2 Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples first editions are documented on this shelf, from Saga #1 (2012) to Saga, Volume 1 (2012) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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Saga #1 — 2012 · Image ComicsCover-dated March 2012, printed cover price, Fiona Staples cover showing Alana breastfeeding the newborn Hazel. The first print has no reprint notation and the series title 'Saga' is lettered in orange. The second printing (April 2012) renders the 'Saga' title in black and adds the words 'Second Printing' directly below the price; subsequent printings are likewise marked. The first-print indicia is dated 2012. True first appearance of Alana, Marko, and Hazel. The unmarked first print is the key; high-grade and CGC 9.8 first-print copies are the most sought. Later printings are common and clearly marked. Issue #1 went through five printings, each clearly marked. The key visual point: a first printing has the orange title logo and no printing line; the second printing shows a black title logo.
Saga, Volume 1 — 2012 · Image ComicsTrade paperback collecting Saga issues 1 through 6, Image Comics, October 2012, ISBN 978-1-60706-601-9. The first printing carries no additional-printing notation in the indicia. The single issue Saga number 1 (March 2012) is the key collectible and its first printing is identifiable by the absence of any reprint banner; it sold out and was reprinted several times. The single issues, beginning with Saga number 1 in 2012, are the true first appearance and the key collectibles; the Volume 1 trade paperback is the first book collection. The later Saga Deluxe Edition Book One hardcover, collecting issues 1 through 18, is a first thus. No book club edition. Later trade printings are stated in the indicia, and single-issue reprints carry a printing indicator.

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