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Issue: The Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn]
Publication Date: May 1988
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 1988
Volume: none
Pages: 152
ISBN: 0930193652
UPC/EAN: 978093019365290000
Price: $14.95 CAD
$10.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 25 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: One of four Love & Rockets reprint paperbacks in this format- the other titles were "Love & Rockets: Short Stories," "Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories" and "The Lost Women and Other Stories."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black and White
Dimensions: 6.5" x 9" (16.51 cm x 22.86 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories #[nn] published August 2003 as Heartbreak Soup [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Tonantzín Villaseñor
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
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Pages: 1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Front and back cover inner flaps that include a blurb from Rodi.
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Pages: 1
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The Reticent Heart

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Title page, table of contents, indicia and production credits
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
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Welcome to Palomar...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palomar
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In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Bonanza! #1 [Gilbert Cover] published March 1989
as Welcome to Palomar [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #8 [1st Edition] published December 1989
as Welcome to Palomar [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Sugar 'N' Spikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Vicente; Pipo; Jesus; Toco; Israel
Synopsis: Vicente recounts what happened when he got into a kicking contest with Pipo.
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In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Bonanza! #1 [Gilbert Cover] published March 1989
as Sugar 'N' Spikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #8 [1st Edition] published December 1989
as Sugar 'N' Spikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories #[nn] published August 2003
as Sugar 'N' Spikes [Story on Interior Page(s)][#nn]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[4] published July 2007
as Sugar 'n' Spikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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On Isidro's Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Casimira; Luba; Lupe; Doralis; Tipín Tipín; Maricela; Isidro Rivas
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #8 [1st Printing] published September 1984
was On Isidro's Beach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Ecce Homo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Heraclio; Carmen; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Luba; Vicente; Israel; Maricela; Guadalupe; Pipo; Sergio; Augustin; Lucia; Tipín Tipín; Diana; Chelo; Borro; Gato; Satch; Archie; Ofelia; Martin El Loco
Synopsis: Palomar has a village picnic.
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #10 [1st Printing] published January 1985
was Ecce Homo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
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Space Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Theo; Maricela; Guadalupe; Ofelia; Luba
Synopsis: Guadalupe tries to find out if the sky goes on forever.
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From Content Item: FlagAnything Goes! #4 published May 1987
was Space Case [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Slug Fest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Tonantzín Villaseñor; Diana Villaseñor; El Clavo; Theo; Chelo; Tipín Tipín; Carmen
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #12 [1st Printing] published July 1985
was Slug Fest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Reticent Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Heraclio; Carmen Jimenez; Jesus; Israel; Satch; Vicente; Luba; Ofelia; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Chelo
Synopsis: Heraclio recalls his sexual encounter with Luba from when he was fifteen years old
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #12 [1st Printing] published July 1985
was The Reticent Heart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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The Way Things're Going

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Jesus; Vicente; Gato; Luba; Doralis
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #17 published June 1986
was The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Whispering Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Doralis; Guadalupe; Ofelia
Synopsis: Guadalupe tells Doralis a ghost story
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #7 [unnamed variant] published July 1984
was The Whispering Tree [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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Love Bites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Carmen; Heraclio; Gloria; Hopey (cameo); Tonantzín Villaseñor; Luba; Ofelia; Tipín Tipín
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #16 [unnamed variant] published March 1986
was Love Bites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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An American In Palomar, part one

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Howard Miller; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Carmen; Chelo; Luba; Diana; Theo
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #13 [1st Printing] published September 1985
was An American in Palomar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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An American in Palomar, part two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Beth; Diana; Howard Miller; Carmen; Augustin; Chelo; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Doralis; Casimira; Ofelia; Guadalupe; Maricela; Luba; Theo
Synopsis: The citizens of Palomar find out that they are being used by Howard
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #14 [1st Printing] published November 1985
was An American in Palomar, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Holidays in the Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Luba; Jesus; Obregon; Tonantzin; Marcos
Synopsis: Jesus, in prison, fantasizes about the women in his life.
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #15 [1st Printing, $2.25 Cover Price] published January 1986
was Holidays in the Sun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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For the Love of Carmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Feature(s): Palomar
Character(s): Heraclio; Carmen; Vicente; Israel; Satch; Jesus; Toco; Luba; Manuel; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Chelo; Pipo; Lucia; Elvira; Howard Miller
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #20 published April 1987
was For The Love Of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Tears From Heaven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Errata Stigmata
Character(s): Errata Stigmata; Uncle Ira; Aunt Zephie; Piano Teacher; Dr. D. David Schulz; Oona
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #11 [1st Printing] published April 1985
was Tears From Heaven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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A True Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Gilbert Hernandez; The Fabulous Moolah; Adrian Adonis [Keith Franks]; Girlfriend; Iron Mike Sharpe; Announcer
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #16 [unnamed variant] published March 1986
was A True Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: promo for three other Love & Rockets books
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gilbert Hernandez (photo)
First Line: Born in 1957 in Oxnard, California, just north of Los Angeles, Gilbert Hernandez inherited a love of comics...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover blurb with a single photo

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