Love and Rockets #12 - First Appearance of Julio Tomas, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #12
Publication date: Fall 2004
Key date: October 2004
On-sale date: November 24, 2004
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $4.50; 7.20 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Julio Tomas - 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	Reno Banks, Doyle Blackburn, Borneo, Ray Dominguez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
1	2 'R's, 2 'L's	comic story	5	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Ray Dominguez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
2	Julio's Day [Part 12]	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Tommy Doakes, Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez, Benjamin Reyes, Julio Reyes, Sofia, Julio Tomas First
3	Hagler and Hearns	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Reno Banks, Doyle Blackburn, Borneo, Ray Dominguez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
4	Day by Day with Hopey: “Tuesday is Whose Day?”	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Rosa
5	Ser o No Ser	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Sid Doan, Ray Dominguez, Kebra, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
6	A Gift for Venus	comic story	12	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Mark Herrera, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Scott the Hog, David Vasquez, Joey Vasquez, Rogelio Vasquez, Venus
7	Love and Rockets Issue Number 12 Fall, 2004	letters page	1.5	script: Jaime
8	Sea Hog Serenade	comic story	1	script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto	Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Funny Book #1	2005	On eBay ›
The Best American Comics #2006 ISBN 9780618718740	2006	On eBay ›
Maggie, Hopey & Ray ISBN 1606991566; 978-1606991565	2009	On eBay ›
Luba #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-960-9	2009	On eBay ›
The Education of Hopey Glass ISBN 978-1-56097-939-5	2008	On eBay ›
Luba: Three Daughters ISBN 978-1-56097-769-8; 1-56097-769-8	2006	On eBay ›
Esperanza ISBN 978-1-60699-449-8	2011	On eBay ›
Julio's Day #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-606-5	2013	On eBay ›
Three Sisters ISBN 978-1-68396-114-7	2018	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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