# Is "Boxers & Saints" by Gene Luen Yang a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang (First Second, 2013) is identified by: First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan), 2013. The First Second 2013 edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan), 2013
- Issued both as individual softcover volumes and as a two-volume boxed set in an illustrated wrap-around slipcase (boxed-set ISBN 978-1-59643-924-5)
- First printing identified by the copyright-page indicia showing no statement of a later printing
- Correct publisher/imprint: First Second

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gene Luen Yang |
| Publisher | First Second |
| Year | 2013 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan), 2013 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan), 2013. Issued both as individual softcover volumes and as a two-volume boxed set in an illustrated wrap-around slipcase (boxed-set ISBN 978-1-59643-924-5). First printing identified by the copyright-page indicia showing no statement of a later printing.

## Is this the true first?
The First Second 2013 edition is the true first. Boxers and Saints are companion volumes released together on the same date.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition known.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Boxers & Saints* by Gene Luen Yang a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/boxers-saints
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.