first edition Comic
1987 · New York
by Velez, Ivan, Jr.
New York: Hetrick-Martin Institute, 1987. Comic. 24p., 6.5x10 inches, b&w guts, color covers, very good first printing comic book in stapled plum pictorial wraps. Comic book for gay and lesbian youth, this one on isolation. Velez is of Puerto Rican lineage and his comic series Tales of the Closet was one of the first comics to present the lives of LGBT youth. He went on to form Milestone Media. (Inventory #: 178133)