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Issue: Love and Rockets #16
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Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1993
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.75 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
10 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The back cover ad for this printing is for Ho Che Anderson's King series.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Miscellaneous
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Letters

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letters, table of contents, production credits, indicia. Letters from Alan D. Oldham, William Peschel, Alan Larry. Continued on inside back cover.
Love Bites

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
drama, romantic
Gloria
Carmen gets mad at Heraclio and kicks him out of the house for embarrassing her by defending Luba.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Hey, gang!
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In the first printing, this is an ad for the publisher's "The Adventures of Captain Jack" series.
House of Raging Women

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
drama, sports
Dino; Dick Bain; The Referee; La Vibora; Sandra Morales; Royal Don Rains; Mrs. Minder; French Maid; The Mechanic [Ralph]
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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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Before Steve Canyon there was Terry and the Prates...
In the first printing this is an ad for "The Complete Dickie Dare"
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A True Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography, non-fiction, sports
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
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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4.6
Sixto the Dinosaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Sixto the Dinosaur
Sixto runs away from a larger dinosaur only to come in contact with a gigantic one.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
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Concluded from the inside front cover. Letters from Ian Toll, Joshua M. Ottenberg, Andrew Williams.
Pick of the Litter

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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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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