# Is "Preacher: Gone to Texas (Book One)" by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Preacher: Gone to Texas (Book One) by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon (DC Comics, 1996) is identified by: First trade collection, gathering Preacher issues one through seven, Vertigo, 1996, softcover, ISBN 1-56389-261-8, with a foreword by Joe R. US true first of the collected work.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First trade collection, gathering Preacher issues one through seven, Vertigo, 1996, softcover, ISBN 1-56389-261-8, with a foreword by Joe R. Lansdale and a Glenn Fabry cover
- Stated first printing
- The first print predates the many later Vertigo reprints
- Correct publisher/imprint: DC Comics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Year | 1996 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First trade collection, gathering Preacher issues one through seven, Vertigo, 1996, softcover, ISBN 1-56389-261-8, with a foreword by Joe… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First trade collection, gathering Preacher issues one through seven, Vertigo, 1996, softcover, ISBN 1-56389-261-8, with a foreword by Joe R. Lansdale and a Glenn Fabry cover. Stated first printing. The first print predates the many later Vertigo reprints.

## Is this the true first?
US true first of the collected work. The serial Preacher issue one, 1995, Vertigo, is the true first appearance of Jesse Custer and is a separate key issue. Distinguish the collected trade from the serial first issue.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition is recorded. Later printings carry explicit printing-number statements and revised barcodes. Confirm the 1996 first printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Preacher: Gone to Texas (Book One)* by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/preacher-gone-to-texas-book-one
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.