The Complete Love & Rockets #9 - First Appearance of Del Chimney, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series)
Issue: #9
Issue title: Flies On the Ceiling
Publication date: October 1991
Key date: October 1991
On-sale date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $12.95; 15.50 CAD
Pages: 132
Barcode: 978156097071251695
ISBN: 1-56097-071-5

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Del Chimney - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Benny Dominguez - 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	Izzy	cover	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Monster X, Roberta Gregory	Izzy Ortiz
1	-	blank page(s)	3
2	-	credits, title page	4	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez
3	Flies on the Ceiling	comic story	15	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Izzy Ortiz
4	Bala	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
5	Boxer, Bikini, or Brief	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez, Danita Lincoln
6	Tear it Up, Terry Downe	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Del Chimney First, Terry Downe, Hopey Glass, Julie Wree
7	Li'l Ray and The Gang	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Benny Dominguez First, Chivita Dominguez, Ray Dominguez
8	Frida	comic story	12	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Frida Kahlo; 'Cachuca' Alejandro Gomez Arias (cameo); Diego Rivera
9	Lar' Dog: Boy's Night Out #1398	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Ray Dominguez, Lar' Dog, Lily Rivera
10	Ninety-Three Million Miles from the Sun	comic story	24	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, H. R. Costigan, Ray Dominguez, Elias Lincoln, Hopey Glass, Daffy Matsumoto, Tex, Itsuki Yeto
11	Beep Beep	comic story	2	script: Bob Dillon; pencils: Bob Dillon; inks: Bob Dillon; letters: Bob Dillon
12	Las Monjas Asesinas	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Mary Christmas, Hopey Glass, Maya, Tex
13	Below My Window Lurks My Head, Part 1	comic story	5	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Ray Dominguez, Elias Lincoln, Danita Lincoln
14	And in This Corner...	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass, Maya
15	Below My Window Lurks My Head, Part 2	comic story	5	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	'Litos Carranza, Penny Century, Ray Dominguez, Elias Lincoln, Danita Lincoln
16	A Folk Tale	comic story	8	script: Karl Barx; pencils: Karl Barx; inks: Karl Barx; letters: Karl Barx
17	Spring 1982	comic story	12	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	'Litos Carranza, Doyle Blackburn, Lily Rivera
18	El Show de Chota	comic story	1	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Roy Cowboy, La Chota
19	Cover Gallery	credits, title page	6	letters: typeset
20	Doyle the Stud	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Doyle Blackburn, Ray Dominguez
21	Love & Rockets #32 back cover	illustration	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez
22	Love & Rockets #31 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime	Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass
23	Comics Journal #100 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass
24	Comics Journal #126	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, H. R. Costigan, Hopey Glass, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Errata Stigmata, Tonantzín Villaseñor
25	1985 Preview Issue	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, Maggie Chascarillo, Hopey Glass
26	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Gilbert Hernandez	Luba
27	-	blank page(s)	1
28	Love & Rockets #28 back cover	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Gilbert Hernandez, Roberta Gregory

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
2nd & 3rd editions	price 16.95 USD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Love and Rockets: The Covers #[nn] ISBN 9781606995983	2013	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #812 of 29#10 [First printing] ›

Sources

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

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