Love and Rockets #4 - First Appearance of Alarma Kraktovilova, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: Summer 2002
Key date: July 2002
On-sale date: June 12, 2002
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.95; 5.95 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Captain M'Vina - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dario - 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: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Ryan Frederiksen	Taggert Lillard
2	Me for the Unknown [Part 4]	comic story	6	script: Mario Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Captain M'Vina First, Chestwig, Council-General Guarez, Dario First, Lola Falana Junior, Genius Junior, Prester Junior, Debra Lillard, Lily Lillard, Taggert Lillard, Taggy Lillard, Oliver Turnbull, Henry Tweeder
3	Maggie [Part 4]	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Izzy Ortiz, Alarma Kraktovilova First, Maggie Chascarillo
4	Roy Presents Traditional Uses For A Corpse's Hand	comic story	0.75	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Roy
5	Sad, But True Dept.	cartoon	0.125	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
6	Ernie Bumps	cartoon	0.125	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ernie Bumps
7	The High Soft Lisp [Part Two of Six]	comic story	5	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Enrique Escobar, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Mark Herrera
8	Maggie [Part 5]	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Izzy Ortiz, Maggie Chascarillo
9	Julio's Day [Part 4]	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Tommy Doakes, Renata, Benjamin Reyes, Julio Reyes, Sofia
10	The Frogmouth	comic story	7	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Reno Banks, Doyle Blackburn, Borneo First, Penny Century, Sid Doan, Ray Dominguez, Milena Loznika, Maggie Chascarillo, Space Queen, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
11	Letters for Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario on the New Love and Rockets	letters page	2	letters: typeset
12	The Hammonds (Formally the Ham 'n' Eggers)	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Chris Bell; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Alarma Kraktovilova First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Maggie, Hopey & Ray ISBN 1606991566; 978-1606991565	2009	On eBay ›
Ghost of Hoppers ISBN 1560977000; 9781560977001	2005	On eBay ›
High Soft Lisp ISBN 978-1-60699-318-7	2010	On eBay ›
Dicks and Deedees ISBN 1-56097-540-7	2003	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 ›
Comics Dementia ISBN 978160699907-3	2016	On eBay ›
Children of Palomar and Other Tales ISBN 9781683966999	2023	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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