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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Love and Rockets (1982) / #25
25March 1988
$2.25; 3.40 CAD

Love and Rockets #25

Fantagraphics · March 1988 · on sale 1988

First appearance (cover): Sven Andersson
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Identification plate

Series
Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
March 1988
Key date
March 1988
On-sale date
1988
Indicia publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price
$2.25; 3.40 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
07447074117604
Rating
Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Sven Andersson - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Dale CrainSven Andersson First, Ofelia Beltran, Alcalde Jesus "Chuy" Bernal, Borro, Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Chelo, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Gerry, Guadalupe, Humberto, Augustín Jiménez, Pipo Jimenez
1-credits, title page2letters: typeset
2Lettersletters page1script: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime HernandezSpeedy Ortiz
3Human Diastrophism, Part Fivecomic story20script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert HernandezOfelia Beltran, Borro, Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Chelo, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Gerry, Guadalupe, Humberto, Pipo Jimenez, Luba, Maricela, Martín el Loco
4All This and Penny, Too...comic story10script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime HernandezPenny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, H. R. Costigan, Hopey Glass, Tex, Webster
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
6-illustration1pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime HernandezBernie Carbo

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Death of Speedy
ISBN 1-56097-003-0		1989On eBay ›
Blood of Palomar
ISBN 1-56097-005-7		1989On eBay ›
Locas #[nn]
ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0		2004On eBay ›
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
ISBN 1-56097-851-1		2007On eBay ›
Love and Rockets: The Covers #[nn]
ISBN 9781606995983		2013On eBay ›
Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez #[nn]
ISBN 9781606999967		2017On eBay ›
No. 22 - No. 28+
ISBN 9781683965541		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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