Love and Rockets: New Stories #5 - First Appearance of Tonta, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets: New Stories (Fantagraphics, 2008 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: 2012
Key date: August 30, 2012
On-sale date: August 30, 2012
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $14.99
Pages: 104
Barcode: 978160699586051499
ISBN: 978-1-60699-586-0

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Tonta - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Al Castor - 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	Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Tonta First
1	-	letters page	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typeset
2	Somewhere Outside the U.S. Border	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Chelo, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Pipo Jimenez, Vicente
3	Tonta	comic story	8	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Al Castor First, Chata First, Crystal First, Eric Lopez First, Moses First, Muñeca First, The Gorgon, Tonta First
4	Proof That the Devil Loves You	comic story	48	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carmen, Chelo, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Heraclio Calderon, Pipo Jimenez, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Martín el Loco, Tipin' Tipin', Vicente, Juevencio First, Ulu, Dueña First, Boots Piña
5	Crime Raiders International Mobsters and Executioners	comic story	24	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Borneo, Frank Lopez First, Ish Solis, Mel Spropp, Sugar Bear First, Tito First, Tonta First, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
6	Somewhere in the U.S.	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Guadalupe, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Luba
7	-	comic story	3	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Ray Dominguez, Maggie Chascarillo, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Sugar Bear First, Tito First, Mike Tran
8	Shoes	comic story	5	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Jolena Castor First, The Gorgon, Tonta First
9	And Back Again	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carmen, Chelo, Domingo First, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Guadalupe, Heraclio Calderon, Pipo Jimenez, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Luba, Jimmy Reyna
10	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
11	-	table of contents	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez	Vicente

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best American Comics #2014 ISBN 9780544106000	2014	On eBay ›
Tonta #[nn] ISBN 978-1-68396-205-2	2019	On eBay ›
Proof That the Devil Loves You #[nn] ISBN 9781683967699	2023	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #45 of 8#6 ›

Sources

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

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