Love and Rockets #16

(March 1986)

Letters (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

Linda Gorrell (credited as Linda M. Gorrell) (typesetting)

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Letters, table of contents, production credits, indicia. Letters from Alan D. Oldham, William Peschel, Alan Larry. Continued on inside back cover.

Love Bites (Table of Contents: 2)

Palomar / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto Hernandez)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto Hernandez)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto Hernandez)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto Hernandez)

Genre

drama

Characters

Jesús Ángel (flashback) (single-panel); Ofelia Beltran; Carmen Calderon; Heraclio Calderon; Israel Díaz (flashback) (single-panel); Hopey Glass (single panel); Guadalupe; Luba; Maricela; Martín el Loco; Archie Ruiz; Satch (flashback) (single-panel); Tipin' Tipin'; Vicente (flashback) (single-panel); Tonantzín Villaseñor; Gloria

Synopsis

Carmen gets mad at Heraclio and kicks him out of the house for embarrassing her by defending Luba.

Reprints

• in Heartbreak Soup (Titan, 1987 series) #[2] - Duck Feet (1988)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #5 - House of Raging Women (September 1988)
• in The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (May 1988)
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Palomar (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2005 series) #1 (Agosto 2005)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[2] - Heartbreak Soup (January 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #2 - Heartbreak Soup (May 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Kazaleh (signed)

Pencils

Mike Kazaleh (signed)

Inks

Mike Kazaleh (signed)

Letters

Mike Kazaleh (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, gang!

Characters

Captain Jack

Indexer Notes

In the first printing, this is an ad for the publisher's "The Adventures of Captain Jack" series.

House of Raging Women (Table of Contents: 4)

Locas / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Slob)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Slob)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Slob)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Slob)

Genre

drama; sports

Characters

Maggie Chascarillo; Hopey Glass; Vicki Glori; Bull Marie (flashback); Pepper Martinez (1st appearance); Duke Morales; Izzy Ortiz; Rena Titañon; Vicente (single panel); Tonantzín Villaseñor (single-panel); Dino; Dick Bain; The Referee; La Vibora; Sandra Morales; Royal Don Rains; Mrs. Minder; French Maid; The Mechanic [Ralph]

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #5 - House of Raging Women (September 1988)
• in The Lost Women and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (May 1988)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before Steve Canyon there was Terry and the Prates...

Synopsis

In the first printing this is an ad for "The Complete Dickie Dare"

A True Story (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4.6 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Genre

non-fiction; biography; sports

Characters

Gilbert Hernandez; 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

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #5 - House of Raging Women (September 1988)
• in The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (May 1988)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[7] - Amor y Cohetes (March 2008)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #7 - Amor y Cohetes (June 2008)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

Keywords

wrestling

Sixto the Dinosaur (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)

Genre

humor

Characters

Sixto the Dinosaur

Synopsis

Sixto runs away from a larger dinosaur only to come in contact with a gigantic one.

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[7] - Amor y Cohetes (March 2008)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #7 - Amor y Cohetes (June 2008)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[3] - No. 14 - No. 21 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Concluded from the inside front cover. Letters from Ian Toll, Joshua M. Ottenberg, Andrew Williams.

Pick of the Litter (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover ad for the Critters series. In the second printing, the ad is for Ho Che Anderson's King series.