Love and Rockets #7 - First Appearance of Machi, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: July 1984
Key date: July 1984
On-sale date: 1984-05
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $1.95; 2.50 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Dr. Beaky - 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 Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Jaime Hernandez, Janet Toombs	Maggie Chascarillo
1	Letters	letters page	3	script: Gary Groth, Brian James Riedel; pencils: Brian James Riedel; inks: Brian James Riedel; letters: Brian James Riedel
2	Mechanics / Las Mujeres Perdidas, part two	comic story	10	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Chiness First, H. R. Costigan, Dr. Beaky First, Hopey Glass, Machi First, Maggie Chascarillo, Rand Race, Dot Winks
3	Act of Contrition Part 3	comic story	12	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Casimira de los Santos, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos, Guadalupe, Luba, Maricela, Martín el Loco, Archie Ruiz
4	Locos	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Izzy Ortiz, Maggie Chascarillo, Speedy Ortiz
5	The Whispering Tree	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Doralis de los Santos, Guadalupe
6	A Commitment to Excellence and Originality: Fantagraphics Books Spring 1984 Catalogue	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: typeset
7	-	illustration	1	pencils: Mario Hernandez; inks: Mario Hernandez; colors: Janet Toombs

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Dalgoda #1	1984	On eBay ›
The New Comics Anthology #[nn] ISBN 0-02-009361-6	1991	On eBay ›
Heartbreak Soup ISBN 1-56097-783-3	2007	On eBay ›
The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes #[nn] ISBN 1-58834-183-6	2004	On eBay ›
The Complete Love & Rockets #3 ISBN 0930193318	1987	On eBay ›
Tears from Heaven ISBN 0-930193-44-X	1988	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 ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #68 of 53#8 ›

Sources

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

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