Love and Rockets #13 - First Appearance of Rose "Angel" Rivera, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: Spring 2005
Key date: April 2005
On-sale date: March 16, 2005
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: 4.50 USD: 7.20 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rose "Angel" Rivera - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Benjamin Reyes.

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: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Gilbert Hernandez	Sea Hog
1	Song of the Sea Hog	comic story	11	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Mila Castellon, Jenna Chong, Lavalda Dane, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Mark Herrera, Rita Mankovich, Krista St. John
2	Angel of Tarzana	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Rose "Angel" Rivera First
3	Kid Stuff Kids 4	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Dora "Killer" Rivera, Jimmy Reyna
4	Day by Day with Hopey: “Wednesday is Bitter Ends Day”	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Julie Wree, Rosie
5	Angel of Tarzana [Part 2]	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Rose "Angel" Rivera First
6	Did Ya Get Got?	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Ray Dominguez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Milena Loznika
7	Julio's Day [Part 13]	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Julio Reyes, Araceli Victoria Isabela Melendez, Benjamin Reyes Death
8	Angel of Tarzana [Part 3]	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Rose "Angel" Rivera First
9	Cream City	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Ray Dominguez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
10	Love and Rockets issue number 13 Spring 2005	letters page	2	script: Jaime; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Susanna (photo)
11	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Jaime Hernandez	Rose "Angel" Rivera First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Funny Book #1	2005	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 ›
High Soft Lisp ISBN 978-1-60699-318-7	2010	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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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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