Love and Rockets comic books issue 1

Titan Books Edition - 1st printing. By Jaime Hernandez. The original adventures of barrio punkettes Maggie and Hopey. From punk music and gang warfare to death and female wrestling, "Love and Rockets" is widely acclaimed as having some of the strongest female characters in comics. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. A collection of funny, romantic, and slice-of-life adventures from one of the most beloved independent comics creators in history. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 138 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert Hernandez's sprawling family saga moves to the United States, where Luba and her sisters Petra and Fritz, find their families' and friends' lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters reminisce, the next generation steps into spotlight: Luba's adult daughter Doralís and Petra's little girl, Venus. Softcover, 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

Love and Rockets: Book 19 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 1 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. The first volume depicting Luba's post-Palomar life and times, this book takes the sometimes confusing strands of Gilbert's stories and weaves them into a satisfying thematic whole, as Luba tries to make sense of her family's lives in America. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Love and Rockets: Book 23 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 3 of 3 - 1st printing. By Gilbert Hernandez. Luba: Tome 3 - Luba: Three Daughters is the final book in Gilbert Hernandez's post-Palomar trilogy, continuing the story of matriarch Luba and her extended family's travails in the United States after her Central American hometown is destroyed at the end of Palomar. It focuses on Luba and her two sisters, Fritz and Petra, exploring the complex relationships that form between family and how the experiences and actions of one generation influence the next. Renowned for his female characters, Hernandez intersperses his main narrative with "The Kid Stuff Kids," a series of lighthearted and playful one-pagers starring the young children of the three sisters, richly juxtaposed against the complex family drama at work in Three Daughters. Hernandez's mix of Latino soap opera, magic realist touches and rich naturalism speak to audiences about the changes that come with age and experience, and they are unparalleled in comics. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. "LOCAS: Part 1!" By Jaime Hernandez. Discover the adventures of the spunky Maggie, her annoying best friend and sometimes lover Hopey, and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend, Penny Century. This book collects the earliest, punkiest, most heavily sci-fi stories of Love and Rockets. Softcover, 276 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

2nd and alter printings. "LOCAS: Part 1!" By Jaime Hernandez. The first volume collecting the Love and Rockets stories of spunky Maggie, her brash best friend and sometimes lover Hopey, and their friends. It all starts here! Softcover, 276 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.99.

Love and Rockets: Book 1 - 1st printing. Collects Love and Rockets (1982-1996 1st Series) #1-2. Containing the legendary first two issues of Love and Rockets, it's one classic after another: the first Maggie and Hopey story, Luba in jungle-queen mode, "Mechanics," "Music for Monsters" and much more. Includes full color cover gallery. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10- 1/2-in., 150 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $35.00.

Love and Rockets: Book 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Love and Rockets (1982-1996 1st Series) #1-2. NOTE: Cover on reprints may vary. By Los Bros Hernandez. The original, seminal Love & Rockets comic book series, which ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996, singlehandedly defined the post-underground generation of comics that spawned Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and so many others. Now collected into 15 volumes, Love & Rockets is a body of work that The Nation has described as "one of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture." Created by brothers Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, three Southern California Mexican-Americans armed with a passion for pop culture and punk rock, Love & Rockets gave a voice to minorities and women for the first time in the medium's then 50-year history and remains one of the greatest achievements in comic book history. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 150 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $35.00.

Signed and numbered Edition - Love and Rockets: Book 1 - 1st printing. Collects Love and Rockets (1982-1996 1st Series) #1-2. Containing the legendary first two issues of Love and Rockets, it's one classic after another: the first Maggie and Hopey story, Luba in jungle-queen mode, "Mechanics," "Music for Monsters" and much more. Includes full color cover gallery. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10- 1/2-in., 150 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 400 copies. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. Collects Penny Century (1997) #1-7. By Jaime Hernandez. A collection in the style of Maggie The Mechanic. Penny Century collects the well-loved comic book series of the same title and select stories featuring Penny from Love and Rockets, as well as the long out-of-print graphic novel, Whoa Nellie! The Penny material features... Penny! The hottest super heroin of Earth and beyond! Whoa Nellie is hands down the best female wrestling comic of ALL TIME. From the master cartoonist Jaime Hernandez! Softcover, 240 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. "LOCAS: Part 3!" By Jaime Hernandez. Maggie, Hopey, and the rest of the Locas prowl Los Angeles, the East Coast, and parts in between trying to recapture their carefree youth. Split up from Hopey yet again, Maggie bounces back and forth between a one-laundromat town in Texas where she contends with both her inner demons and a murderous prostitute, and Camp Vicki where she must fend off her Aunt Vicki's attempt to make her a professional wrestler and the unwanted advances of the amorous wrestler Gina. And what's this about Maggie getting married? Softcover, 288 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.95.

2nd and later printings. "LOCAS: Part 3!" Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. In these classic "Locas" stories, Jaime drops a narrative bomb on Hopey (and us) in "Wigwam Bam"; Maggie contends with her inner demons, a murderous hooker, and an amorous lady wrestler; and Maggie, getting married? Softcover, 288 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.99.

1st printing.

Story art by Gilbert Hernandez.

High Soft Lisp, and more, the children are growing up and lovers have come and gone. Luba, Petra, and Fritz have all settled in Los Angeles are moving on to the next phases of their lives and careers. Venus shoots a backyard superhero movie, Fritz becomes a B movie actress, and children's TV show host Doralis has the grandest of finales.

Softcover, 280 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Jaime Hernandez.

Hot on the heels of Jaime Hernandez's masterpiece, Is This How You See Me?, comes a stand-alone graphic novel that focuses on one of Hernandez's most memorable characters, Tonta, while she confronts her family history. Her half-sister Vivian gets involved with a small-town gangster while Tonta befriends a young woman who keeps tabs on the neighborhood from the surrounding woods.

Meanwhile, back at school, Tonta discovers that Coach Angel harbors a secret while local punk band Ooot provides the soundtrack.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 104 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.