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Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	July 1987
Cover Price	2.25 USD: 3.40 CAD
Pages	32
Editing	Gary Groth

Cover Details

Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez (signed)

1 page letters page "Contents/Staff/Letters"

Synopsis	Features creator credits, indicia information, letters of comment (from Stephen Farenza, West Plains NY; L. Dietrich Adonis, Philadelphia PA; "P.J.", Security, CO; Jeff Killian, Thoughts and Images' business manager, Seattle WA; Joel Stelt, Grand Rapids, MI; Chris Duffy, Winchester MA; Charles Van Meter, Upstate, South Carolina), next issue, and back issue information.
Script	Gary Groth
Letters	typeset
Notes	Printed on the inside front cover and page 8 (not counting cover, inside or outside, as a page).

1 page story "Bala"

Characters	Bala
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Notes	First and only appearance

6 page story "Jerusalem Crickets"

Characters	Terry Downe; Hopey; Zero Gravity (Charles Joseph Gravette); Monica Miranda Zandinski
Script	Jaime Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez
Reprinted	In Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #7

13 page story "Human Diastrophism"

Characters	Luba (also in flashback); Maricela; Guadalupe; Doralis; Marlena Bernal (corpse); Peter (flashback); Antonino (flashback); Heraclio Calderon (also in flashback); Khamo (also in flashback); Ofelia Beltran (also in flashback); Archie; Tonantzin; Diana; Chelo; Mayor Alcalde Jesus Bernal; Humberto; Augustin; Boots; Lorraina; Chango Valdes; Concha; Riri; Casimira; Pipo; Carmen; Geraldo Mejia (flashback); two unnamed white teenagers; Martin; Chancla Garcia; Aldo Munkres (corpse, behind the scenes); Tomaso
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

11 page Vida Loca story "The Death of Speedy Ortiz"

Characters	Speedy Ortiz; Maggie; Esther Babies; Montoya loco Rojo; Ray Dominguez; 'Litos; Carlos; Danita; Blanca Rizo; Chivita; Doyle; Vicki Glory
Script	Jaime Hernandez
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Letters	Jaime Hernandez
Reprinted	In Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #7

Cover Details

Pencils	Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Inks	Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Notes	back cover