2 Gilbert, Jaime & Mario Hernandez first editions are documented on this shelf, from Love and Rockets #1 (1981) to Love and Rockets, Vol. 1 (Music for Mechanics) (1985) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Gilbert, Jaime & Mario Hernandez title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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Love and Rockets #1 — 1981 · Fantagraphics BooksThe true first is the 1981 self-published, magazine-size, black-and-white Love and Rockets #1 — printed by the Hernandez brothers in a run of roughly 800 copies, which they hand-folded and stapled. This is the great rarity. Fantagraphics then published an expanded, reworked version as #1 dated September 1982, retaining the black-and-white interiors but adding color front and rear covers; this Fantagraphics #1…. The 1981 SELF-PUBLISHED Love and Rockets #1 is the true first and is very scarce. The Fantagraphics #1 (September 1982) is an expanded reworking of it, not a straight reprint, and is itself a landmark first appearance in book/comic form. The Fantagraphics 1982 #1 had more than one printing; the first printing lacks later-printing notation. The 1981 self-published original predates all Fantagraphics printings.
Love and Rockets, Vol. 1 (Music for Mechanics) — 1985 · Fantagraphics BooksFirst collected edition, Fantagraphics, October 1985, an oversized softcover trade paperback collecting Love and Rockets (1982 magazine series) issues 1 and 2. The original 1985 edition was titled simply Music for Mechanics (also styled Love and Rockets: Book 1); the 'Vol. 1' numbering belongs to the later reissue program. A first printing carries no later-printing statement on the indicia/copyright page; a…. The self-published Love and Rockets number 1 (1981) and the Fantagraphics Love and Rockets magazine number 1 (1982) are the true first appearances and the key collectibles. The 1985 book is the first trade collection of that material. No book-club edition. The original 1982 Fantagraphics Love and Rockets number 1 is the key issue and exists in many printings, distinguished by printing notes in the indicia.

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