Love and Rockets #5 - First Appearance of Guadalupe, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: March 1984
Key date: March 1984
On-sale date: 1984-01
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $1.95; 2.50 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Doralis de los Santos - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Casimira de los Santos - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Martín el Loco - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Melba Rhodes - 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: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Janet Toombs	Maggie Chascarillo
1	Letters	letters page	2	script: Gary Groth
2	Locas Starring Hopey With Her Friends Maggie and Izzy	comic story	8	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Izzy Ortiz, Licha First, Maggie Chascarillo, Mrs. Glass, Speedy Ortiz
3	A Fan Letter...	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Twitch City [Bolo; KK; Julie]
4	T42	comic story	3	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, H. R. Costigan
5	Act of Contrition [Part One]	comic story	10	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Casimira de los Santos First, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos First, Guadalupe First, Israel Díaz, Luba, Maricela, Martín el Loco First, Ofelia Beltran, Archie Ruiz, Vicente
6	Le Contretemps	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Errata Stigmata
7	Retro Rocky	comic story	5	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Fumble, John Rhodes First, Melba Rhodes First, Rocket Rhodes
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Janet Toombs

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Mechanics #3	1985	On eBay ›
Heartbreak Soup ISBN 1-56097-783-3	2007	On eBay ›
Love & Rockets: Short Stories #[nn] ISBN 0-930193-33-4	1987	On eBay ›
The Best Comics of the Decade #2 ISBN 0560970374; 9780560970371	1990	On eBay ›
The Complete Love & Rockets #3 ISBN 0930193318	1987	On eBay ›
Tears from Heaven ISBN 0-930193-44-X	1988	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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