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Issue: Love and Rockets #17
Publication Date: June 1986
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Issues: #17 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: May 1986.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as Love & Rockets #17 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: from left: Daffy, Maggie, Hopey, Terry, Izzy
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Include indicia.
Inside front cover.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters span 0.67 page on inside front cover and 0.33 page on page 33.
Includes letters from Emily Devenport, Michael O'Brien, J.L. Paine, Coby Stites, Robert Toren, Patrick J. Lee and Jeffrey Sommer.
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Locas vs. Locos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Goo Goo; Noel Matsumoto (Daffy's young sister, single-panel, unnamed)
First Line: That's probably the fuckin' raddest song I've ever heard in my life.
Synopsis: Joey and Doyle go off to get Joey's Ape Sex record, but each person they contact has lent it to someone else. Maggie is resting due to her poorly healed childhood ankle injury. Izzy is getting evicted leaving Hopey scrambling to find a place for her and Maggie, but Terry offers to take them in. Izzy is moving in to the supposed haunted house she inherited from the deceased Mrs. Galindo.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as Locas vs. Locos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as Locas vs. Locos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Locas vs. Locos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Locas vs. Locos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Way Things're Going

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Saturnino (Vicente's unnamed friend); Nubian Maiden; Guy in a Sharp Suit; The Cook
First Line: Vicente came home one day looking pretty beat. He had just lost his job at the plant.
Synopsis: Vicente and his friend, broke, down and out and unemployed, maintain their friendship while dealing with the harsh indignities of daily life.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
as The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] published August 2003
as The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[2] published January 2007
as The Way Things're Going [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Saturnino's name won't be stated until the "Bullnecks and Bracelets" story in issue nineteen.
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Rocket Rhodes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eric; Dante
First Line: Quit following me!
Synopsis: Rocky recalls how her relentless wanderlust for the stars came about, how the temporary space portals she encountered allowed her to fulfill that passion and how she came to be permanently stranded in the planet Mako Mato in this series finale.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as Rocket Rhodes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as Rocket Rhodes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as Rocket Rhodes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Duck Feet (Part One)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Meme; Roberto Reyna (dies); Roberto's unnamed grandfather (dies); Jeff Chandler (single-panel photo); Frida Kahlo (single-panel photo); Lorraina; Miguel
First Line: Go away! We made a deal, remember? As long as we keep our business here on the edge of town you don't bug us, right?!
Synopsis: Luba has fallen into a deep hole but is too embarrassed to accept help, preferring to find a way out herself. A bruja has arrived in town. Sheriff Chelo nervously indulges her request to get her feet tended to, hoping she'll leave quickly. Unfortunately, Boots steals the bruja's leather sack which contains a baby skull. She throws it over a rooftop after which it falls into the hole where Luba is, hitting her head. The bruja accuses Chelo of stealing it and stares at her intensely.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as Duck Feet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as Duck Feet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] published August 2003
as Duck Feet, part one [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[2] published January 2007
as Duck Feet, part one [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The title refers to what the children in the story think La Bruja has when she removes her shoes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Love and Rockets
First Line: Back issues
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #15, #16, and the upcoming #18; as well as for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2, and The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantagraphics Books
First Line: If you've enjoyed reading this magazine
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the following comics and magazines about comics: Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series); Lloyd Llewellyn (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Threat (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); The Adventures of Captain Jack (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Journey (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); The Doomsday Squad (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Anything Goes (Fantagraphics, 1986 series; The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series); Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series); Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (Fantagraphics, 19983 series).
Printed on inside back cover and preceding page.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Popeye owned the first jeep
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye (Fantagraphics, 1984 series).
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