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Issue: Love and Rockets #40
Publication Date: January 1993
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Issues: #40 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.25 CAD
$3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #15 published August 1997
as Cover Gallery / Love & Rockets #40 Front Cover Illustration [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.

Left to right: Luba, Hilda, Ofelia, Maggie
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: indicia, table of contents, production credits and an illustration taken from page eight of Mario's story.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed on inside front cover.
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Chester Square

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Tito Jr.; Eme; Chito; Rosendo; Tito Sr.
Synopsis: Maggie arrives in Chester Square, an isolated restaurant/motel outpost in the Texas desert. Waiting for the next bus, she deals with the leering attention of Mexican laborers, the prying eyes of complex owners Sara and Elva and the violent attacks of a prostitute named Ruby.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Chester Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #13 published July 1996
as Chester Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLocas #[nn] published September 2004
as Chester Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[5] published November 2007
as Chester Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
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Somewhere in the Tropics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, opinion, political
Character(s): Owen; Mary; Annina; Achille; Spudo; Biscuit Mendicant; Dr. Assis; Cruz; Heimdahl; Mama; Malachi; Frodo; Kurdik; Chacun; Constable; Malachi
First Line: The eve of union elections in Comprachico...
Synopsis: Sociopolitical intrigue as residents in the country of Comprachico hope upcoming union elections help loosen the overbearing prescence of neighboring country Marzipan.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #15 published August 1997
as Somewhere in the Tropics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Poison River (Conclusion) [Part Twelve]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Tcuc; Alfredo
First Line: Church... fell on me... years ago...
Synopsis: Luba, Hilda and Ofelia are living with a group of hippies in a free love village commune outside Isleta, led by Sebastian and Antonino. Sebastian successfully tends to Ofelia's serious back pain not due to his supposed healing skills but thanks to pills. Luba connects with Antonino, a muscular laborer, which later results in her second child, Maricela being born. Encroaching military violence forces them to leave abruptly. They settle down in one town where Luba works as a bañadora, then another town. Finally they settle on a small town with no telephone or television named Palomar.
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In Issue: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #12 [unnamed variant] published September 1994
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #12 published September 1994
as Poison River [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The first page in this chapter is a title page drawing that is not included in later reprints of this story. Pages numbered 123-137.
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The Bros Speak

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Jaime and Gilbert draw illustrations of themselves and thank everyone who made Love and Rockets possible as "characters" in their own book, as a celebratory gesture of the title's tenth anniversary.
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Pages: 1
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Love & Rockets Stuff

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: promo for other Love & Rockets books and merchandise
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Pages: 2

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