The Complete Love & Rockets #1 - Music for Mechanics [5th edition]

(June 1996 ?)

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

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Pipo; Vicente; Israel; Jesus; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]

Indexer Notes

Title and publisher pages; Indicia, production credits and table of contents.
Table of contents omits “La Chota,” “How to Kill a    by Isabel Ruebens,” and “Meanwhile . . . Back at the Ranch”; and collapses the multi-part “BEM” and “Cover Gallery” into single content items.
These pages include illustrations from the stories.

A Habitable World The Brothers Hernandez (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carter Scholz (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Comics were pretty much invented in America.

Synopsis

Carter Scholz talks about the importance of Love and Rockets to comics as a major achievement.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with various panels and characters from the comics.
These are not all the same as were used in the first edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Mechan-X (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7.85 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Izzy Ruebens)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as JH) (credited as Izzy Ruebens)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as JH) (credited as Izzy Ruebens)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Izzy Ruebens)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Goody ... time for work ...

Genre

drama; science fiction

Characters

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Duke Morales; Yax Haxley; Tall Tracker; Penny Century

Synopsis

Maggie is hired to work with the pro-solar mechanic Rand Race. Tall Tracker attacks Race to get him to rebuild a robot army but Maggie saves the day.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)

La Chota (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.15 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Letters

Jaime Hernandez

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)

Locas Tambien (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as JH)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as JH)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thirty-five dollars and a six pack to my name...

Genre

drama

Characters

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Joey Glass; Speedy Ortiz [Eulalio Ortiz]

Synopsis

The story of how Maggie and Hopey first met.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)

How To Kill A... (By Isabel Ruebens) (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as JH) (credited as Isabel Ruebens)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as JH) (credited as Isabel Ruebens)

Genre

drama

Characters

Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)

Indexer Notes

This story is not included in the table of contents.

BEM (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Bert)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Bert)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meanwhile, the monster moved across the sea at its usual speed with the ever present whirlyboat close behind ...

Genre

drama; science fiction

Characters

Leonor [Leonore; Lenor]; Leonore's boyfriend; Suzy Niznick; Harold Penis; Bob Zitz; Bobo; Luba; Peter; Castle Radium; Echo; Roxanne; Paulo P. Piñata; Cha Cha Charlie; Patrice; giant monster; BEM

Synopsis

BEM has escaped and is on a murderous rampage, pursued by hero Castle Radium.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982), #1 (September 1982), #1 (September 1982)
• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)
• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)
• in Comic Art (Comic Art, 1984 series) #82 (August 1991)

Indexer Notes

5 chapters to this story.
In the comic issue and in previous editions of this book, the girl's name was spelled Leonore in chapters 1-3, and Lenore in chapters 4-5. In this edition her name starts as Leonor, then Leonore, then Lenor, then back to Leonor.
In part 3, page 7, panel 6, a small black spot has been added to this edition to show where Luba has been flung far away by the monster.

Barrio Huerta (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rosalba!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rosalba; Lencho; Rand Race; Duke Morales; Yax Haxley

Synopsis

The first 3 panels are in Spanish. A factory worker, coming home at the end of his shift, is told that the baby died that morning. The last panel is in English - Rand and Yax have discovered a grave stone with a cherub.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)

...Penny Century, You're Fired!! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! Atoma is single-handedly holding off those alien attackers!

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]; H. R. Costigan

Synopsis

All Penny Century wants is to become a superhero.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)

Music For Monsters I (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's go, Vertigo! Giddyap!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bang Bang; Inez Perez; Vivik; El Creepo Perverto; Woman with Convertible

Synopsis

Two young women in the desert photographing monsters.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Love and Rockets (Los Bros. Hernandez, 1981 series) #1 (1981)

Mecanicos (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Letters

Jaime Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Maggot! You've been in there for two hours!

Genre

drama; science fiction

Characters

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Rand Race; Duke Morales; Yax Haxley; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]

Synopsis

Maggie becomes Rand's assistant.

