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Issue: Love and Rockets #20
Publication Date: April 1987
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Issues: #20 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: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.40 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for mature readers
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First printing: February 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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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: Wraparound cover one two horizontal strips of characters dancing, featuring art and characters by both Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.
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In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Top row (left to right): Ofelia Beltran; Tony Belle; Rand Race; Guadalupe; Casimira; Penny Century; Diana Villaseñor; Bernie Carbo; Maricela; Joey Glass; Pipo Jimenez; Zero Gravity; Tonantzin Villaseñor; Correo; Luba; Doralis de los Santos; Doyle Blackburn; Carmen Calderon; Speedy Ortiz; Duke Morales; Chelo

Bottom row: Israel Diaz; Vicki Glori; Satch; Daffy Matsumoto; Theo; Rena Titañon; Jesus Angel; Danita Lincoln; Martin el Loco; Hopey Glass; Heraclio Calderon; Terry Downe; Vicente; Boots Piña; Maggie Chascarrillo; Tipin' Tipin'; Izzy Ortiz; Gato Reyna
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Contents
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Pages: 0.13
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.13
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
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Pages: 1.42
Disclose Notes: Letters span 0.75 page on inside front cover, and 0.67 page on inside back cover.

Includes letters of comment from Linda and Cecil Boatwright (Atlanta, GA), Joshua M. Ottenberg (Philadelphia, PA), Mark Haden Frazer (Oconowoc, WI) and Cisco Drake (Mexico).

Includes indicia on inside front cover.
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The Return of Ray D.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Chucho
First Line: Two dollar dress... Ratty hair... Combat boots... Heavy date, Shrimp?
Synopsis: With Hopey away on tour with her band for the next few months, Maggie goes to a family get-together and meets her mom, her sister and Izzy. Ray Dominguez, back in town for the first time in three years, hangs out with Doyle and catches up on old times. Danita and Maggie celebrate quitting their fast food jobs by getting sloshed late into the night. Ray spots Maggie walking home and drives her the rest of the way. Flashback to Hopey and Maggie's younger days, where they hide out in Del Chimney's place as Hopey seduces her for the first time.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #7 [1st Edition] published November 1989
as The Return of Ray D. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as The Return of Ray D. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[3] published July 2007
as The Return of Ray D. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Fourth mention of Del Chimney in the series, who won't be seen until issue twenty-eight.
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For The Love Of Carmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Heraclio's Unnamed Three Sisters; Heraclio's Unnamed Father; Elvira (Carmen's mother); Marta (Satch's wife); Satch's unnamed eight children
First Line: Look, I don't describe things very well... I'm no writer.
Synopsis: A flashback story narrated by Heraclio, spanning several years from the earliest Palomar stories to the latest ones. Heraclio recounts his arrival in Palomar, his evolving relationships with his friends, and how he got to know and love Carmen and finally marry her. A story that fills out many of the unexplained gaps left by the previous ones.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] published May 1988
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 published May 1989
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #6 [First Printing] published May 1989
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #2 published July 1990
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] published August 2003
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[2] published January 2007
as For the Love of Carmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Includes the by-line 'by Gilbert "the Russian Nightmare" Hernandekov - 1986', although it is signed 'Beto' and credited in the table of contents to 'Gilbert'.
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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: Next
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #17, #18, #19, #20; Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2; The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2; Anything Goes (Fantagraphics, 1986 series).
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