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Issue: Love and Rockets #16
Publication Date: March 1986
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Issues: #16 of 53 Issues (74 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1986
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.15 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: February 1986. 2nd printing: October 1993
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.5 in. x 11 in. (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #5 [1st Edition] published September 1988
as Love & Rockets #16 cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters, table of contents, production credits, indicia. Letters from Alan D. Oldham, William Peschel, Alan Larry. Continued on inside back cover.
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Love Bites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Gloria
Synopsis: Carmen gets mad at Heraclio and kicks him out of the house for embarrassing her by defending Luba.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
as Love Bites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #5 [1st Edition] published September 1988
as Love Bites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] published August 2003
as Love Bites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[2] published January 2007
as Love Bites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: Hey, gang!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In the first printing, this is an ad for the publisher's "The Adventures of Captain Jack" series.
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House of Raging Women

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, sports
Character(s): Dino; Dick Bain; The Referee; La Vibora; Sandra Morales; Royal Don Rains; Mrs. Minder; French Maid; The Mechanic [Ralph]
Synopsis: Rena has unretired and is back in the wrestling ring, more vicious than ever, angling for a shot at Vicki Glori's title. Vicki tells a disbelieving Maggie that Rena lied to her, that the reason their rematch never happened was because Rena was pregnant. Rena courts her friends as she secretly awaits her son Antonio's arrival later, but he doesn't show up because Mrs. Minder the legal guardian disapproves of her activities in the ring.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Lost Women and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
as House of Raging Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #5 [1st Edition] published September 1988
as House of Raging Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as House of Raging Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as House of Raging Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Before Steve Canyon there was Terry and the Prates...
Synopsis: In the first printing this is an ad for "The Complete Dickie Dare"
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Pages: 1
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A True Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Gilbert's Friend; The Fabulous Moolah; Gilbert's Younger Brother; Cyndi Lauper (single-panel); Adrian Adonis [Keith Franks]; Abdullah the Butcher; Kevin Sullivan; Bolo; The American Dream Dusty Rhodes; Jos LeDuc; Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant; King Kong Bundy; Little Beaver; Gilbert's Unnamed Photographer Girlfriend; Popcorn Vendor; Security Guard; Iron Mike Sharpe; Ring Announcer
Synopsis: How the wrestler Keith Franks, later on known as Adrian Adonis came to the artist's attention, including a close encounter he had with him before a gig.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
as A True Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #5 [1st Edition] published September 1988
as A True Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as A True Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4.6
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Sixto the Dinosaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sixto the Dinosaur
Synopsis: Sixto runs away from a larger dinosaur only to come in contact with a gigantic one.
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In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as Sixto the Dinosaur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Concluded from the inside front cover. Letters from Ian Toll, Joshua M. Ottenberg, Andrew Williams.
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Pick of the Litter

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for the Critters series. In the second printing, the ad is for Ho Che Anderson's King series.

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