Love and Rockets #26 - First Appearance of Tito Calderon, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #26
Publication date: June 1988
Key date: June 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.25; 3.40 CAD
Pages: 44
Barcode: 07447074117606
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

Death on record for: Tonantzín Villaseñor.

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: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Jaime Hernandez
1	Love & Rockets Number Twenty-Six June 1988	credits, title page	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez
2	In the Valley of the Polar Bears	comic story	10	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez, Vicki Glori, Daffy Matsumoto, Izzy Ortiz, Lily Rivera, Tom Tom, Vicente, Cash Watkins
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	9	letters: typeset
4	Human Diastrophism, Part Six	comic story	21	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Borro, Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Tito Calderon First, Chelo, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Gerry, Guadalupe, Humberto, Augustín Jiménez, Pipo Jimenez, Luba
5	-	blank page(s)	1
6	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez	Tonantzín Villaseñor

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Death of Speedy ISBN 1-56097-003-0	1989	On eBay ›
Blood of Palomar ISBN 1-56097-005-7	1989	On eBay ›
Locas #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0	2004	On eBay ›
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. ISBN 1-56097-851-1	2007	On eBay ›
Love and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] ISBN 9781606995983	2013	On eBay ›
Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez #[nn] ISBN 9781606999967	2017	On eBay ›

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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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