Love and Rockets #16 - First Appearance of Captain Jack, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: March 1986
Key date: March 1986
On-sale date: February 1, 1986
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: 2.25 USD: 3.15 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Captain Jack - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance of Pepper Martinez - 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: Gilbert Hernandez, Mr. Mace	Carmen, Heraclio Calderon
1	Letters	letters page	1	letters: Linda M. Gorrell
2	Love Bites	comic story	11	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Jesús Ángel, Ofelia Beltran, Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Israel Díaz, Hopey Glass, Guadalupe, Luba, Maricela, Martín el Loco, Archie Ruiz, Satch, Tipin' Tipin', Vicente
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Mike Kazaleh; pencils: Mike Kazaleh; inks: Mike Kazaleh; letters: Mike Kazaleh	Captain Jack First
4	House of Raging Women	comic story	14	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass, Vicki Glori, Bull Marie, Pepper Martinez First, Duke Morales, Izzy Ortiz, Rena Titañon, Vicente, Tonantzín Villaseñor
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
6	A True Story	comic story	4.6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Gilbert Hernandez
7	Sixto the Dinosaur	comic story	0.4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Sixto the Dinosaur
8	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	Pick of the Litter	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 2.95 USD: 3.75 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Heartbreak Soup ISBN 1-56097-783-3	2007	On eBay ›
House of Raging Women ISBN 0930193695	1988	On eBay ›
Amor y Cohetes ISBN 978-1-56097-926-5	2008	On eBay ›
Locas #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0	2004	On eBay ›
The Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 0-930193-65-2	1988	On eBay ›
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. ISBN 1-56097-851-1	2007	On eBay ›
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-539-3; 978-1-56097-539-7	2003	On eBay ›
The Lost Women and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 9780930193669; 0930193660	1988	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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