Love and Rockets #32
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Poison River, Chapter Four," Gilbert Hernandez continues his richly drawn, character-driven narrative with a quiet yet charged moment: Charlie and Ben watch a news segment about the woman they assaulted, their casual amusement shadowed by unease. Meanwhile, Junior Brooks probes Steve about the assault, Cynthia approves her son Rex’s band for a Hollywood party, and Kristen shares a fleeting, telling glance with street vendor Maricela as she buys flowers—each thread weaving into the larger, simmering tension of the story. The issue’s sharp, grounded storytelling and expressive artwork by Gilbert Hernandez—both in story and on the cover—anchor a moment where past actions ripple through the present, all rendered with his signature blend of intimacy and social observation.
In "Poison River, Chapter Four," Luba navigates the shifting tides of her marriage to Peter in 1970s Los Angeles, beginning to find her voice amid the quiet pressure of his growing entanglement with the city’s underground. As Peter’s role managing a nightclub pulls him deeper into the drug trade, and Isobel’s calls grow more insistent, Luba starts to reclaim her independence—both in body and spirit.
In "Below My Window Lurks My Head," Ray’s quiet moment at his apartment window leads to an unexpected meeting with Doyle, sparking a brief, drifting connection. Their chance encounter at a bar takes a sudden turn when they stumble upon Danita, tense and on the run from a boyfriend whose instability looms just beyond the scene.
In "Below My Window Lurks My Head, part 2," Danita Lincolns former boyfriend and the man accused of murder, Cornelius Edwards, tracks down a lead that brings him to the doorstep of Ray Dominguez—only to be met by police waiting to arrest him. The tension mounts as past secrets and present danger collide in a moment that could change everything.
In "Love and Rockets X, Part 2," Charlie and Ben watch a news segment about the elderly Black woman they assaulted, their uneasy fascination palpable. Meanwhile, Junior Brooks questions Steve about the attack, and Cynthia, preparing for her Hollywood party, gives her son Rex permission for his band to perform. Across the city, Kristen pauses to exchange a quiet glance with street vendor Maricela before buying flowers.
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Reprinted in Epix #1/1991 (81) (1991), The Complete Love & Rockets #9 (1991), The Complete Love & Rockets #9 (1991), House of Raging Woman - A Love and Rockets Graphic Novel #[nn] (1992), The Complete Love & Rockets #10 (1993), The Complete Love & Rockets #10 [First printing] (1993), The Complete Love & Rockets #12 (1994), The Complete Love & Rockets #12 (1994), Love & Rockets #[5] (1998), The Complete Love & Rockets #10 [2nd printings & up] (1999), Love & Rockets X #[nn] (2000), Locas #[nn] (2004), Locas #2 (2006), Love and Rockets Library #[3] (2007), Love and Rockets #3 (2007), Love and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] (2013), Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection #[5] (2022)
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