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Issue: Love and Rockets Bonanza! #1
Publication Date: March 1989
 
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Title:
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; 2nd printing: February 1992
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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
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
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
Reprinting
FlagMechanics #3 published December 1985
was Mechanics - 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
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)
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
Aurora Diaz (Israel's sister, single-panel); Pipo's Drunken Father; Physician; Emil (Chelo's father); Irma (Chelo's mother); Hans; Elvira (Pipo's mother)
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
Penny starts an argument with Costigan 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
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 Big Girl
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
Pipo's Father (single-panel); Elvira (Pipo's mother, single-panel)
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, humorous
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 flashback story winds up in the final panel being a comic book Maggie is reading. A final farewell to her "Mechanics" stories. Rand Race's final appearance.
The Many Faces of "Big" Danny Chesterfield

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adult, drama, humorous
"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, humorous
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
The kids don't want to play with Satch after he threatens to tell the adults that the kids are going to the 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
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
A follow up to the Mechanics, part six story from Love and Rockets #11 (April 1985).
Space Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Guadelupe's Profesora
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 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
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A previously unpublished page from 1983.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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. The second printing keeps the illustration but is missing the order information.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
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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