Love and Rockets 1982 #13 - back issue - $6.00

Contains an editorial explaining the price hike.

Maggie and Hopey hit the thrift stores, then trail around town trying to find a new place to live. Terry is cold on the idea of putting Maggie up. Maggie heads back to Izzy's to get ready for work, and hears from Izzy how Hopey took the (misreported) news of Maggie's death in Chepan.

Heraclio and Pepo try to fix newcomer Anacleto up with one of the women of Palomar.

Introduction to the characters and the story that follows.

Irving Melvin plays his last practical joke.

Promo for the new Lloyd Llewellyn comic.

Rena walking with Tse Tse back to her home.

A flashback story. Thirteen-year-old Maggie is planning on leaving Sal's Garage because her job there is causing her to lose her friends. She forgets all about it when Harvey introduces her to her first prosolar job. She then goes to tell her best friend Letty but unbeknownst to her Letty has died in a car accident, off-panel.

Howard Miller walks the streets of Palomar photographing its citizens. He has an encounter with Tonantzin, who gets the idea he can help her get noticed by Hollywood. When Theo introduces Miller to some of the ruins outside town, Miller gets lost in one of them and has an hallucinatory experience. He returns home in a shaken frame of mind and finds Tonantzin waiting for him.

Advert for New Age Comics #1.

Letters Page continued from inside front cover, with an panel from the Mechanics/Las Mujeres Perdidas part three story from issue eight. Contains a joint letter from Adam Philips and Kurt Busiek. Also a mention of next issues content and a subscription form.

This issue marks the major turning point in Jaime Hernandez's Locas stories. Previous issues focused on light sci-fi adventure stories with some slice of life vignettes. From here on out the sci-fi elements are discarded leaving the low key drama dominant and front and center. Includes an eight page Lloyd Llewellyn preview section that is not included in the second printing. Thirty cent price hike with this issue. 1st printing: August 1985. 2nd printing: October 1992

• Letters - Letters from Martha and Dan; Charles Van Meter; Michelle J. Cioeta Continues in the back of the book.
• Holy Goodnight!...It's A Super-Special All-New 8-Page Bonus Lloyd Llewellyn Preview - This and the following two sequences are not included in the second printing.
• - First appearance of Lloyd Llewellyn
• - Letters from Joseph A. Curtis; David Koenigberg; David Smay; Adam Philips & Kurt Busiek; Matthew-Louis M. Levin; Billy Ford; Kate Coffee
• Fantagraphics Books Brings You the All-Time Greats in the Comics Field! - Back cover in-house ad for Fantagraphics classic reprints including the Complete E. C. Segar Popeye, Prince Valiant and Nemo the Classic Comics Library magazine. In the second printing this is an ad for the Love and Rockets tenth anniversary North American tour.