Love and Rockets #1 - First Appearance of Tipin' Tipin', Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 1982
Key date: September 1982
On-sale date: 1982-08
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.50 CAD
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file The Hernandez brothers' magazine-format debut, self-published in 1981 and picked up by Fantagraphics in 1982. The book that proved alternative comics could sustain a serious readership for decades.

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

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

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

First appearance of H. R. Costigan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of 'Litos Carranza - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Peter Rio - 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; inks: Jaime; colors: Peppy White; letters: Todd Klein
1	O, what a wonderful book it is!	credits, title page	1	script: Gary Groth
2	BEM: Chapter 1	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Babe, BEM, Leonore, Luba, Paulo P. Piñata, Castle Radium, Peter Rio First
3	Mechan-X Starring Maggie, Race, Hopey	comic story	7.85	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass, Yax Haxley, Duke Morales, Rand Race
4	-	comic story	0.15	script: Jaime; pencils: Jaime; inks: Jaime; letters: Jaime	La Chota
5	BEM: Chapter 2	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Babe, Leonore, Castle Radium
6	Barrio Huerta (Hoppers 13)	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Yax Haxley, Duke Morales, Rand Race
7	Penny Century, You're Fired!!	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, H. R. Costigan First
8	BEM: Chapter 3	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Babe, BEM, Luba, Paulo P. Piñata
9	How To Kill a... (By Isabel Ruebens)	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Izzy Ortiz
10	Music for Monsters I	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Bang, Inez
11	BEM: Chapter 4	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	BEM, Leonore, Luba, Castle Radium, Tipin' Tipin' First
12	Locas Tambien	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	'Litos Carranza First, Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass, Joey Glass First, Izzy Ortiz, Speedy Ortiz First
13	BEM: Chapter 5	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Babe, BEM, Leonore, Luba, Castle Radium
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
15	Love 'y' Rockets	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Peppy White; letters: Gilbert Hernandez

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Gil Kane's Savage #1	1982	On eBay ›
Love & Rockets: Short Stories #[nn] ISBN 0-930193-33-4	1987	On eBay ›
Music for Mechanics ISBN 0-930193-13-X	1989	On eBay ›
Amor y Cohetes ISBN 978-1-56097-926-5	2008	On eBay ›
Maggie the Mechanic ISBN 978-1-56097-784-1	2007	On eBay ›
Love and Rockets #1	1987	On eBay ›
Love and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] ISBN 9781606995983	2013	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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