Love and Rockets 1982 #20 - back issue - $6.00

Wraparound cover one two horizontal strips of characters dancing, featuring art and characters by both Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.

With Hopey away on tour with her band for the next few months, Maggie goes to a family get-together and meets her mom, her sister and Izzy. Ray Dominguez, back in town for the first time in three years, hangs out with Doyle and catches up on old times. Danita and Maggie celebrate quitting their fast food jobs by getting sloshed late into the night. Ray spots Maggie walking home and drives her the rest of the way. Flashback to Hopey and Maggie's younger days, where they hide out in Del Chimney's place as Hopey seduces her for the first time.

A flashback story narrated by Heraclio, spanning several years from the earliest Palomar stories to the latest ones. Heraclio recounts his arrival in Palomar, his evolving relationships with his friends, and how he got to know and love Carmen and finally marry her. A story that fills out many of the unexplained gaps left by the previous ones.

First printing: February 1987

• - Top row (left to right): Ofelia Beltran; Tony Belle; Rand Race; Guadalupe; Casimira; Penny Century; Diana Villase?or; Bernie Carbo; Maricela; Joey Glass; Pipo Jimenez; Zero Gravity; Tonantzin Villase?or; Correo; Luba; Doralis de los Santos; Doyle Blackburn; Carmen Calderon; Speedy Ortiz; Duke Morales; Chelo Bottom row: Israel Diaz; Vicki Glori; Satch; Daffy Matsumoto; Theo; Rena Tita?on; Jesus Angel; Danita Lincoln; Martin el Loco; Hopey Glass; Heraclio Calderon; Terry Downe; Vicente; Boots Pi?a; Maggie Chascarrillo; Tipin' Tipin'; Izzy Ortiz; Gato Reyna
• - Letters span 0.75 page on inside front cover, and 0.67 page on inside back cover. Includes letters of comment from Linda and Cecil Boatwright (Atlanta, GA), Joshua M. Ottenberg (Philadelphia, PA), Mark Haden Frazer (Oconowoc, WI) and Cisco Drake (Mexico). Includes indicia on inside front cover.
• The Return of Ray D. - Fourth mention of Del Chimney in the series, who won't be seen until issue twenty-eight.
• For The Love Of Carmen - Includes the by-line 'by Gilbert "the Russian Nightmare" Hernandekov - 1986', although it is signed 'Beto' and credited in the table of contents to 'Gilbert'.
• - Advertisement for: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #17, #18, #19, #20; Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2; The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2; Anything Goes (Fantagraphics, 1986 series). Inside back cover.