Love and Rockets #2 - First Appearance of Zander, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2016 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: March 2017
Key date: March 2017
On-sale date: April 15, 2017
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $4.99
Pages: 40
Barcode: 60922436879000211

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Claire - 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	Andres, Fritz Baby, Jimmy Reyna, Rosario
1	Beto's World	credits, title page	1	script: Beto; pencils: Beto, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Beto, Jaime Hernandez; letters: Beto	Andres, Fritz Baby, Beverly, Chino, Danny Chulo, Claire First, Corazon, Enrique Escobar, Pipo Jimenez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Petra Martinez, Guadalupe, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera
2	Fritz Haters Will Just Have to Be Patient	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Andres, Fritz Baby, Beverly, Chino, Danny Chulo, Corazon, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Pipo Jimenez, Rosario, Tikitik, Zander First, Scooter
3	I Come From Above to Avoid a Double Chin (part 2)	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Terry Downe, Hopey Glass, Zero Gravity, Jessica, Kiko, Maggie Chascarillo, Daffy Matsumoto, Itsuki Yeto
4	More For the Haters	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Andres, Fritz Baby, Beverly, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Guadalupe, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Rosario, Scooter, Zander First
5	Forest Spirits	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Gomez, Hilly Johnson, Jennilee, Kim, Rose "Angel" Rivera, Tonta, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
6	Nowhere, USA	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Beverly, Chino, Enrique Escobar, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Petra Martinez, Rosario, Zander First, Claire First, Vic
7	-	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Isla, Katak, Lumina, Princess Anima
8	Letters Page	letters page	2	script: Eric Reynolds
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
10	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Gomez, Rose "Angel" Rivera, Tonta

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fantagraphics Exclusive	barcode ?

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best American Comics #2018 ISBN 9781328464606	2018	On eBay ›
Is This How You See Me? (A Locas Story) #[nn] ISBN 978-1-68396-182-6	2019	On eBay ›
Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection #[nn] ISBN 9798875000492	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #12 of 17#3 ›

Sources

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

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