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Issue: Love and Rockets #28
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #28 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: 1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07447074117610
Price: $3.40 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: November 1988.
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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
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Doyle the Stud [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Love & Rockets Issue Twenty-Eight - December 1988

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Comics highly recommended by the Bros.!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a list of comics recommended by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez: The Fun House (HarperCollins; 1987 series); Joe's Bar (Catalan Communications, 1987 series); Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series); Hup (Last Gasp, 1986 series); Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); Yummy Fur (Vortex, 1986 series); Lloyd Llewellyn (Fantagraphics, 1986 series).
Printed on inside front cover.
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Boxer, Bikini, or Brief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
First Line: Somewhere on my body, if you look real close...
Synopsis: Ray paints Maggie while she poses. The Danita arrives and takes her place.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEpix #3/1990 (71) published March 1990
as Porträttet [Story on Interior Page(s)]"Boxer, Bikini, or Brief"
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Boxer, Bikini, or Brief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Boxer, Bikini, or Brief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Boxer, Bikini or Brief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Boxer, Bikini or Brief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The title is given in the table of contents, but not in the story
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Tear it Up, Terry Downe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Stevie TV; Principal Friet; Coach; Barb
First Line: Terry? Well, she's great. She's beautiful, she's talented, she's very intelligent... and if she ever flicks another cigarette at me, I swear I'll bust her fucking face.
Synopsis: A kaleidoscopic portrait of Terry through the eyes of many people, each giving their own perspective on her, ranging from the time she first arrived to Hoppers as a runaway teen to her current time playing with the band 40 Thieves.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Tear it Up, Terry Downe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Tear it Up, Terry Downe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Tear it Up, Terry Downe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Tear it Up, Terry Downe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Del Chimney's first physical appearance, who was mentioned four times previously in the series.
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Li'l Ray and the Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Ray Dominguez
Character(s): Benny Dominguez (first appearance)
First Line: Ray mijo?
Synopsis: Ray walks around the neighborhood wearing his brother's sweater in this Charles Schulz/Hank Ketcham mashup.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Li'l Ray and The Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Li'l Ray and The Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Li'l Ray and The Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Frida

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Frida Kahlo
Character(s): 'Cachuca' Alejandro Gomez Arias (cameo)
First Line: 1907 - In Coyoacan, Mexico, on July 6, Matilde Calderon Gonzalez and her husband Guillermo Kahlo, a German born photographer, are blessed with a daughter. They name her Frida.
Synopsis: Covering Frida's life from birth to her cremation using many, many art styles.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Frida [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Frida [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as Frida [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Lar' Dog: Boy's Night Out #1398

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous, romantic
Character(s): Darleen; Larry and Darleen's son; Unnamed music video actress
First Line: You remember Lar' Dog, Ray. Larry Ybañez?
Synopsis: Ray and Doyle meet up with Lar'Dog, a gruff friend of theirs with a large appetite for self-destruction.
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In Content Item: FlagEpix #2/1990 (70) published February 1990
as Lar' Dog: Ute med grabbarna för 1398:e gången [Story on Interior Page(s)]"Lar' Dog: Boys' Night Out #1398"
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as Boy's Night Out #1398 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Lar' Dog: Boy's Night Out #1398 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as Boy's Night Out #1398 (Lar' Dog) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Lloyd Llewellyn Special

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The city is a woman; a sultry, fickle goddess of stone and mortar...
Synopsis: Advertisement for Lloyd Llewellyn Special (Fantagraphics, 1988 series).
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Pages: 1
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Love and Rockets

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Need a date?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Love & Rockets 1989 Calendar, Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 [Second Printing], #24, #25, #26, #27, The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Love and Rockets: Short Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series); The Lost Women and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series); Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) and The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series).
Inside back cover and preceding page.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 published October 1991
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #9 [1st Printing] published October 1991
as Love & Rockets #28 back cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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