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Issue: Love and Rockets #23
Publication Date: October 1987
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Issues: #23 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: 1987
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.40 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for mature readers
Content Items: 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: September 1987.
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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: FlagHeartbreak Soup #3 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #8 [1st Edition] published December 1989
as Love & Rockets #23 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Love & Lists

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: In which the Bros list their top fifteen favorite albums of all time (this month anyway!).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: A listing of Jaime's and Gilbert's favorite albums that month.
Inside front cover.
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Includes contents, credits and indicia.
Inside front cover.
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Human Diastrophism, Part Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Debbie; Bruce (Debbie's unnamed companion); La Li; Sven Anderson (corpse); Marlena Bernal (Alcalde's wife) (corpse)
First Line: In Part Two: Luba and Khamo reunite in Palomar after two years and enjoy heavy duty boffing...
Synopsis: Chelo announces there's a serial killer in town. Tonantzin is jailed temporarily for her skimpy "native style" outfit. Geraldo denies to Pipo that his letters caused Tonantzin's downward spiral. Archie starts working in the same excavation job that Khamo has. Luba yells abusively at Maricela again. Sven's corpse pops out of a box in a trash dump during a mass slaughter of monkeys. Tonantzin kicks out Carmen after a nasty argument with her. Pipo sleeps with Khamo. Luba has an argument with Heraclio at a bar. She leaves and then seduces Humberto. The alcalde and his wife are found murdered.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #8 [1st Edition] published December 1989
as Human Diastrophism [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Complete Crumb Comics
First Line: A publishing event!
Synopsis: Advertisement for The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series).
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Pages: 2
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantagraphics Books
First Line: Robert Crumb on:
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Quotes from Robert Crumb used to advertise The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye (Fantagraphics, 1984 series), The Nemo Bookshelf Little Orphan Annie (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 - 1931, Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1986 series), and further advertisements for Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) and The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): R. Crumb Checklist
First Line: A painstakingly researched reference guide to Robert Crumb's work, his characters, collaborations, and accolades from others.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the book R. Crumb Checklist, from Boatner Norton Press.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantagraphics Books
First Line: Special From England!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the signed and numbered British versions of Gilbert Hernandez's Heartbreak Soup, and Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Complete Love and Rockets
First Line: Hernandez Heaven
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantagraphics Books
First Line: O.K.! I'm impressed already!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for the books and magazines advertised in the preceding six pages.
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Vida Loca, part 3: The Death of Speedy Ortiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Rojo (behind the scenes); Blanca's gang friends; Izzy's cousins; Carlos; Gorro; Grandfather Carranza; Cop #1; Cop #2 [Jerry]

Final page flashback: "Big Eddie" Ortiz (single-panel silhouette); Big Eddie's Dairytown Wife (single-panel silhouette); Louis; "Leadside"
First Line: See, you're talking about the old widows! Nowadays, we as a group do things to help the barrio, not hurt it. We put on dances, car washes...
Synopsis: Licha looks for Esther and Speedy in an effort to stop the Hoppers/Dairytown war. Maggie finally finds Esther who wants to see him one last time. Blanca and her gang friends confront Esther about Speedy but Maggie steps in her place and takes the blows. Licha finds out. 'Litos is shot by a Dairytown gangbanger and winds up losing an eye. Blanca is brought in to the emergency room, unconscious and in a stretcher. In a decision that would come to haunt her, Maggie shuts Speedy down after he states his love and that she's his last hope. He's later found dead by the side of the road.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #7 [1st Edition] published November 1989
as Vida Loca, part 3 (The Death of Speedy Ortiz) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Vida Loca, part 3: The Death of Speedy Ortiz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Vida Loca, part 3 – The Death of Speedy Ortiz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Love and Rockets
First Line: Fantagraphic Books proudly announces the American publication of Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez's first solo albums!
Synopsis: Promo advertisement for other Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) and Love & Rockets: Short Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series). Inside back cover.
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Pages: 1
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Wild Wild Wrestling

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Rena Titañon
Character(s): Master Executioner
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagCentrifugal Bumble-Puppy #3 published November 1987
as Wild Wild Wrestling [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #7 [1st Edition] published November 1989
as Wild Wild Wrestling [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Presented in the style of a cover of a wrestling magazine.
Flipped back cover.

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