The Complete Love & Rockets #1
In "Mechan-X," Jaime Hernandez crafts a quiet, haunting moment as a factory worker returns home to learn his newborn child has died—his grief unfolding in stark silence across the first three panels, rendered in Spanish. The story shifts abruptly to a different world, where Rand and Yax stumble upon a weathered gravestone marked with a cherub, their discovery lingering in the air like a question. The full creative vision of Jaime Hernandez, with additional cover art by both Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, brings a deeply personal, layered tone to this early chapter of Love & Rockets.
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸Full credits
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
The first 3 panels are in Spanish. A factory worker, coming home at the end of his shift, is told that the baby died that morning. The last panel is in English - Rand and Yax have discovered a grave stone with a cherub.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).