Love and Rockets #31

(December 1989)

Love & Rockets Number 31, December 1989 (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez; typeset

Characters

Steve Stranski

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Production credits, indicia and an illustration from the story contents. Printed on inside front cover.

Las Monjas Asesinas (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)

Genre

drama

Characters

Mary Christmas; Hopey; Lester (1st appearance); Maggie; Maya; Tex; Les

Reprints

• in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #1/1991 (81) (januari 1991) ["Las Monjas Asesinas"]
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Ten Years of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1992 series) (September 1992)
• 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) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Poison River Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 3)

Luba / comic story / 10 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

Thank you, thank you very much.

Genre

drama

Characters

Alicia; Arjelia; Hilda Beltran; Blas; Ricky Boy; Docho; Isobel; Luba; Fabio Luna; Peter Rio; Katy; Pino; Omo

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) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

Part three of the earliest origins of Luba and her mother Maria, her father Eduardo and her cousin Ofelia.

Spring 1982 (Table of Contents: 4)

Doyle Blackburn / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Genre

drama

Characters

'Litos; Doyle Blackburn; Lily Rivera; Gorro (unnamed); Stacy; Mr. Dalgang; Doyle's Aunt; Teddy Jr.; Ace

Synopsis

A fresh-out-of-jail Doyle struggles to stay straight while mired in the environment that got him in trouble in the first place.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• 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) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Love and Rockets X (part one) (Table of Contents: 5)

Love and Rockets X / 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

Characters

Love and Rockets: El Fontanel (first appearance); Sean Ogata (first appearance); Scott the Hog (first appearance); Rex Walker (first appearance)
Amber (first appearance); Junior Brooks (first appearance); E. T. (first appearance); Erf'Quake (first appearance); Gerry; Maricela; Kristen Niznick (first appearance); Riri; Steve Stranski; Igor Valdez (first appearance)

Synopsis

Kristen and Amber get Steve to take them to meet Love and Rockets, a band they think is the namesake British band. Later on, Steve and Gerry drive Riri to her house where she's staying with Maricela.

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) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Keywords

Los Angeles; rock band; soap opera

Indexer Notes

In the story Scott the Hog states they had the Love and Rockets name before the British outfit, that they were turned on to it by "two Mexican guys."

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

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

Indexer Notes

In the first printing, this is a promo for the first "World War 3 Illustrated" compilation.

Letters (Table of Contents: 7)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (reply); Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Beto) (reply)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brian Catanzaro, Charlie Harris, Gwen Ihnat, Jane Guskin. An illustration from the Spring 1982 story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Luba / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Colors

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Genre

drama

Characters

Alicia (third panbel); Hilda Beltran (third panel); Ofelia Beltran (second panel); Eduardo (first panel); Gina (second panel); Karlota (first panel); Luba; Maria (first panel); Peter Rio (fourth panel); Ruben (second panel)

Synopsis

Luba in four different stages of her early life, from baby to young adult. Accompanied by the main supporting characters so far in the story.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #12 - Poison River (September 1994)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #12 - Poison River (September 1994 ?)
• 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) #[5] - no. 29 - no. 35 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.