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Issue: Love and Rockets #50
Publication Date: May 1996
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Issues: #50 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: 1996
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $6.95 CAD
$4.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First printing: April 1996.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #15 published August 1997
as Love & Rockets #50 Cover Illustration [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.

top row (left to right): Sergio; Licha; Khamo; Theo; Maria Inclan; Vicki Glori; Pipo; Doyle; Tipin' Tipin'

2nd row down: H. R. Costigan; Tonantzin; Duke Morales; Maricela; Errata Stigmata; Speedy; Rena Titañon; Guadalupe; Danita

3rd: Casimira; Janet Polo; Doralis; 'Litos; Gato; Daffy; Jesus; Izzy

4th: Zero Gravity; Satch; Gina; Elias; Gorgo; Maggie; Carmen; Rand Race

5th: Rocky Rhodes; Fritz; Del Chimney; Israel Diaz; Terry; Luba; El Diablo Blanco; Heraclio

6th: Carol Kovinick; Esther; Venus; Xochitl; Fumble; Chelo; Ray; Ofelia

bottom row: Tex; Diana; Joey; Boots; Penny; Vicente; Hopey; Petra
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: As you most likely know by now, this is the last issue of Love and Rockets.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Table of contents, production credits, indicia and a brief intro dated April 10, 1996. Letters from Alexander Yudenistch, Buz Rico, Frank Strom, Hillary K., Clifford McDowell, Andi Watson, Gregori Somoff, Robert Star. An excerpt from an illustrated letter from Trisha Munoz is also included.

Continued on the inside back cover.
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God Mother Son

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as God Mother Son [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[5] published November 2007
as God Mother Son [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Hand drawn letters blown up to full-page size. In the reprint collections this is paired right next to the "Damn Fucking of a Bitch" page shown later on.
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Bob Richardson Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Mapy; Alvaro Hernandez; Lone Dog [Bob Richardson]; Ruben Chascarillo; Manuel Chascarillo; Angel Chascarillo; The Wooley Eye bartender
First Line: Poik!
Synopsis: Maggie lets El Diablo Blanco know how a simple lie she told to brush someone off led everyone in her circle to think they were getting married. He then tracks down Danita before she left town to clear up the misunderstanding, revealing his face to her. Esther and Alvaro's wedding is back on.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[5] published November 2007
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The white dog seen in the background through all chapters of the story is referred to as "Lone Dog" by one character early on in #48. In the concluding chapter later on it's referred to as "Lonesome Dog" and then "Bob Richardson" by Maggie.
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Life and Rockets ...When the Muse is not Amused

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chacun; Mario's Muse; Two Pygmies; Biscuit Mendicant; Groucho Marx (single-panel)
First Line: Prologue...
Synopsis: Mario struggles with the literal personification of his muse as he gets into various predictaments after challenging her.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #15 published August 1997
as Life and Rockets ...When the Muse is not Amused [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[7] published March 2008
as Life and Rockets ...When the Muse Is Not Amused [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Chelo's Burden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Elvira (Pipo's mother); Doctor Ramirez; Heraclio and Carmen's unnamed twins (two panels); two unnamed relief worker/assailants
First Line:
Synopsis: A devastating earthquake has hit Palomar, flattening most of it and killing dozens as its residents band together and help one another. Chelo finds out the shocking cause of her recurring stomach pain thanks to curandera Xiohmara. A trio of mob related killers posing as relief workers attempt to murder Gorgo but are foiled. Luba, realizing the killers were also after her, decides she has to leave Palomar in order to protect her family and fix once and for all the problem she thought she had escaped twenty years before when she first arrived.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #14 published December 1996
as Chelo's Burden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #14 published December 1996
as Chelo's Burden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] published August 2003
as Chelo's Burden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[4] [unnamed variant] published July 2007
as Chelo's Burden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Takes place a year after the previous Palomar story in issue 48.

Not to be confused with the six-page story of the same name that was published in The Complete Love & Rockets vol. 2 (1986).

Isabel "Izzy" Ortiz's appearance is an official crossover, drawn by Jaime and pasted into the two panels she appears in. Rather than her eccentric gothic look she's depicted as an elegant upper class woman with coat and necklace.

The next Palomar-related story will be the story called "Toco" in Love and Rockets vol. 2 #6 (Winter 2002-2003). Venus, Fritz and Petra are seen next in parts of the six-issue New Love mini-series (1996-97). Luba is seen next in New Love #6 (1997) and then in Luba #1 (1998).
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Damn Fucking of a Bitch

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Goddamn Motherfucking Son of a Bitch [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Damn Fucking of a Bitch [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[5] published November 2007
as Damn Fucking of a Bitch [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Bob Richardson Part 4 (Conclusion)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Santiago (single-panel); Alvaro Hernandez; Sofia; Maribel; Luigi (single-panel); Tony (Rena Titañon's son, single-panel); Taxi Driver; Enero's unnamed bracero companion; Old Lady; Lonesome Dog [Bob Richardson]
First Line: Hopey, Twyla and I are leaving right away.
Synopsis: Danita marries El Diablo Blanco and Esther marries Alvaro practically simultaneously. Maggie and Hopey reunite for the first time in nearly six years and go off together.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[5] published November 2007
as Bob Richardson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The duo's first time together since issue 33 (August 1990). Their next appearance will be in Maggie and Hopey Color Special #1 (1997). Maggie does make an appearance before that in Whoa, Nellie! #2 (August 1996).
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Letters continued from inside front cover

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Letters from Heather, Constant Ng, Zara Waldeback, Richard Fong, Dan Strachota, Marc Arsenault and lastly Jeff Kramer with a photo of his Hopey look-a-like girlfriend Meri Brin.
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Love and Rockets Was Just the Beginning

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Announcing the artist's respective "New Love" and "Whoa Nellie" mini series.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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