Love and Rockets #6 - First Appearance of Judy Fair, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2016 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: November 2018
Key date: November 20, 2018
On-sale date: November 20, 2018
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $4.99
Pages: 40
Barcode: 60922436879000631

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Judy Fair - 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	Domingo, Luba
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Eric Reynolds; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
2	Giving Up the Ghost	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Domingo, Guadalupe, Luba, Gato Reyna, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera
3	Animus	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Isla, Katak, Lumina, Princess Anima, Cap'n Kork, Trix
4	The Fruit of Patience	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sandy Bobo, Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Casimira de los Santos, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Guadalupe, Pipo Jimenez, Maricela, Jimmy Reyna, Hector Rivera, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Roy
5	Billy, be a Hero	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Hopey Glass, Mani, Sadaf
6	Honeymoon for Young Lovers and You	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Domingo, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Luba
7	Killer Song	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Guadalupe, Gato Reyna, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Steve Stranski, Luba
8	Frank Lopez	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Tonta, Frank Lopez, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Judy Fair First, C. C.
9	Ghost of a Chance	comic story	3.5	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Guadalupe, Petra Martinez, Jimmy Reyna, Rosario, Steve Stranski, Venus
10	Cry Baby Killer	comic story	0.5	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Guadalupe, Luba, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	4
12	The Complete Love and Rockets Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
13	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Frank Lopez, Judy Fair First, C. C.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fantagraphics Exclusive	barcode ?

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection #[nn] ISBN 9798875000492	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #56 of 17#7 ›

Sources

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

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