2 Frank Miller & Geof Darrow first editions are documented on this shelf, from Hard Boiled (1990) to The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1995). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Frank Miller & Geof Darrow 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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- Hard Boiled — 1990 · Dark HorseThe true first appearance is the single issue Hard Boiled #1 (Dark Horse, cover-dated September 1990), the opening chapter of a three-issue prestige-format series running 1990 to 1992. The later collected hardcover is first-thus only. True first is the single issue Hard Boiled #1 (1990). Collected editions are first-thus. Later collected printings are reprints, not the true first.
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — 1995 · Dark HorseThe true first is the single comic issue 'The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot' #1 (of 2), Dark Horse Comics, cover-dated/released July 1995 — the opening half of an oversized, large-format two-issue prestige mini-series written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Geof Darrow (whose art on the series won an Eisner Award). The collected graphic-novel edition (ISBN 1-56971-191-7) and later oversized reprints are…. True first is the single issue #1 (of 2), July 1995. Collected editions are first-thus. The Big Guy character had earlier cameo appearances in Madman Comics (#6-7), but this title's own first issue is #1 (1995). Later printings and the collected graphic-novel edition are reprints, not the true first. Confirm the '#1 (of 2)' issue designation and the 1995 Dark Horse indicia rather than a collected trade edition.
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