Love and Rockets #13 - First Appearance of Lloyd Llewellyn, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: September 1985
Key date: September 1985
On-sale date: August 10, 1985
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.25; 3.00 CAD
Pages: 44
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (profile) of Lloyd Llewellyn - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Ernie Hoyle - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Red Hoerring - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Letty Chavez.

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	Locas	cover	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: The FBI Staff	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Terry Downe, Hopey Glass, Daffy Matsumoto, Izzy Ortiz
1	Letters	letters page	1	script: Gary Groth; letters: Linda M. Gorell
2	-	comic story	10	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Roy Cowboy, Terry Downe, Hopey Glass, Daffy Matsumoto, Izzy Ortiz, Julie Wree First
3	Boys Will Be Boys	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Heraclio Calderon, Carmen, Chelo, Luba, Diana Villaseñor, Tonantzín Villaseñor
4	Holy Goodnight!...It's A Super-Special All-New 8-Page Bonus Lloyd Llewellyn Preview	character profile	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Red Hoerring First, Ernie Hoyle First, Lloyd Llewellyn First
5	-	comic story	6	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Fatima First, Ernie Hoyle First, Lloyd Llewellyn First
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Ernie Hoyle First, Lloyd Llewellyn First
7	La Toña	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Rena Titañon, Tse Tse
8	Young Locas	comic story	3	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Letty Chavez First, Hopey Glass, Harvey First, Louis First, Izzy Ortiz
9	An American in Palomar [Part One]	comic story	10	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carmen, Chelo, Augustín Jiménez, Luba, Martín el Loco, Howard Miller First, Theo, Tipin' Tipin', Diana Villaseñor, Tonantzín Villaseñor
11	-	letters page	2	script: Jaime; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Linda M. Gorell
12	Fantagraphics Books Brings You the All-Time Greats in the Comics Field!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	colors: The FBI Staff

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Heartbreak Soup ISBN 1-56097-783-3	2007	On eBay ›
House of Raging Women ISBN 0930193695	1988	On eBay ›
The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn: A Golden Treasury of His Complete Works #[nn] ISBN 1560971452	1994	On eBay ›
Locas #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0	2004	On eBay ›
Maggie the Mechanic ISBN 978-1-56097-784-1	2007	On eBay ›
The Reticent Heart and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 0-930193-65-2	1988	On eBay ›
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. ISBN 1-56097-851-1	2007	On eBay ›
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-539-3; 978-1-56097-539-7	2003	On eBay ›
The Lost Women and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 9780930193669; 0930193660	1988	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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