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Issue: The Complete Love & Rockets #8
Publication Date: February 1996
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Issues: #8 of 29 Issues (51 Printings)
Title: Blood of Palomar
Is Variant Variant: 2nd & 3rd Editions
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 8
Pages: 140
ISBN: 1560970057
UPC/EAN: 978156097005751895
Price: $16.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
23 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Gary Groth
Disclose Notes: Published as Love and Rockets Book 8: Blood of Palomar. 2nd edition: February 1996 (16.95 USD); 3rd edition: July 2002 (18.95 USD). The third printing was used to index this volume.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color Covers, Mostly Black & White Interiors
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Binding: Softcover (#1 - 21; 23; 25); Hardcover- (#22 & 24)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Colorist(s): Jim Woodring
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tonantzin
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[untitled]

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Love and Rockets Book 8: Blood of Palomar

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Credits
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: title and publisher pages; indicia, production credits, table of contents
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Pages: 6
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Welcome to Palomar

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palomar
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[untitled]

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Sugar 'N' Spikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Vicente; Pipo; Jesus; Toco; Israel
Synopsis: Vicente recounts what happened when he got into a kicking contest with Pipo.
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Space Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Heartbreak Soup; Palomar
Character(s): Theo; Maricela; Guadalupe; Ofelia; Luba
Synopsis: Guadalupe tries to find out if the sky goes on forever.
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Heraclio's Burden

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Heraclio; Tonantzin; Diana; Luba; Pipo; Sergio; Maricela; Guadalupe
Synopsis: Luba and Pipo get Heraclio to babysit.
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Pages: 2
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Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Guadalupe; Maricela; Luba; Doralis; Heraclio Calderon; Carmen Calderon; Khamo; Casimira; Ofelia Beltran; Archie Ruiz; Diana Villasenor; Tonantzin Villasenor; El Alcalde [Jesus (Chuy) Bernal]; Chelo; Humberto; Augustin; Concha; Boots; Chango; Riri; Pipo; Geraldo Mejia; Dude #1 [Gerry]; Dude #2 [Steve Stranski]; Chancla; Martin "El Loco"; Tomaso; Theo; Sven Andersson; Debbie; Miguel; Detective Borro; Xiohmara; Howard Miller
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Human Diastrophism

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Guadalupe; Maricela; Peter; Luba; Antonino; Heraclio Calderon; Khamo; Ofelia Beltran; Archie; Tonantzin; Diana; Chelo; Humberto; Augustin; Doralis; Chango Valdes; Riri; Concha; Casimira; Theo; Carmen; Pipo; Martin; Dude #1 [Gerry]; Dude #2 [Steve Stranski]; Chancla Piña; Tipin' Tipin'; Alcalde; Tomaso; Geraldo Mejia; Boots; Debbie; Bruce; La Li; Borro; Miguel Ramos; Xiohmara; Manuel; Howard Miller; Cathy
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Pages: 105
Disclose Notes: The story runs continously without the chapter title pages included in the original issues. It has been expanded to include six additional pages. In addition, some occasional minor tweaks were made to individual panels.
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Cover Gallery and Chapter Headings

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
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Human Diastrophism (part 2)

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez
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Disclose Notes: Title page
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Love & Rockets #22 back cover

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
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Love & Rockets #23 cover

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Guadalupe
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Human Diastrophism (part 3)

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Khamo
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Disclose Notes: This was the title page in Love & Rockets #23.
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Human Diastrophism (part 4)

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Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
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Love & Rockets #24 back cover

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
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Human Diastrophism (part five)

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Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
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Human Diastrophism (part six)

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Writer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Letterer(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
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Love & Rockets #26 back cover

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tonantzin
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez
Colorist(s): Gilbert Hernandez; Roberta Gregory
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: promo for other Love & Rockets volumes
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Love & Rockets #21 front cover

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Penciller(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Inker(s): Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Back cover illustration with a summary of the book contents.

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