Blubber #2 - First Appearance of Cristobol, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Blubber (Fantagraphics, 2015 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: January 2016
Key date: January 27, 2016
On-sale date: January 27, 2016
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 28
Barcode: 60922436874500211

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Cristobol - 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: Paul Baresh	Mr. Hippy
1	XXX Superstar Pupusi and Her Pals!	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Max, Pupusi, Cristobol First
2	T.A.C. Man vs The Pollum	comic story	7	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	T.A.C. Man; The Pollum; Commander; Marshman; Mr. Hippy; Boatman; Gorgo; Kekeppy; Wild Dicks
3	Who Fears the Froat?	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	The Froat; Mau Guag (unnamed); The Loo
4	Sweet	comic story	4.67	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Pupusi
5	Here's Adult Entertainment Star Pupusi XXX	comic story	0.33	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Max, Pupusi, Cristobol First
6	Tamperrrrrr	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Tamperrrrr; Flying Skailai; Chuntomee; Marqua; Junipero Molestat
7	Padre Puto	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Padre Puto; Bulton N. Piper; Bumps; Zombie
8	The Marsh Man's Folly- A Tacman Adventure	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	T.A.C. Man; Marshman
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Paul Baresh	The Pollum

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Blubber #[nn] ISBN 9781683964865	2022	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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