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Written by Arvind Ethan David Art by Ilias Kyriazis and Dani Strips Colors by Charlie Kirchoff Letters by Christa Miesner • Edits by Denton J. Tipton • Assistant Edits by Peter Adrian Behravesh • Publisher Ted Adams • Executive Producer Max Landis Regular Cover Subscription Cover Retailer Incentive Cover Art by Ilias Kyriazis Photo Cover Art by Robert Hack Dirk Gently created by Douglas Adams. Special thanks to Devon Byers, Ari Donnelly, and Scott Dunbier. For international rights, contact [email protected] Ted Adams, CEO & Publisher • Greg Goldstein, President & COO • Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer • David Hedgecock, Editor-in-Chief • Laurie Windrow, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing • Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development Facebook: facebook.com/idwpublishing • Twitter: @idwpublishing • YouTube: youtube.com/idwpublishing www.IDWPUBLISHING.com Tumblr: tumblr.idwpublishing.com • Instagram: instagram.com/idwpublishing DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY: THE SALMON OF DOUBT #9. JUNE 2017. FIRST PRINTING. © Completely Unexpected Productions. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. 3 4 5 6 7.

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