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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published July 1985
Cover Price 1.95 USD
Pages 36
Editing Gary Groth

Cover Details

Characters Tonantzín; Diana; Theo
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks Gilbert Hernandez (signed)

2 page Letters story

Synopsis Letters of comment from M.T. Lunsford, McDonough GA; Ian Smyth, Westmidlands England; Amy Fairweather; John MacLeod, Guelph ON; Monica Sharp, Holtiville CA; Albert Godot, Porter TX; Patrick Perry, Boulder CO; Paolo Cantatore, New York, NY; E. Hope Shaw, Brighton, MA; Lisa Pace; Andrew Tashan
Script Gary Groth
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front and inside back covers

5 page Heartbreak Soup story "Slug Fest"

Characters Tonantzín Villaseñor; Diana Villaseñor; El Clavo; Diana; Theo; Chelo; Tipín Tipín
Synopsis Tonantzín gathers babosa
Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Letters Gilbert Hernandez ?

14 page Rocky and Fumble story "Rocky's Birthday Surprise"

Characters Rocky; Fumble; Rhoda; Needra; Cheetah Torpeda; Mr. Bakers; Rongo Ragney
Synopsis Fumble is kidnapped by a robot hater.
Genre science fiction
Script Jaime Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Inks Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Letters Jaime Hernandez

11 page Palomar story "The Reticent Heart"

Characters Heraclio; Carmen; Jesús; Israel; Vicente; Satch; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Tonantzín; Diana; Theo;l Guadalupe; Chelo; Manuel
Synopsis Heraclio recalls his sexual encouter with Luba from when he was fifteen years old
Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Letters Gilbert Hernandez ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House ad for Comics Journal #100

1 page advertisement

Synopsis an ad for Graphitti Designs' Love and Rockets tee-shirt

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis a house ad for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1
Notes back cover