The Complete Love & Rockets #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis second volume of Fantagraphics' comprehensive Love & Rockets reprint series collects the early 1980s issues that introduced the character Chelo, focusing on her personal struggles and relationships within the fictional Central American town of Palomar. The book continues the intertwining stories of the Hernandez brothers' acclaimed comic, blending slice-of-life drama with magical realism and social commentary.
In "Sopa de Gran Pena, part one," Tipin' Tipin' lies in a prolonged sleep beneath the house he’s been evicted from, a silent witness to the quiet chaos of Palomar. When Carmen and the boys finally pull him out, they face a town that won’t welcome him—so she brings him home, where tensions simmer between Gato and Manuel, and new arrivals like Luba stir up unexpected attention. Meanwhile, Toco’s relentless antics take a tragic turn, leaving the community to reckon with loss and the fragile lines between laughter and sorrow.
In "Sopa de Gran Pena, part two," Luba finds herself locked in the same cell as Chelo, the woman who had her arrested after accusing her of stealing customers. The tension between them is immediate, but when the boys rush to the jail to keep them apart, they’re surprised to see the two women bonding over shared stories and old wounds. As the town grapples with loss and shifting power, Manuel’s tragic end leaves a quiet void, and Chelo’s unexpected rise to sheriff marks a new chapter in the town’s fragile balance.
In a quiet moment of babysitting on the open sea, Inez finds herself suddenly joined by another version of herself—crash-landing from the sky. When her electro-pod begins to fail, the two Inezes are thrown into the water, only to face a lurking threat from below: a monster. With Bang Bang nearby, the situation grows urgent as the sea turns treacherous.
In "null," Hopey and Maggie are invited to H. R. Costigan's sprawling mansion, Costigan Manor West, where the quiet luxury of the estate soon gives way to a tense, unpredictable atmosphere. As Maggie becomes entangled in a strange and unsettling connection with a fugitive named Casey, the line between captivity and desire begins to blur.
In "100 Rooms," Hopey and Maggie are drawn into the sprawling, mysterious Costigan Manor West, where the grandeur of H. R. Costigan’s estate masks a tense, unfolding drama. As Maggie becomes entangled with the fugitive Casey Giffs, the line between captivity and desire blurs within the mansion’s endless corridors.
Somewhere in California, Brian Vinton’s quiet life unravels after he drinks from a stolen goblet that awakens the ancient entity El Ofre. Now hunted by the enigmatic Doctor Amorte and caught in the crosshairs of the underground resistance known as The Black Sunset, Brian finds himself entangled in a web of secrets that stretch far beyond the California coast.
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↩ Reprints Love and Rockets #3 (1983), Love and Rockets #4 (1983), Mechanics #1 (1985)
Reprinted in Love and Rockets Library #[1] (2007)
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