Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	Fall 1983
Cover Price	2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	Gary Groth

Cover Details

Characters	"Atoma"; super-powered baby
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Colors	Janet Toombs

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script

Kim Thompson

2 page story "Love and Rockets"

Characters	Penny Century; "Atoma"; suicidal woman (dream sequence only)
Script	Jaime Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez

22 page Palomar story "Sopa de Gran Pena, Part One"

Characters	Tip in' Tip in'; Zomba; Gato; Carmen; Augustin'; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Chelo; Gordo; Toco; Heraclio; Vicente; Sakahaftewa (Satch); Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Manuel; Arturo; Soledad Marquez; Guero; Pintor; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Sheriff Borro
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Notes	First appearance of all characters except Luba, who first appeared in a story of questionable canonicity, "BEM" from #1; introduction of the Central American village of Palomar. Title, Sopa de Gran Pena, translates to "Heartbreak Soup".

10 page Maggie the Mechanic story "Maggie Vs. Maniakk"

Characters	Maniakus Rex (Maniakk); Margarita "Maggie" Luisa Chascarillo; Esperanza "Hopey" Glass; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Penny Century; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor
Script	Jaime Hernandez; Mario Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez
Notes	First appearances of: Maniakk; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor

1 page story "[Untitled]"

Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

15 page story "Somewhere in California"

Characters	Brian Vinton; Joleen; Tony; Omor; Nefar; Sedrik; Kled; Afa Riengold; Dalvor Amorte; Aunt Verlika; Jan; Jelik; Fred
Script	Mario Hernandez
Pencils	Mario Hernandez
Inks	Mario Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
Notes	First appearance of all characters.

2 page Locas story "Locas Tambien"

Characters	Margarita "Maggie" Luisa Chascarillo; Esperanza "Hopey" Glass; Penny Century; Daphne "Daffy" Matsumoto; Theresa "Terry" Leeanne Downe; Isabel "Izzy" Maria Ortiz Reubens; Joey Glass; Tony
Script	Jaime Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez

1 page story "Locker Room"

Characters	Dr. Smith; unnamed starving "Lower Side" family
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

12 page story "Toyo's Request"

Characters	Bernie Carbo; Rena Tita`non; Duke Morales; Toyo; Zono Hibonales; Bull Marie
Script	Jaime Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez

Cover Details

Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Gary Kwapisz; Pepfield J.