# Is "Daredevil: Born Again" by Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli (Marvel Comics, 1986) is identified by: True first appearance is the single issue Daredevil #227 (cover-dated February 1986), the first chapter of the arc serialized in Daredevil #227-233 (February to August 1986). True first is the single issue Daredevil #227 (February 1986).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- True first appearance is the single issue Daredevil #227 (cover-dated February 1986), the first chapter of the arc serialized in Daredevil #227-233 (February to August 1986)
- First-printing single issues carry no later-printing indicators
- The story was first collected as a trade paperback in 1987; that collected edition is first-thus
- Correct publisher/imprint: Marvel Comics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Year | 1986 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | True first appearance is the single issue Daredevil #227 (cover-dated February 1986), the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
True first appearance is the single issue Daredevil #227 (cover-dated February 1986), the first chapter of the arc serialized in Daredevil #227-233 (February to August 1986). First-printing single issues carry no later-printing indicators. The story was first collected as a trade paperback in 1987; that collected edition is first-thus.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the single issue Daredevil #227 (February 1986). Collected editions are first-thus, not the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later collected printings and hardcover editions are first-thus, not the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Daredevil: Born Again* by Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/daredevil-born-again
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.