| 0 | Heartbreak Soup | cover | 1 | pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez | Tonantzin Villaseñor; Pepo; Anacleto; Tipin' Tipin'; Howard Miller; Luba |
| 1 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 2 | Heartbreak Soup | credits, title page | 5 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez | |
| 3 | Chelo's Burden | comic story | 6 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Chelo; Vicente; Jesus Angel; Aurora; Israel Diaz; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Pipo Jimenez; Emil; Irma; Hans; Manuel; Soledad Marquez |
| 4 | Heartbreak Soup | illustration | 1 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | |
| 5 | Sopa de Gran Pena, part one | comic story | 22 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Tipin' Tipin'; Zomba; Gato Reyna; Carmen; Augustin'; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Chelo; Gordo; Toco; Heraclio; Vicente; Sakahaftewa [Satch]; Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Manuel; Arturo; Soledad Marquez; Guero; Pintor; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Sheriff Borro |
| 6 | Sopa de Gran Pena, part two | comic story | 22 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Luba; Chelo; Gato Reyna; Heraclio; Vicente; Jesus; Israel Diaz; Constable; Satch; Toco; Sheriff Borro; Tipin' Tipin'; Carmen; Augustine; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Manuel (dies); Soledad Marquez; Ofelia; Maricela; Juan Cobos; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Pintor |
| 7 | A Little Story... | comic story | 6 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Pipo; Israel Diaz; Jesus; Vicente; Martin; Chelo; Tipin' Tipin' |
| 8 | Toco | comic story | 4 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Toco; Pipo; Vicente; Jesus |
| 9 | Act of Contrition part one | comic story | 10 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Martin; Padre; Luba; Chelo; Ofelia; Maricela; Archie Ruiz; Doralis; Israel Diaz; Casamira; Guadalupe; Vicente |
| 10 | Act of Contrition part two | comic story | 11 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Ofelia; Doralis; Maricela; Casimira; Guadalupe; Archie Ruiz; Luba; Joey Saldana; Chelo; Martin; Rudy; Señora Meza |
| 11 | Act of Contrition part three | comic story | 12 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Archie Ruiz; Archie's Mom; Chelo; Maricela; Casamira; Martin; Ofelia; Guadalupe; Luba; Doralis; Esther; Tom |
| 12 | The Whispering Tree | comic story | 3 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Doralis; Guadalupe; Ofelia |
| 13 | The Mystery Wen | comic story | 6 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Heraclio; Pepo; La Li; Tonansin; Carmen; Bruja |
| 14 | The Laughing Sun part one | comic story | 8 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Diana Villaseñor; Tonansin Villaseñor; Jesus Angel; Chelo; Carmen; Laura; Heraclio; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Israel Diaz; Vicente; Pipo; Pintor; Soledad Marquez; Manuel; Toco |
| 15 | The Laughing Sun part 2 | comic story | 12 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Jesus; Laura; Heraclio; Vicente; Satch; Israel Diaz; Chelo; Carmen; Luba; Gato Reyna |
| 16 | On Isidro's Beach | comic story | 8 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Casimira; Guadalupe; Luba; Doralis; Maricela; Tipín Tipín; Isidro Rivas |
| 17 | Ecce Homo | comic story | 16 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Heraclio; Carmen; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Luba; Vicente; Israel Diaz; Maricela; Guadalupe; Pipo Jimenez; Sergio; Manuel; Augustin; Lucia; Tipín Tipín; Diana Villaseñor; Chelo; Borro; Gato Reyna; Satch; Archie Ruiz; Ofelia; Martin El Loco |
| 18 | The Reticent Heart | comic story | 11 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Heraclio; Carmen Jimenez; Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Satch; Vicente; Luba; Ofelia; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Chelo; Maricela; Diana Villaseñor; Theo; Guadalupe; Manuel |
| 19 | Slug Fest | comic story | 5 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Tonantzín Villaseñor; Diana Villaseñor; El Clavo; Theo; Chelo; Tipín Tipín; Carmen; Chelo |
| 20 | An American In Palomar, part one | comic story | 10 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Augustin; Howard Miller; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Carmen; Chelo; Luba; Diana Villaseñor; Theo |
| 21 | An American in Palomar, part two | comic story | 14 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Diana Villasenor; Howard Miller; Beth; Carmen; Augustin; Chelo; Tonantzin Villasenor; Doralis; Casimira; Ofelia; Guadalupe; Maricela; Luba; Theo |
| 22 | Boys Will Be Boys | comic story | 6 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Tiburcia; Anacleto; Pepo; Heraclio; Luba; Diana Villaseñor; Chelo; Carmen; Tonantzin Villaseñor |
| 23 | Holidays in the Sun | comic story | 14 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Luba; Jesus Angel; Obregon; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Laura; Marcos |
| 24 | Love Bites | comic story | 11 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Carmen; Heraclio; Gloria; Hopey (cameo); Tonantzín Villaseñor; Luba; Ofelia; Tipin' Tipin'; Martin |
| 25 | The Way Things're Going | comic story | 4 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Jesus Angel; Vicente; Gato Reyna; Luba; Doralis |
| 26 | For the Love of Carmen | comic story | 12 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Heraclio; Carmen; Vicente; Israel Diaz; Satch; Jesus Angel; Toco; Luba; Manuel; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Chelo; Pipo; Lucia; Elvira; Howard Miller; Augustin; Laura Gomez; Sergio; Tipín Tipín |
| 27 | Duck Feet, part one | comic story | 12 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Chelo; Meme; Roberto; Roberto's Unnamed Grandfather (dies); Gato Reyna; Pipo; Sergio; Casimira; Guadalupe; Luba; Xiohmara; Ofelia; Maricela; Heraclio; Carmen; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Theo; Boots; Doralis; Lorraina; Bruja; Miguel |
| 28 | Duck Feet, part two | comic story | 16 | script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto | Doralis; Miguel; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Guadalupe; Bruja; Luba; Diana; Chelo; Martin; Ofelia; Guadalupe; Maricela; Geraldo; Errata Stigmata (dream sequence); Jeff Chandler (dream sequence); Frida Kahlo (dream sequence); Casimira (dream sequence); Archie Ruiz (2nd flashback only); Boots; Theo; Tomaso |
| 29 | Bullnecks and Bracelets | comic story | 20 | script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez | Pipo Jimenez; Israel Diaz; Vicente; Gato Reyna; Marcos; Satch; Tonantzin Villaseñor; The Old Man; Sofia; Jesus Angel; Karla; Marta; Señora Blivitz; Jorge; Mimi; Titi |
| 30 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez | Luba |
| 31 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 32 | - | text article | 1 | pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez | Gilbert Hernandez |
| 33 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 34 | The Very First Tales of Palomar | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez | Luba |