Love and Rockets #8 - First Appearance of Reno Banks, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: September 1984
Key date: September 1984
On-sale date: 1984-07
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 Reno Banks - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Laura Gomez - 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, Rand Race, Dot Winks
1	Indicia / Staff / Contents / Letters	letters page	1	script: Gary Groth
2	Mechanics / Las Mujeres Perdidas Part Three	comic story	14	script: Jaime; pencils: Jaime; inks: Jaime; letters: Jaime	Reno Banks First, Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Chiness, Daffy Matsumoto, Dr. Beaky, Terry Downe, Hopey Glass, Zero Gravity, Jaime Hernandez, Machi, Izzy Ortiz, Rand Race, Rena Titañon
3	The Laughing Sun	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Jesús Ángel, Heraclio Calderon, Carmen, Chelo, Israel Díaz, Satch, Laura Gomez First, Manuel, Soledad Marquez, Pipo Jimenez, Pintor Salcedo, Toco, Vicente, Tonantzín Villaseñor
4	On Isidro's Beach (Heartbreak Soup Theater)	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Guadalupe, Luba, Maricela, Tipin' Tipin'
5	Letters Cont.	letters page	1.44	letters: typeset
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1.56	letters: typeset
7	Heartbreak Soup	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Janet Toombs; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Heraclio Calderon, Carmen, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos, Luba, Tipin' Tipin'

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Heartbreak Soup ISBN 1-56097-783-3	2007	On eBay ›
The Complete Love & Rockets #3 ISBN 0930193318	1987	On eBay ›
Tears from Heaven ISBN 0-930193-44-X	1988	On eBay ›
Locas #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0	2004	On eBay ›
Maggie the Mechanic ISBN 978-1-56097-784-1	2007	On eBay ›
The Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 0-930193-65-2	1988	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 ›
Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 978-0930193348; 0930193342	1987	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #79 of 53#9 ›

Sources

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

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