Blubber #4 - First Appearance of Dr. Valus Droog, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Blubber (Fantagraphics, 2015 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: 2017
Key date: February 8, 2017
On-sale date: February 8, 2017
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 28
Barcode: 60922436874500411

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dr. Valus Droog - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Paul Baresh; letters: Keeli McCarthy	The Orlat
1	X-25 in Shit for Fuck	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	X-25; The Biddies
2	Tower of the Sindog	comic story	5	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Mila Castellon, Pupusi
3	Soul Love	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
4	Mentor Clump	comic story	0.65	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	The Mentor; Orlat
5	Onyx	comic story	0.35	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez
6	The Mentor Unloads	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	The Mentor
7	The Snowman and the Nimmy	comic story	2.58	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Cristobol, Gronsky
8	Rico Suave	comic story	0.42	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Max, Pupusi
9	Kekeppy Kapers	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Filliter B. Chappy; Kekeppy
10	Red Tempest XXX	comic story	8	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Mila Castellon
11	To Love the Liffa	comic story	2	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sir Faun; Lady Liffa
12	The Mentor's Dick	comic story	0.19	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	The Mentor
13	Panel Borders and Page Numbers	comic story	0.81	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Pupusi
14	Vondo and the Kekeppy Guest Starring X-25	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Vondo; Kekeppy; X-25 (last panel)
15	And Now a Word From...	comic story	1	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Mila Castellon, Dr. Valus Droog First
16	-	illustration	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; colors: Paul Baresh	The Sindog

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Blubber #[nn] ISBN 9781683964865	2022	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #34 of 6#5 ›

Sources

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

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