Love and Rockets #36

(November 1991)

Contents/Staff/Letters (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gary Groth (credited as editor) (reply)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Evan Dorkin, J. E. Alzona, Andy Pataky. Also includes production credits, table of contents, indicia and a panel from the Love and Rockets X story inside.

Poison River - Part 8 (Table of Contents: 2)

Luba / comic story / 11 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

...Just like I told you a dozen times, Captain Ortiz

Genre

drama

Characters

Blas; Ricky Boy; Captain Ortiz (death); Cilingis; Docho; Flaco; Gorgo; Luba; Lucy; Fabio Luna; Maria (flashback); Moises Moraga; Pepa; Fermin Rio; Peter Rio; Señor Garza (flashback); Señor Salas (flashback); Serafina; Juan; Nurse; Señora Ortiz (Joselito's future bride); Javier; Ruben; Armando Jose (Luba's baby, single-panel); Doctor/Doc (single-panel); Señor Salas Sr. [Fausto Salas]; Señor Paz (dies); Ramona Garza

Synopsis

After the previous chapter's shootout, Peter, Blas, Ortiz and others sort out what happened. Ex-addict Luba continues her affair with Ortiz and refuses to believe she's pregnant. Luba relapses and injects herself incorrectly, winding up at the hospital. She seemingly miscarriages, but the baby survives and is taken by Javier without Luba or Peter knowing. Fermin strangles Ortiz for his affair with Luba. In a late 50's flashback, Fermin and Peter lead a musical combo. Maria has affairs with Fermin, Garza and Peter, all the while yearning to find out the whereabouts of her missing daughter Luba.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #12 - Poison River (September 1994)
which is reprinted
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[6] - Beyond Palomar ([November] 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #6 - Beyond Palomar (February 2008)
• in La Rivière empoisonnée (Delcourt, 2008 series) (septembre 2008)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #12 - Poison River (September 1994 ?)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

Part eight of the earliest origins of Luba and her mother Maria. In one of the panels of the 1950s flashback, Garza congratulates Fausto for his supposed orchestration of a massacre of leftists, a reference to events in Poison River part two.

The artwork is page numbered eighty-three to ninety-three.

Wig Wam Bam, part 4 (Table of Contents: 3)

Locas / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime "Breeches Buoy" Hernandez)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime "Breeches Buoy" Hernandez)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime "Breeches Buoy" Hernandez)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime "Breeches Buoy" Hernandez)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Holy sh... who's there?

Genre

drama

Characters

Doyle Blackburn; Eddie Bravo; Chepa; Mary Christmas; Cleo; David; Ray Dominguez; Elias; Frances; Joey Glass; Hopey; Izzy; Janet (1st appearance); Lalo; Laura; Leland (as Lee); Danita Lincoln; Lu (stripper 1); Daffy Matsumoto; Maya; Melinda; Mrs. Glass (Joey's mom); Nami; Ojos; Pat; Lily Rivera; Rocky; Rena Titañon (single panel, TV screen); Jewel Tucker; Julie Wree; Chiquita; Stripper 2; Lloyd Sneed (single-panel, TV screen); Auntie (Danita's Mom); Doc

Synopsis

Joey is fed up that everyone thinks he's responsible for Hopey's face being on the missing persons section of milk cartons. After making several calls he finally realizes that Izzy did it and goes to her house to confront her, but she's not there. Izzy checks out of a psychiatric clinic after deciding she didn't need to be there, goes home and tears down the dozens of milk carton pictures of Hopey that she had on the wall. Back on the East Coast, Maya meets her friends at a bar and finds out Hopey has been at Jewel Tucker's place this whole time.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #11 - Wigwam Bam (1994)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #11 - Wigwam Bam (March 1994)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #3 (Noviembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[5] - Perla la Loca ([November] 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #5 - Perla la Loca (February 2008)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

Love and Rockets X - Part 6 (Table of Contents: 4)

Love and Rockets X / comic story / 5 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

Who are they?

Genre

drama

Characters

Bambi; Junior Brooks; E. T.; Erf'Quake; Fritz; Gerry; Maricela; Kristen Niznick; Mike Niznick; Sean Ogata; Petra; Riri; Scott the Hog; Steve Stranski; Igor Valdez; Cynthia Walker; Rex Walker; Wanda

Synopsis

Junior Brooks, E. T. and Erf'Quake wait outside of the Hollywood party but many if not most of the white guests freak out just because of their skin color. Sean and Steve attempt to make love to Maricela and Riri respectively, but both fail in their own particular way. Maricela heads home and reaffirms her love to Riri. Scott, Petra and Fritz come across an abandoned car wreck, which turns out to be Gerry's car. The driver unbenownst to them was Steve, who is bloodied and walking near the road.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #10 - Love and Rockets X (July 1993) [Love and Rockets X]
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #10 [First printing] - Love and Rockets X (July 1993)
which is reprinted
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #10 [2nd printings & up] - Love and Rockets X (June 1999)
which is reprinted
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[6] - Beyond Palomar ([November] 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #6 - Beyond Palomar (February 2008)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

The artwork is page numbered thirty-two to thirty-six.

The Love & Rockets Shopper (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Colors

Monster X (credited)

Characters

Frankenstein; Wolf Man; Dracula; Gill-man

Reprints

• 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) #[6] - No. 36 - No. 42 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.