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Issue: Luba #1
Publication Date: February 1998
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Issues: #1 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1998
Volume: 1
Pages: 28
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 07447090126602
Price: $3.95 USD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Mature Readers
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Dan Dean and Carrie Whitney listed as Art Directors.
According to indicia this is: First printing: April 1998.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprinted in 1/7 pg. size in "Luba in America" (Fantagraphics, 2001)
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Production credits, indicia, call for letters, table of contents and a couple of illustrations, one from the final page of the "That Family Thing Again" story, the other from page seven of the first story.
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Luba in America Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line:
Synopsis: Luba sets out to find if her family will be safe in America, and if she can get her husband across the border.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as Luba in America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as Luba in America, part one [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Luba en Amérique [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: In all of these post-Palomar stories Gorgo is referred to as "The Old Man," never by his actual name.
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The Sisters, The Cousins and the Kids... (A Post-Palomar Production)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Fritz's Patient
First Line: Of course, a woman becomes a therapist to have control over her male patients, Fritz.
Synopsis: Fritz along with Petra and her children visit Luba's side of the family while Luba is away.
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as The Sisters, The Cousins and the Kids... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as The Sisters, The Cousins and the Kids... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Les soeurs, les cousines et les gosses... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Old Man Sets Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: I've been protecting the family for years.
Synopsis: Gorgo explains why he spent so many years protecting Luba and her family.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as The Old Man Sets Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as The Old Man Sets Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Le vieil homme s'explique [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The woman whom Gorgo says he fell for was Luba's mother Maria.
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Fuckin' Steve!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
First Line: Another round, barkeep!
Synopsis: Steve and Igor are starting a band. But after Igor meets Pipo she hires him to play on her show.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as Fuckin' Steve! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as Fuckin' Steve! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Putain Steve ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: My baby takes the morning train...
Synopsis: Doralis dedicates her TV show to her sister Casimira, showing to the audience the worn out prosthetic arm Casimira carries around as a sign of strength.
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Show Super Mega Sensationnel de Doralis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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That Family Thing Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: Wake up, old man.
Synopsis: Fritz and Petra fly in to see Luba and give her "The Family Thing," the family good luck charm they feel she needs to help her get her husband into the country.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as That Family Thing Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as That Family Thing Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Guadalupe's reference to Fritz and Petra having a vague childhood memory or dream of seeing a human head in a refrigerator refers to the "Bread, Love and Maria" story from Love and Rockets vol. 1 #45 (1994). The reference to Ofelia having bullet scars in her back refers to events in Poison River chapter two in Love and Rockets vol. 1 #30 (1989).
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La Sorpresa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Synopsis: Fritz plays a trick on the kids after getting them away from the backyard refrigerator.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as La Sorpresa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as La Sorpresa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as La Sorpresa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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