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Love and Rockets #43 (1993) · The Collector

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Fantagraphics
Love and Rockets (1982)
#43

Fantagraphics#43

Love and Rockets

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Love and Rockets #43

Publisher: Fantagraphics
Cover date: December 1993
Cover price: $2.95
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Stories

6 titled

1Love Story
2The Navas of Hazel Court
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 212429

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Death of María Inclán
1st appearance of David Vasquez
1st appearance of Joey Vasquez
1st appearance of Yolanda Marie Vasquez
1st appearance of Ignacio Dominguez

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A story with approximately twelve abrupt back and forth shifts in time. Petra recovers from breast reduction surgery to help her back problem. Fritz visits her mom Maria who objects to Petra's surgery. Flashback to the first time Petra met Gorgo when she was a little girl, then to a time he saved the girls after a car accident. Gorgo accidentally lets Petra know that she has a half-sister named Luba. Petra asks him to find her. He then gets shot multiple times in her front porch by a Garza partisan. Flash forward to Maria's funeral, who has died at the age of sixty-two due to a brain tumor.

Marilyn Monroe

4Our Christmas!!!

5Pipo

6Maggie The Mechanic or Perla The Prostitute

Credits

Writers: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
Pencillers: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
Inkers: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
Letterers: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
Cover: Gilbert Hernandez
Cover colors: Gilbert Hernandez, Jamison Services

Editorial and production

Editor: Gary Groth
Others: Dale Yarger, Coco Shinomiya

Characters

David Vasquez· 1st appearance
Ignacio Dominguez· 1st appearance
Joey Vasquez· 1st appearance
Yolanda Marie Vasquez· 1st appearance
María Inclán· Death
Benny Dominguez
Blandina Dominguez
Chivita Dominguez
Doyle Blackburn
Enero Garcia
Gina Bravo
Gorgo Cienfuego
Maggie Chascarillo
Mario Nava
Penny Century
Petra Martinez
Pipo Jimenez
Rand Race
Ray Dominguez
Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez
Xochitl Nava

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