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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Fall 1983
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Gary Groth

Cover Details

Characters "Atoma"; super-powered baby
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Colors Janet Toombs

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script Kim Thompson

2 page story "Love and Rockets"

Characters Penny Century; "Atoma"; suicidal woman (dream sequence only)
Script Jaime Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Letters Jaime Hernandez

22 page Palomar story "Sopa de Gran Pena, Part One"

Characters Tip in' Tip in'; Zomba; Gato; Carmen; Augustin'; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Chelo; Gordo; Toco; Heraclio; Vicente; Sakahaftewa (Satch); Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Manuel; Arturo; Soledad Marquez; Guero; Pintor; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Sheriff Borro
Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez
Notes First appearance of all characters except Luba, who first appeared in a story of questionable canonicity, "BEM" from #1; introduction of the Central American village of Palomar. Title, Sopa de Gran Pena, translates to "Heartbreak Soup".

10 page Maggie the Mechanic story "Maggie Vs. Maniakk"

Characters Maniakus Rex (Maniakk); Margarita "Maggie" Luisa Chascarillo; Esperanza "Hopey" Glass; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Penny Century; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor
Script Jaime Hernandez; Mario Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Letters Jaime Hernandez
Notes First appearances of: Maniakk; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor

1 page story "[Untitled]"

Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez

15 page story "Somewhere in California"

Characters Brian Vinton; Joleen; Tony; Omor; Nefar; Sedrik; Kled; Afa Riengold; Dalvor Amorte; Aunt Verlika; Jan; Jelik; Fred
Script Mario Hernandez
Pencils Mario Hernandez
Inks Mario Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
Notes First appearance of all characters.

2 page Locas story "Locas Tambien"

Characters Margarita "Maggie" Luisa Chascarillo; Esperanza "Hopey" Glass; Penny Century; Daphne "Daffy" Matsumoto; Theresa "Terry" Leeanne Downe; Isabel "Izzy" Maria Ortiz Reubens; Joey Glass; Tony
Script Jaime Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Letters Jaime Hernandez

1 page story "Locker Room"

Characters Dr. Smith; unnamed starving "Lower Side" family
Script Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils Gilbert Hernandez
Inks Gilbert Hernandez
Letters Gilbert Hernandez

12 page story "Toyo's Request"

Characters Bernie Carbo; Rena Tita`non; Duke Morales; Toyo; Zono Hibonales; Bull Marie
Script Jaime Hernandez
Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Letters Jaime Hernandez

Cover Details

Pencils Jaime Hernandez
Inks Jaime Hernandez
Colors Gary Kwapisz; Pepfield J.