Love and Rockets #6 [Second Printing]
(May 1991)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1991
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [stacked, serif]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #6.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Palomar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Beto)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Beto)
Colors
Gilbert Hernandez (colors); Janet Toombs (credited) (color separations)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez ?
Genre
drama
Characters
Luba; Archie Ruiz
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Letters (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Groth (credited)
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Gilbert Hernandez (photo); Jaime Hernandez (photo); Mario Hernandez (photo)
Synopsis
Letters of comment from J. Sanchez (Northridge, CA); Doug Lafrenier (New York, NY); Jack Neignefind (Dauphin, PA); Kendall Carnes (Memphis, TN); Steve Rude (as Steven O. Rude) (Madison, WI); David B. Collins (Oakville, CN); and Lee Tamayhose.
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Indexer Notes

Starts on the inside front cover and continues right after the final story. The first page includes an announcement for a Hernandez Bros West Coast tour with a small photo of the bros.

The Mystery Wen (Heartbreak Soup Theater) (Table of Contents: 2)

Palomar / comic story / 6 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; humor
Characters
Carmen; Heraclio; Tonantzín Villaseñor (as Tonansin, first appearance); Xiohmara (as Bruja, unnamed, 1st appearance); Pepo; La Li
Synopsis
Heraclio worries about his health when he discovers a wen on his scalp.
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Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

This is the first story featuring Heraclio and Carmen as married adults. Like with the previous issue's story, taking place several years after the events in issue four where Carmen was a child and Heraclio a teenager. The Tonantzin/Tonansin character is not to be confused with Tonansin Carolongas who made a brief appearance in issue four. Though she is drawn differently from her later appearances.

[Mechanics / Las Mujeres Perdidas, part one] (Table of Contents: 3)

Locas / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi ho Hi ho It's back to work we go been weeks and weeks since I've seen Race
Genre
drama; science fiction
Characters
Penny Century; Yax Haxley; Hopey; Maggie; Duke Morales; Rand Race; Dot Winks; Franco; Mrs. Lopez
Synopsis
Maggie becomes jealous of a reporter who is interested in Rand.
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Indexer Notes

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

Act of Contrition Part Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Palomar / 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)
Genre
drama
Characters
Ofelia Beltran; Chelo; Casimira de los Santos; Doralis; Guadalupe; Luba; Lucy (single-panel, unnamed); Maricela; Martín; Pepa (single-panel, unnamed); Rudy; Archie Ruiz; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Joey Saldaña; Señora Meza
Synopsis
Luba and Archie recall how they met each other as they continue their platonic liaison and become the talk of the town.
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Indexer Notes

Pepa and Lucy (shown with Luba on page seven, panel one), are unnamed here but will appear again in the artist's Poison River story. The panel in question is redrawn in Poison River, part seven which appeared in Love and Rockets #35.

Amor y Cohetes (Table of Contents: 5)

Locas / comic story / 5 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
Characters
Penny Century; Roy Cowboy; Maggie; Rand Race; Comrade 7 (splash page); Rand's Friend; Fred; Rand's Girlfriend
Synopsis
Penny tells Maggie how she met Rand Race.
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Fantagraphics Books Winter 1983-1984 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
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Colors
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime); Janet Toombs (credited) (color separations)
Characters
Zero Gravity; Hopey; Terry; Monica Miranda Zandinski (first appearance)
Synopsis
Hopey's band La Llorona on stage.
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Indexer Notes

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