New Love #2 - First Appearance of Enrique Escobar, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: New Love (Fantagraphics, 1996 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: October 1996
Key date: October 10, 1996
On-sale date: 1996
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages: 28
Barcode: 07447090126609

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Enrique Escobar - 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: Gilbert Hernandez	Fléchette Indigo; Love Gremlins
1	Saint Lucy	illustration	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Saint Lucy
2	Lung of Life	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Nurse; Doctor Drinker; Harvard Senior
3	Life On Mars	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carlos, Enrique Escobar First, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Petra Martinez, David Vasquez, Joey Vasquez, Venus, Yolanda Marie Vasquez
4	St. Martin de Porres	illustration	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	St. Martin de Porres
5	The Fabulous Ones	comic story	6.67	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Three Unnamed Hunters
6	Moby Dick	comic story	0.33	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Moby Dick; Captain Ahab
7	Saint Zita	illustration	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Saint Zita
8	Peripeteia	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fléchette Indigo; Love Gremlins; Bolo Cereal; Jesus Christ
9	Saint Jude	illustration	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Saint Jude
10	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Petra Martinez, Venus

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fear of Comics ISBN 1-56097-411-7	2000	On eBay ›
Luba #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-960-9	2009	On eBay ›
Luba in America ISBN 1-56097-467-2	2001	On eBay ›
Luba and Her Family ISBN 9781606997536	2014	On eBay ›
Comics Dementia ISBN 978160699907-3	2016	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #12 of 6#3 ›

Sources

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

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