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Issue: Love and Rockets Bonanza! #1
Publication Date: March 1989
 
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Variant: Gilbert Cover
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: FBView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.95 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: A collection of "odds n' ends" from various sources that never appeared in the original Love & Rockets magazine. 1st printing: January 1989
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers, black & white interior
Dimensions: US magazine size
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Tonantzin; Vicente
Trix o trax, owedo boday! Miff mon?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
This image (with logo removed) is the back cover for the "Jaime" variant.

Both illustrations were used for T-shirts made by Graphitti T-Shirt Designs.
Love and Rockets Bonanza

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #3 published December 1985
was Mechanics - The Love and the Rocket [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]Maggie illustration
 
Miscellaneous
1
Table of contents, indicia and publishing credits.
Mecanicos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mechanics
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Duke Morales; Rand Race; Penny Century
Maggie's first day as Rand's assistant doesn't turn out as planned.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
was Mecanicos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Welcome to Palomar

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Palomar
Reprinting
FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
was Welcome to Palomar... [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Chelo's Burden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adult, drama
Palomar
Chelo; Vicente; Jesus Angel; Aurora; Israel; Sakahaftewa [Satch]; Pipo; Emil; Irma; Hans; Manuel; Soledad
As well as giving baths for a living in those days, Chelo was also a midwife.
The narrator gives a rundown on various residents of Palomar.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #2 [First Edition] published June 1986
was Chelo's Burden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The story is untitled. This is the title given to it in the Complete Love & Rockets #2. Not to be confused with the much longer story with the same title from Love & Rockets v1 #50.
24T

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Locas
Penny Century; H.R. Costigan
Penny starts an argument in a restaurant.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #3 [1st Edition] published August 1987
 
Miscellaneous
1
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Locas
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]
The girls have a conversation about Maggie.
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #2 published November 1985
was Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Goat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Becky Snyder
The narrator recounts what happened in a bar when she saw a person she hadn't seen since junior high.
Reprinting
FlagEscape #16 published January 1988
was The Goat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sugar 'N' Spikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Palomar
Vicente; Pipo; Jesus; Toco; Israel
Vicente recounts what happened when he got into a kicking contest with Pipo.
Reprinting
FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
was Sugar 'N' Spikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
The Adventures of Maggie the Mechanic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Mechanics
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race; Duke Morales
Maggie and Rand try to rescue Duke from inside a fallen robot.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #5 [1st Edition] published September 1988
was The Adventures of Maggie the Mechanic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Many Faces of "Big" Danny Chesterfield

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adult, drama
"Big" Danny Chesterfield
Danny goes to a peep show and interrupts the proceedings.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #4 [First Printing] published January 1988
was The Many Faces of "Big" Danny Chesterfield [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Hey Hopey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Locas
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Joey Glass
Siblings Hopey and Joey talk about their mother and Maggie.
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #1 published October 1985
was Hey Hopey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
A Little Story...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Palomar
Pipo; Martin; Sakahaftewa [Satch]; Chelo; Vicente; Israel; Jesus
Trouble happens after the kids go to the local watering hole.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
was A Little Story... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Those Wild and Mixed Up Locas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Locas
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Rand Race; Penny Century; H.R. Costigan
Rand takes Maggie out to a restaurant in an effort to patch up their loose ends. Unfortunately, Maggie's insecurities get in the way.
Reprinting
FlagAnything Goes! #2 published December 1986
was Those Wild and Mixed Up Locas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Space Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Palomar
Theo; Maricela; Guadalupe; Ofelia; Luba
Guadalupe tries to find out if the sky goes on forever.
Reprinting
FlagAnything Goes! #4 published May 1987
was Space Case [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
A Date With Hopey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
Henry Good; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Henry recounts his relationship with Maggie and Hopey, and his attempts to start a romance with the latter.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #3 [1st Edition] published August 1987
 
Miscellaneous
4
Henry's last name isn't revealed until his next appearance in Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 (2015).
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Locas
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]
Hi, girls. How are you feeling?
The narrator asks the girls their feelings on being inside a color comic book for the first time.
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #3 published December 1985
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Coloring Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A previously unpublished page from 1983.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #2 published November 1985
was [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]Maggie illustration
 
Miscellaneous
1
List of other Hernandez brothers books with mail ordering information. Also on the page is a silhouette drawing of Maggie
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
The bull of the woods, if you will.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. In the "Jaime" variant this is used as the front cover with logo added.

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