Comic books in 'Love and Rockets Graphic Novels and Collections'

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Love and Rockets: Book 2 - 1st printing. Collects Love and Rockets (1982-1996 1st Series) #3-4. Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Includes full color cover gallery. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10- 1/2-in., 150 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 5 - 2nd and later printings. By Los Bros Hernandez. This volume features some of the Hernandez Brothers' most compelling stories, including Jaime's 'wrestling tales' ('The Little Monster,' 'Queen Rena at 34,' and the title story), more Maggie-and-Hopey tales, and several classic Gilbert 'Heartbreak Soup' stories ranging from the harrowing ('An American in Palomar' and the excruciating prison story 'Holidays in the Sun') to the edgily romantic (Heraclio and Carmen's love story, 'Love Bites'). Plus a cover gallery, a fantastic original cover by Jaime Hermandez, and more. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 6 - 2nd and later printings. By Los Bros Hernandez. Volume 6 showcases Gilbert's Palomar in the title story, 'Duck Feet,' in which a spooky bruja (witch) passes through town and leaves a load of trouble and weirdness in her raggedy wake. Meanwhile, in the city, Vincente has fallen on hard times and Israel tries to fill the void left by the disappearance of his twin sister whey were children. Not to be out done, Jaime presents the best of his 'hanging around' stories featuring Maggie and Hopey. Guest starring Hopey's lady-killer little brother Jaoey and Izzy's diary secrets. All this plus Rocky, Fumble, Rena Titanon, and a cover gallery. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 7 - 2nd and later printings. By Los Bros Hernandez. In this stunning collection of work from the late '80s, Jaime Hernandez makes a quantum leap in storytelling, putting his characters through changes that echo through the title today. Hopey goes on tour with her band, leaving Maggie behind to deal with Ray Dominguez, Speedy Ortiz, her family, and the nature of her feelings for Hopey. The title masterpiece and the slice-of-life shorts showcase Jaime's talents at their most vital, emotionally powerful best. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 9 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. "Flies on the Ceiling" Love and Rockets Collection by Los Bros Hernandez. The original, seminal Love & Rockets comic book series, which ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996, singlehandedly defined the post-underground generation of comics that spawned Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and so many others. Now collected into 15 volumes, Love & Rockets is a body of work that The Nation has described as "one of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture." Created by brothers Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, three Southern California Mexican-Americans armed with a passion for pop culture and punk rock, Love & Rockets gave a voice to minorities and women for the first time in the medium's then 50-year history and remains one of the greatest achievements in comic book history. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 15 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. The final Vol. 1 collection, with the "unclassifiable" stuff from the previous three years, including the stories where Jaime and Gilbert drew each other's characters. Easily the wildest and most outlandish volume! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 19 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 1 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. The first volume depicting Luba's post-Palomar life and times, this book takes the sometimes confusing strands of Gilbert's stories and weaves them into a satisfying thematic whole, as Luba tries to make sense of her family's lives in America. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 21 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 2 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. Luba: Tome 2 - In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 260 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. A CRIME THRILLER DOUBLES AS AN ADAPTATION-STYLE META-LOVE AND ROCKETS STORY - A woman comes to the U.S. from Latin America to escape her shady past, only to fall into a new shady life. After a go at the adult entertainment business, Maria marries a drug lord and her dangerous past is nothing compared to her new life in America. The drug lord's son, Gorgo, secretly falls in love with her and he watches over her like a guardian angel. Danger and corruption (and of course sex) drive the first half of this love story. Long-time Love and Rockets readers will find the storyline familiar... and that's because, in an Adaptation-style meta twist, Maria M. is actually the B-movie film adaptation of the life story of Luba's mother Maria, as previously seen in its "real" version in the classic graphic novel Poison River (available in the Beyond Palomar collection) - starring Maria's own daughter playing her own mother. Confused? Don't be! Maria M. will work perfectly on its own terms as the kind of violent, sexy pulp tale that Gilbert Hernandez has proven so adept at these past several years, and the "source material" for the story will just provide an extra layer of delight for the cognoscenti. Part two of Maria M. will be released in 2014. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.