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Penny Century #5 (1999) · The Collector

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Fantagraphics
Penny Century (1997)
#5

Fantagraphics#5

Penny Century

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Penny Century #5

Publisher: Fantagraphics
Cover date: June 1999
Cover price: $2.95
Pages: 28
Rating: Mature Readers

Key issue

1st appearance of Rosie

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Ray remembers a heated debate with some twenty-something youths on rap music and its status as the last revolutionary form of music after rock and punk.

Stories

5 titled

1Penny Century
2Election Day
3The Littlest Mermaid Princess Doe
4Election Day, part 2
5I Am From Earth

Credits

Writer: Jaime Hernandez
Penciller: Jaime Hernandez
Inker: Jaime Hernandez
Colorist: Chris Brownrigg
Letterer: Jaime Hernandez
Cover: Jaime Hernandez
Cover colors: Chris Brownrigg

Editorial and production

Editor: Gary Groth

Characters

Rosie· 1st appearance
Blandina
Cheetah Torpeda
Guy Goforth
H. R. Costigan
Hopey Glass
Maggie Chascarillo
Negra Costigan
Norma Costigan
Penny Century
Ray Dominguez
Space Queen

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