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Issue: Love and Rockets #2
Publication Date: January 1983
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Issues: #2 of 53 Issues (72 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: CX Comics Experimental
Indicia Publisher: CX Comics
On Sale Date: 1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First printing: April 1983
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white with color covers
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In22
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Character(s): Penny Century; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Issue: FlagPox Special #2/1986 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMechanics #1 published October 1985
as Mechanics - Love and the Rocket [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as Love and Rockets #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Comics Can Be Art and Here Are Some of the Reasons Why

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: First page of Groth's discussion on literacy, art and this issue's Mechanics story. The page also includes the table of contents, production credits and indicia.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mechanics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, romantic, superhero
Character(s): Rand Race; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Duke Morales; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Yax Haxley; Tse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Banuelos]; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]; Ben Ruben; Rena Titañon; Guillermo del Juevín; Pedero Rodriguez San Jo; Old Timer [Ruben]; Joey Glass (single-panel); Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe] (single-panel); Zero Gravity (single-panel); Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto] (single-panel); Tony Belle (single-panel); Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Highway Patrolman; Bernie Carbo; Sancho Conrado San Jo (single-panel silhouette); Doctor Numura Mumura; Speedy Ortiz; Torombolo; Tiger Rosa (Wrestler); Vicki Glori; Maria Bravo (Wrestler; single-panel cameo); Ki Ki
Synopsis: Maggie and Rand Race are sent to fix a downed ship in a volatile jungle country where dinosaurs still live and the leader is an oppressive dictator.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove & Rockets: Short Stories #[nn] published August 1987
In Content Item: FlagMechanics #1 published October 1985
as Mechanics Parts 1 to 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]parts 1-3 only
In Content Item: FlagMechanics #2 published November 1985
as Mechanics Parts 4 and 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]pts. 4-5 only
In Content Item: FlagMechanics #3 published December 1985
as Mechanics Part 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]pt. 6 only
In Content Item: FlagMechanics #[nn] published January 1988
as Mechanics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as Mechanics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Mechanics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #1 published May 2006
as Mechanics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[1] published January 2007
as Mechanics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
Disclose Notes: 1st appearance of Terry Downe, Vicki Glori, and Rena Titañon
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Radio Zero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Feature(s): Errata Stigmata
Character(s): Errata Stigmata (intro); Bubbles; Velentia; Old Lady; Bubble's Mom [Edwina]
Synopsis: Errata Stigmata and her friend Bubbles blow up an embassy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHeartbreak Soup and Other Stories #[nn] published August 1987
as Radio Zero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as Radio Zero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as Radio Zero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Somewhere in California...
Character(s): Vodor; Xed; Zezbar [Zizbah]; Tony; Noalda; King Svedor of Marzipan; Katie; Cluzia; Mosca
First Line: There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!
Synopsis: Aliens, the deposed King of Marzipan and drug dealers all are at the Polaris Apartments.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as Somewhere in California [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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¿Music for Monsters? II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Bang and Inez
Character(s): Bang Bang; Inez Perez; Killiaak monsters; Doreena (unseen)
Synopsis: Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as ¿Music for Monsters? II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as ¿Music for Monsters? II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Groth's essay continued from the inside front cover. Also, a small Jaime drawing on the lower left corner.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Monster X
First Line: ...er Tavos Qualvida?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #1 [3rd Edition] published February 1989
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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