CATALOG RECORD

Love and Rockets #17

Fantagraphics · Series began 1982 · June 1986

first appearance of Doyle Blackburn, Itsuki Yeto, Kiko and others

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Doyle Blackburn — 1st appearance
Itsuki Yeto — 1st appearance, single-panel
Kiko — 1st appearance
Tom Tom — 1st appearance
Richard Glass — Joey's dad, 1st appearance

Dates

Cover date: June 1986
On sale: June 30, 1986
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Gil Kane, Howard Chaykin, Dave Gibbons, Chester Gould, Stan Sakai, William Messner-Loebs, John Byrne, Jim Rohn, Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, Mike Kazaleh, E. C. Segarinks: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Gil Kane, Howard Chaykin, Dave Gibbons, Chester Gould, Peter Bagge, William Messner-Loebs, John Byrne, Daniel Clowes, Jim Rohn, Mike Kazaleh, Stan Sakai, E. C. Segarcolors: Mr. Nels, Gilbert Hernandezletters: Linda Gorell, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandezscript: Gary Groth, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez

Stories

Locas vs. Locos · 10 pages
Joey and Doyle go off to get Joey's Ape Sex record, but each person they contact has lent it to someone else. Maggie is resting due to her poorly healed childhood ankle injury. Izzy is getting evicted leaving Hopey scrambling to find a place for her and Maggie, but Terry offers to take them in. Izzy is moving in to the supposed haunted house she inherited from the deceased Mrs. Galindo.
The Way Things're Going · 4 pages
Vicente and his friend, broke, down and out and unemployed, maintain their friendship while dealing with the harsh indignities of daily life.
Rocket Rhodes · 4 pages
Rocky recalls how her relentless wanderlust for the stars came about, how the temporary space portals she encountered allowed her to fulfill that passion and how she came to be permanently stranded in the planet Mako Mato in this series finale.
Duck Feet (Part One) · 12 pages
Luba has fallen into a deep hole but is too embarrassed to accept help, preferring to find a way out herself. A bruja has arrived in town. Sheriff Chelo nervously indulges her request to get her feet tended to, hoping she'll leave quickly. Unfortunately, Boots steals the bruja's leather sack which contains a baby skull. She throws it over a rooftop after which it falls into the hole where Luba is, hitting her head. The bruja accuses Chelo of stealing it and stares at her intensely.

Characters

Maggie ChascarilloLubaHopey GlassPipo JimenezGuadalupeIzzy OrtizOfelia BeltranDoralis de los SantosCheloMaricelaCasimira de los SantosDaffy MatsumotoTerry DowneSergio Jimenez ReynaGato ReynaTonantzín VillaseñorCarmenHeraclio CalderonDoyle BlackburnVicenteBoots PiñaTheoJoey GlassZero GravityRocket RhodesFumbleTony BelleKikoItsuki YetoCheetah Torpeda

Reprinted in

The Complete Love & Rockets (1985), The Complete Love & Rockets (1985), Love and Rockets Library (2007), Love and Rockets (2007), Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (2022), Heartbreak Soup (1987), Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (2003), The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (1988), House of Raging Woman - A Love and Rockets Graphic Novel (1992), Locas (2004), Love and Rockets: New Stories Free Comic Book Day Edition (2009)