2 Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra first editions are documented on this shelf, from Y: The Last Man #1 (2002) to Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned (2003) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra 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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Y: The Last Man #1 — 2002 · DC ComicsCover-dated September 2002 (on sale July 17, 2002), printed cover price, J.G. Jones cover. First print is the direct edition with no printing notation; the indicia is dated 2002. A marked second printing exists. Note that the on-sale month was July while the cover date is September, so a bare 'July 2002' can be misleading. True first appearance of Yorick Brown and Agent 355. The first collected trade paperback 'Unmanned' (2003) is a separate first-thus and should not be conflated with the serial #1 first print. Issue #1 went to multiple printings. Confirm the indicia shows no printing statement, as later printings are labeled there.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned — 2003 · Vertigo/DC ComicsTrade paperback collecting Y: The Last Man issues 1 through 5, Vertigo (DC Comics), January 2003, ISBN 1-56389-980-9 (978-1-56389-980-5). The first printing carries no later-printing statement in the indicia. The single issues, beginning with Y: The Last Man number 1 in 2002 from Vertigo, are the true first appearance and the key collectible; the Volume 1 trade paperback is the first book collection. The later deluxe hardcovers are first thus. No book club edition; reprint trades are stated.

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