Love and Rockets #2 - First Appearance of Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: Summer 2001
Key date: July 2001
On-sale date: 2001
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.95; 5.95 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Magda Chac - 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: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Carrie Whitney	Julio Reyes
1	Julio's Day [Part 2]	comic story	7	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez First, Tommy Doakes First, Renata First, Julio Reyes, Sofia
2	Love and Rockets Issue Number 2 Summer, 2001	letters page	1	script: ? [as Eds.]; letters: typeset
3	Maggie [Part 2]	comic story	12	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, "Top Cat" T. C. Chase, Sid Doan First, Hopey Glass, Izzy Ortiz, Kebra First, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Reno Banks, Milena Loznika First
4	Me for the Unknown [Part 2]	comic story	6	script: Mario Hernandez; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto	Chestwig, Debra Lillard, Lily Lillard, Taggert Lillard, Taggy Lillard, Oliver Turnbull, Henry Tweeder, Magda Chac First, Lunky First
5	Erratic Stigmatic	comic story	2.75	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Errata Stigmata
6	Clip Art	comic story	0.25	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Roy
7	-	letters page	0.4	letters: typeset
8	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Carrie Whitney

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Maggie, Hopey & Ray ISBN 1606991566; 978-1606991565	2009	On eBay ›
Ghost of Hoppers ISBN 1560977000; 9781560977001	2005	On eBay ›
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 ISBN 978-1932416084; 1932416080	2004	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 ›
Love and Rockets: Stories [Free Comic Book Day] #[nn]	2016	On eBay ›
Children of Palomar and Other Tales ISBN 9781683966999	2023	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q66197241 (Renata), first-appearance property (CC0)

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