Love and Rockets #20 - First Appearance of Vic, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #20
Publication date: Summer 2007
Key date: July 2007
On-sale date: August 8, 2007
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $7.99; 9.95 CAD
Pages: 60

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Boot Angel - 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, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Venus, Guadalupe, Rena Titañon, Yoshio Yoshiki
1	La Maggie La Loca	comic story	15	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Steven Weissman; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Rena Titañon, Tse Tse
2	Gold Diggers of 1969	comic story	9	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Calvin Chascarillo, Esther Hernandez, Maggie Chascarillo, Nacho Chascarillo, Quina Chascarillo, Chepa, Vicki Glori, Izzy Ortiz
3	Venus and You	comic story	7	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sandy Bobo, Glinda Gonzalez, Pipo Jimenez, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Venus, Blackie Okamoto, Guadalupe, Hector Rivera, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Yoshio Yoshiki, Jason Sterling
4	The End	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez
5	Venus and You 2	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sandy Bobo, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Venus, Blackie Okamoto, Hector Rivera, Jason Sterling
6	Untitled	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez
7	You People	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Pipo Jimenez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez
8	The High Road	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sandy Bobo, Blackie Okamoto, Jason Sterling
9	Venus and You 3	comic story	7	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Pipo Jimenez, Luba, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Venus, Petra Martinez, Guadalupe, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Vic First, Yoshio Yoshiki
10	Love and Rockets, Issue 20 (Summer 2007)	letters page	1.5	script: Jaime
11	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez	Boot Angel First, Sandy Bobo, Luba, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Hector Rivera, Rose "Angel" Rivera

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Luba #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-960-9	2009	On eBay ›
The Best American Comics #2008 ISBN 9780618989768	2008	On eBay ›
The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death #[nn] ISBN 9780810995703	2010	On eBay ›
Angels and Magpies ISBN 978-1-68396-090-4	2017	On eBay ›
Three Sisters ISBN 978-1-68396-114-7	2018	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1920 of 20

Sources

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

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