Luba #6 - First Appearance of Blackie Okamoto, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: Spring 2002
Key date: April 2002
On-sale date: March 20, 2002
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.50; 5.25 CAD
Pages: 28
Rating: Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Venus - 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	Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Hector Rivera, Luba
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Concepcion de los Santos, Casimira de los Santos, Concepcion de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Enrique Escobar, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro, Venus
2	-	comic story	4	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Casimira de los Santos, Concepcion de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro
3	Meeting Cute, Fucking Cuter	comic story	11	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Joselito de los Santos, Enrique Escobar, Fortunato, Jerome, Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Blackie Okamoto First, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Hector Rivera, Socorro, Jason Sterling, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Venus
4	El Show Super Duper Sensacional Fantastico de Doralis	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Doralis de los Santos, Fortunato, Luba, Socorro
5	The Goddess and the Goof	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Guadalupe, Hector Rivera, David Vasquez, Yolanda Marie Vasquez, Venus First
6	Coming Soon: Ofelia and the Little Ones	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Casimira de los Santos, Concepcion de los Santos, Joselito de los Santos, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro, Venus
7	Buen Viaje, Socorro	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Ryan Frederiksen; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Ofelia Beltran, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Gato Reyna, Guadalupe, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Khamo de los Santos, Luba, Socorro, Venus

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Luba #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-960-9	2009	On eBay ›
Luba: The Book of Ofelia ISBN 1-56097-769-8; 978-1-56097-769-8	2005	On eBay ›
Ofelia ISBN 9781606998069	2015	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #56 of 10#7 ›

Sources

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

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