Luba #3 - First Appearance of Fortunato, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: December 1998
Key date: December 1, 1998
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages: 28
Rating: Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Fortunato - 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: Rhea Patton	Khamo de los Santos, Luba
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Concepcion de los Santos, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Pipo Jimenez, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Gato Reyna, Guadalupe, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Socorro, Igor Valdez, Yolanda Marie Vasquez
2	Luba In America Part 3	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Concepcion de los Santos, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Fortunato First, Pipo Jimenez, Guadalupe, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro, Igor Valdez, Venus
3	Poseur	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Concepcion de los Santos, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Guadalupe, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro, Tonantzín Villaseñor
4	Luba's Cousin Ofelia	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Concepcion de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Luba
5	Spot Marks the Ex	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Pipo Jimenez, Boots Piña, Gato Reyna, Guadalupe, Jimmy Reyna, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Steve Stranski, Igor Valdez
6	Remember Me	comic story	3	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Concepcion de los Santos, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro
8	A Cada Quien Lo Suyo	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Joselito de los Santos, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Venus

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Luba #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-960-9	2009	On eBay ›
Luba in America ISBN 1-56097-467-2	2001	On eBay ›
Luba: The Book of Ofelia ISBN 1-56097-769-8; 978-1-56097-769-8	2005	On eBay ›
Luba and Her Family ISBN 9781606997536	2014	On eBay ›
Ofelia ISBN 9781606998069	2015	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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