Love and Rockets #19 - First Appearance of Ish Solis, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #19
Publication date: Spring 2007
Key date: April 18, 2007
On-sale date: April 18, 2007
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $4.50; 7.20 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

Death on record for: Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez, Julio Reyes.

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	Julio Reyes
1	Julio's Day [Part 17]	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Julio Juan, Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez, Mrs. Reyes, Julio Reyes
2	Male Torso Found in L.A. River	comic story	10	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Sid Doan, Ray Dominguez, Rose "Angel" Rivera, Ish Solis First, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Mel Spropp First, Mike Varan
3	Emanon	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
4	Uk Utirr Tagual Tor Zok	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Ray Dominguez, Rose "Angel" Rivera, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
5	Rocks Over Rocks	comic story	3	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Ray Dominguez, Milena Loznika, Rose "Angel" Rivera, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
6	Julio's Day [Part 18]	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Julio Juan, Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez Death, Mrs. Reyes, Julio Reyes Death
7	Letters for Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario on The New Love And Rockets	letters page	1	script: Jaime
8	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Golden Girl First, Mini Rivero

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Maggie, Hopey & Ray ISBN 1606991566; 978-1606991565	2009	On eBay ›
The Education of Hopey Glass ISBN 978-1-56097-939-5	2008	On eBay ›
Esperanza ISBN 978-1-60699-449-8	2011	On eBay ›
Julio's Day #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-606-5	2013	On eBay ›
Comics Dementia ISBN 978160699907-3	2016	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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