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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September 1983
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gary Groth

Cover Details

Characters Maggie; Penny Century; Dinosaurs
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Colors Roberta Gregory
Reprinted in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1

40 page Mechanics story "Love and the Rocket"

Characters Margarita "Maggie" Luisa Chascarillo; Rand Race; Esperanza "Hopey" Glass; Penny Century; Duke Morales; Vicki Glori; Daphne "Daffy" Matsumoto; Theresa "Terry" Leeanne Downe; Yax Haxley; Ben Ruben; Tse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Banuelos]; Rena Titañon; Pedro Rodriguez Sanjo; Sancho Sanjo; Izzy Reubens; Bernie Carbo; Doctor Numura; Speedy Ortiz; Tiger Rosa (Wrestler); Maria Bravo (Wresterl; Cameo); Vicki Glori (Wrestler)
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.
Genre Superhero; romance; fantasy
Script Jaime Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Letters Jaime Hernandez
Notes 1st appearance of Terry Downe, Vicki Glori, and Rena Tita–on
Reprinted in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2; in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #3; in Music for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn]; in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1

10 page Errata Stigmata story "Radio Zero"

Characters Errata Stigmata (Intro); Bubbles; Valentia
Synopsis Errata Stigmata and her friend Bubbles blow up an embassy.
Genre Science Fiction; fantasy
Script Mario Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted in Music for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn]; in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1

10 page Love and Rockets story "Somewhere in California"

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.
Genre science fiction
Script Mario Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Mario Hernandez
Inks Mario Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted in Music for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn]; in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1

4 page Love and Rockets story "Music for Monsters"

Characters Bang Bang; Inez; Killiaak monsters
Synopsis Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.
Genre science fiction
Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez ?
Reprinted in Music for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn]; in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [titled Music for Monsters II]

1 page illustration

Characters Monster X
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Colors Tom Mason
Letters Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted in Music for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn]; in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1