockets: The Covers (Fantagraphics, 2013 series) (March 2013)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Indexer Notes

back cover