Reprints

• in Love & Rockets: Short Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) (August 1987)
• in Love and Rockets Bonanza! (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) #1 (March 1989)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[1] - Maggie the Mechanic (January 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #1 - Maggie the Mechanic (May 2007)

Indexer Notes

Original story first published in this volume.

Mechanics (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as Jaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as Jaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Hopey, Surprise! It's me!

Genre

drama; science fiction

Characters

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]; Duke Morales; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe]; Yax Haxley; Ben Ruben; Tse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Banuelos]; Rena Titañon; Pedero Rodriguez Sanjo; Sancho Sanjo; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Bernie Carbo; Doctor Numura Mumura; Speedy Ortiz [Eulalio Ortiz]; Tiger Rosa; Maria Bravo (cameo); Vicki Glori [Victoria Chascarrillo]

Synopsis

Maggie and Rand Race are sent to fix a downed ship in a volatile jungle country where dinosaurs still live and the leader is an oppressive dictator.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

Indexer Notes

Forty-page story is presented discontinuously over 41 pages with the addition a new one-page story between pages 30 and 31.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as Jaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited) (signed as Jaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ouch! Take it easy, Izzy!

Genre

drama

Characters

Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]

Synopsis

Hopey gets a homemade tattoo while discussing Maggie's trip with Izzy and Daffy.

Reprints

• from Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2 (November 1985)

Indexer Notes

This item appears between pages 30 and 31 of “Mechanics.” Original story first published in this volume.

Radio Zero (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Mario Hernandez (credited) (plot germ); Gilbert Hernandez (physical evidence)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (physical evidence)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (physical evidence)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (physical evidence)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the case of Errata Stigmata

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Errata Stigmata (Intro); Bubbles; Valentia

Synopsis

Errata Stigmata and her friend Bubbles are involved in an embassy bombing.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

¿Music for Monsters? II (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Bert)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited) (signed as Bert)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One day Bang woke up and decided she was more than fed up with the current state of what was passing for, ahem, 'science-fiction'.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bang Bang; Inez Perez; Killiaak monsters; Doreena

Synopsis

Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

Indexer Notes

The title appears in the story as "¿Music for Monsters?".
The table of contents lists it as "Music for Monsters II".

Somewhere in California (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Mario Hernandez (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Mario Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Mario Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Vodor; Xed; Zezbar [Zizbah]; Tony; Noalda; King Svedor of Marzipan; Katie; Cluzia; Mosca

Synopsis

Aliens, the deposed King of Marzipan and drug dealers all are at the Polaris Apartments.

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

A Little Story... (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I know where you're going!

Genre

drama

Characters

Pipo; Martin; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Chelo; Vicente; Israel; Jesus

Synopsis

The children of Palomar climb on the stone idols outside town.

Reprints

• in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) (August 1987)
• in Love and Rockets Bonanza! (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) #1 (March 1989)
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Palomar (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2005 series) #1 (Agosto 2005)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[2] - Heartbreak Soup (January 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #2 - Heartbreak Soup (May 2007)

Indexer Notes

Original story first published in this volume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Cover Gallery (Table of Contents: 21)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Indexer Notes

Beginning of the cover gallery section. Contains an illustration taken from the story BEM.
This page is new for the 3rd edition.

[Love and Rockets #1] (Table of Contents: 22)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 [1st printing] (September 1982)

Indexer Notes

For the 3rd edition, these covers were reprinted in black and white, rather than color as in the previous editions.

Love 'y' Rockets (Table of Contents: 23)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)

Indexer Notes

Reprints back cover of Love and Rockets #1 (Fall 1982).

[Love and Rockets #2] (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Characters

Penny Century; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Dinosaurs

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...er Tavos Qualvida?

Characters

Monster X

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)

Indexer Notes

Reprints back cover of Love and Rockets #2 (Spring 1983).

If you enjoyed this book (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[The rocket is now boarding...] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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