Blubber #5 - First Appearance of Norte, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Blubber (Fantagraphics, 2015 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: 2019
Key date: July 10, 2019
On-sale date: July 10, 2019
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 28
Barcode: 60922436874500511

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Norte - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of John Dick - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Paul Baresh; letters: Keeli McCarthy	The Janx
1	Atom Baby Crunchers	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Juevencio, Max, Pupusi, John Dick First, Norte First
2	Corazon	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Corazon, Cristobol, Gronsky
3	Der Nimmy	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Corazon, Pupusi
4	Maximiliano's Huge Fuckin' Choad	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Dueña, Gronsky, Max, John Dick First, Peaky
5	Shitter	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Tikitik
6	It's Better to Lie	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Mila Castellon, Corazon, Tikitik
7	This Man, This Monster!	comic story	0.78	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Dueña, Juevencio, Norte First
8	The Good Life	comic story	0.22	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Juevencio, Norte First, Peaky
9	Tiki's Delivery Service	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Juevencio, Tikitik
10	See What You Made Me Do?	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Max, Norte First
11	Pupusi's Butthole	comic story	0.78	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Mila Castellon, Cristobol, Dueña, Pupusi, Norte First
12	Pupusi and Her Belly-Swelling Fetish	comic story	0.53	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Dueña, Pupusi
13	The Janx and the Ingrate	comic story	0.69	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	The Janx; The Ingrate
14	John Dick	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	John Dick First
15	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Paul Baresh	Nimmy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Blubber #[nn] ISBN 9781683964865	2022	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #45 of 6#6 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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