Hector Martinez

Hector Martinez is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar-connected stories within the Love and Rockets universe, sharing the Martinez surname with Rosalba 'Fritz' Martinez and orbiting the richly populated cast of that world.

Hector Martinez stepped onto the page in 1994, a creation of Gilbert Hernandez — one of the visionary brothers behind Fantagraphics' landmark Love and Rockets — and has persisted in that universe across nearly two decades, surfacing in both the original series and Love and Rockets: New Stories. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Hector is one of those quietly intriguing figures who orbits a richly populated world, sharing pages with the likes of Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Maggie Chascarillo, and a constellation of other vivid Hernandez characters. For the dedicated Love and Rockets devotee, tracking down every corner of that sprawling, deeply human universe means eventually finding Hector — and that's exactly the kind of discovery that makes collecting this series such a rewarding adventure.