Hate #26 - First Appearance of Jake the Snake, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Hate (Fantagraphics, 1990 series)
Issue: #26
Publication date: March 1997
Key date: March 1997
On-sale date: 1997
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 07447088867303
Rating: For Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance (advertisement) of Jimbo - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

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: Peter Bagge; inks: Jim Blanchard; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Peter Bagge	Buddy Bradley, Butch Bradley, Jimmy Foley
2	Let's Start a Crackhouse!	comic story	23	script: Peter Bagge; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Jim Blanchard; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Peter Bagge	Betty Bradley, Buddy Bradley, Butch Bradley, Leonard "Stinky" Brown, Jimmy Foley, George Cecil Hamilton III, Jake the Snake First, Jay, Joel, Valerie Russo
4	Le Hate Hot!	text article	1	script: Peter Bagge	Buddy Bradley
5	Letters to Hate	letters page	2	script: Peter Bagge; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Peter Bagge; letters: Peter Bagge	Buddy Bradley; B.N. Duncan; Joel; Lisa
7	The S&M, the Good and Evil, the Heavy Makeup and Heavier Makeup of Days of Our Lives.	text article	1	script: Lisa Carver; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Peter Bagge; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Peter Bagge
8	Kickin' Ass	text article	1	script: Aaron Lee; pencils: Lynne Von Schlichting; inks: Lynne Von Schlichting; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson
10	Autobiography Corner	comic story	1	script: Dame Darcy; pencils: Dame Darcy; inks: Dame Darcy; letters: Dame Darcy	Dame Darcy
12	It's the Smart-Ass!	comic story	0.6	script: Lynne Von Schlichting; pencils: Larry Fisher; inks: Larry Fisher; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Larry Fisher	Smart-Ass; Dumfuk; Officer; Fabio
13	It's Dumfuk!	comic story	0.4	script: Lynne Von Schlichting; pencils: Larry Fisher; inks: Larry Fisher; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Larry Fisher	Dumfuk; Neurotic Sister
14	Chop Suey!	comic story	1	script: Kevin Scalzo; pencils: Kevin Scalzo; inks: Kevin Scalzo; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Kevin Scalzo	Chop Suey; Pete the Peeper
15	Life's a Shithole	cartoon	0.17	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti
16	God Sucks Cock	cartoon	0.17	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti
17	Air Fuck	cartoon	0.17	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti
18	Laff it Up, You Cunts	cartoon	0.17	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti
19	Baby Bitch-Boy	cartoon	0.16	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti
20	Mommy is a Fuck-Pig	cartoon	0.16	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti	Mommy
22	Melvin Gigg: Modern Day Fool	comic story	2	script: Douglas Bagge; pencils: Douglas Bagge; inks: Douglas Bagge; letters: Douglas Bagge	Melvin Gigg
24	Tales of Young Doofus	comic story	1	script: Rick Altergott; pencils: Rick Altergott; inks: Rick Altergott; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Rick Altergott	Doofus
26	Me	comic story	3	script: Peter Bagge; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, Citizen Color, Jeff Johnson; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
28	Lisa Leavenworth on Life and Death	comic story	1	script: Peter Bagge; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Peter Bagge; letters: Peter Bagge	Lisa Leavenworth

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fear of Comics ISBN 1-56097-411-7	2000	On eBay ›
Misery Loves Comedy #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-792-6	2007	On eBay ›
Buddy Does Jersey ISBN 978-1-56097-837-4	2007	On eBay ›
Buddy Bites the Bullet! ISBN 9781560974154; 156097415X	2001	On eBay ›
Peter Bagge's Other Stuff #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-622-5	2013	On eBay ›
Comics Dementia ISBN 978160699907-3	2016	On eBay ›
The Complete Hate #2 ISBN 978-1-68396-355-4	2020	On eBay ›
The Complete Hate #3 ISBN 978-1-68396-355-4	2020	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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