Rocket comic books issue 13

(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A) Francis Manapul (CA) Francis Manapul “THE UNBELIEVABLES,” Part Three For the first time, the Rocketfellers finally meet Hornsby & Halo! When Rose Hornsby, Zach Halo, and the Trillion Dollar Kid—aka Tommy Townsend III—confront the family from the 25th century about their secret, they unleash deadly chaos when Tommy’s overprotective robot bodyguard unleashes his full capability! 32 pages, full color, rated T. Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A) Francis Manapul (CA) Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson “THE UNBELIEVABLES,” Part Three For the first time, the Rocketfellers finally meet Hornsby & Halo! When Rose Hornsby, Zach Halo, and the Trillion Dollar Kid—aka Tommy Townsend III—confront the family from the 25th century about their secret, they unleash deadly chaos when Tommy’s overprotective robot bodyguard unleashes his full capability! 32 pages, full color, rated T. Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A) Francis Manapul (CA) Francis Portela, Brad Anderson “THE UNBELIEVABLES,” Part Three For the first time, the Rocketfellers finally meet Hornsby & Halo! When Rose Hornsby, Zach Halo, and the Trillion Dollar Kid—aka Tommy Townsend III—confront the family from the 25th century about their secret, they unleash deadly chaos when Tommy’s overprotective robot bodyguard unleashes his full capability! 32 pages, full color, rated T. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. (W) Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A) Francis Manapul (CA) Francis Manapul “THE UNBELIEVABLES,” Part Three For the first time, the Rocketfellers finally meet Hornsby & Halo! When Rose Hornsby, Zach Halo, and the Trillion Dollar Kid—aka Tommy Townsend III—confront the family from the 25th century about their secret, they unleash deadly chaos when Tommy’s overprotective robot bodyguard unleashes his full capability! 32 pages, full color, rated T. Cover price $3.99.

Cover art by Jaime Hernandez. Untitled story, script and art by Jaime Hernandez; Maggie and Hopey hit the thrift stores, then trail around town trying to find a new place to live; Terry is cold on the idea of putting Maggie up; Maggie heads back to Izzy's to get ready for work, and hears from Izzy how Hopey took the (misreported) news of Maggie's death in Chepan. "Boys Will Be Boys," script and art by Gilbert Hernandez; Heraclio and Pepo try to fix newcomer Anacleto up with one of the women of Palomar. Lloyd Llewellyn character profile by Daniel Clowes. Untitled Lloyd Llewellyn story, script and art by Daniel Clowes; Irving Melvin plays his last practical joke. One-page La Toña story, script and art by Jaime Hernandez. "Young Locas," script and art by Jaime Hernandez; Maggie is planning on leaving Sal's Garage because her job there is causing her to lose her friends; She forgets all about it when Harvey introduces her to her first pro-solar job. "An American in Palomar," script by Gilbert Hernandez, art by Gilbert Hernandez; Howard Miller walks the streets of Palomar photographing its citizens; He has an encounter with Tonantzin, who gets the idea he can help her get noticed by Hollywood. Joint letter to the editor from comic book creators Adam Philips and Kurt Busiek. 1st printing (2nd to 5th printings exist for most issues in this series). Mature readers. 44 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.25.

Rocket's Blast #13 (16 pgs; ditto), with Adam Strange cover art by Buddy Saunders (owner of Lone Star Comics and mycomicshop.com). The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. This issue is from the impossible-to-find era before the zine merged with Ron Foss' The Comic Collector. It features: a piece on comics references in newspapers and on TV; a review of Galaxy magazine's Bodyguard short story collection by Robert Harner 3rd; an article on the use of politics in Marvel and DC comics by Rick Weingroff; a feature on Captain America by Raymond Miller; "The Rusty Man of Steel", which is an article by Paul E. Moslander denigrating Superman; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 35-cent cover price. Cover price $0.35.

2nd printing. Locas, La Tona, Young Locas by Jaime, Boys Will Be Boys, An American In Palomar by 'Bert Cover price $2.50.

by Los Bros Hernandez In the second installment of "Day by Day with Hopey," "Wednesday is Bitter Ends Day," Hopey prepares for her new career and must decide what to do for lunch: eat at home or go out? Meanwhile, Julio's nephew, Julio Tomas, discovers rock and roll in the 1950s. In the here and now, washed-up motivational speaker Mark Herrera, determined to expose the mystery of the Sea Hog, goes after his five ex-wives for help ? including fourth wife Fritz, who is now a B-movie actress! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, B&W SRP: $4.50 Cover price $4.50.

Story by Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez. Maggie plays nursemaid to her adopted 'children' and there's a new queen in Lumina's village. Then, in flashbacks, we follow Fritz's sister Petra from her youth to her days as a bodybuilder. 40 years in, Love and Rockets has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with a wave of national publicity in 2022 for the Hernandez brothers, culminating in the acclaimed new PBS documentary, Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book, now streaming! 32 pages. full B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Love and Rockets: Book 13 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. 'Chester Square' chronicles Maggie's turbulent life from the end of 'Wigwam Bam' through 'Bob Richardson,' Jaime's farewell to Love & Rockets. Split up from Hopey yet again, Maggie bounces back and forth between a one-laundromat town in Texas (the 'Chester Square' of the title), where she has to contend with both her own inner demons and a murderous hooker, and Camp Vicki, wher she has to fend off her aunt Vicki's attempts to make her a professional wrestler, and the unwanted advances of the amorous wrestling champ-to-be, Gina. As usual, Jaime spotlights a wide range of headstrong female characters, including Maggie's sister Esther and her cousin Xochitl; Penny Century, Hopey, and Danita show up as well, as does Rena Titañon, who, joined by the wrestler El Diablo, dominates the finale with a rousing free-for-all slugfest against six armed thugs. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Love and Rockets: Book 13 - 2nd and later printings. By Los Bros Hernandez. 'Chester Square' chronicles Maggie's turbulent life from the end of 'Wigwam Bam' through 'Bob Richardson,' Jaime's farewell to Love & Rockets. Split up from Hopey yet again, Maggie bounces back and forth between a one-laundromat town in Texas (the 'Chester Square' of the title), where she has to contend with both her own inner demons and a murderous hooker, and Camp Vicki, wher she has to fend off her aunt Vicki's attempts to make her a professional wrestler, and the unwanted advances of the amorous wrestling champ-to-be, Gina. As usual, Jaime spotlights a wide range of headstrong female characters, including Maggie's sister Esther and her cousin Xochitl; Penny Century, Hopey, and Danita show up as well, as does Rena Titañon, who, joined by the wrestler El Diablo, dominates the finale with a rousing free-for-all slugfest against six armed thugs. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.