Peter Rio

Peter Rio is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar stories within Love and Rockets, inhabiting the same richly drawn Latin American world as Luba and other recurring figures from that community.

Peter Rio made his entrance in the very first issue of Love and Rockets in 1982 — a landmark Bronze Age debut in one of the most celebrated alternative comics series Fantagraphics ever published. Created by Gilbert Hernandez, he's part of the rich, sprawling world that unfolds across Love and Rockets' pages, sharing that world with memorable figures like Luba, Maricela, and Maggie Chascarillo over a publishing run that stretched more than two decades. His appearances are modest in number, but that debut in a key-issue-recognized first installment gives him a genuine place in the foundation of a series that changed what comics could be. For collectors and readers drawn to the literary heart of alternative comics, Peter Rio is one of those quietly significant presences worth tracking down.