New Love #4 - First Appearance of Roy, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: New Love (Fantagraphics, 1996 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: May 1997
Key date: May 10, 1997
On-sale date: 1997-06
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages: 28
Barcode: 07447090126606

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Judith - 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	Ugly girl
1	Drink, Fucker!	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Two drinkers
2	Mosquito	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Primitives; Mosquito
3	Who Cares About Love?	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carlos, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Glinda Gonzalez First, Petra Martinez, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, David Vasquez, Joey Vasquez, Venus, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Yoshio Yoshiki
4	Equinox, Jr.	comic story	0.67	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
5	You Don't Change a Person's Mind, He Just Stops Arguing	comic story	0.33	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
6	Father's Day	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Dad; Mother; Daughter
7	Kidney Stoned	comic story	0.33	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Wilson
8	Are the Kids All Right?	comic story	0.67	script: Seth, Gary Groth; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez; editing: Seth, Gary Groth	Gary Groth, Seth
9	Your New Favorite Pin-Up!	illustration	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Gilbert Hernandez
10	The Fights	comic story	0.67	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	John Lester Johnson; Jack Dempsey
11	The Love Swine	comic story	0.33	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
12	Roy	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Judith First, Roy First
13	Kidney Stoned Again	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Enrique Escobar, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Venus
14	Coming Attractions Featured in the Next Coruscating Issue of New Love	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, María Inclán, Petra Martinez, Venus
15	These Comic Books Will Rock Your World!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
16	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Gilbert Hernandez	Carlos, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Glinda Gonzalez First, Petra Martinez, David Vasquez, Venus, Yoshio Yoshiki

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fear of Comics ISBN 1-56097-411-7	2000	On eBay ›
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 ISBN 9780300126716	2008	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 ›
Love and Rockets: Stories [Free Comic Book Day] #[nn]	2016	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #34 of 6#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q106610266 (Judith), first-appearance property (CC0)

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