# Is "Providence" by Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Providence by Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows (Avatar Press, 2015) is identified by: Twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, published by Avatar Press from 2015 to 2017. True first is single-issue Providence #1 (2015).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, published by Avatar Press from 2015 to 2017
- The true first is the single issue Providence #1
- , which shipped with multiple cover variants (Regular, Pantheon, Portrait, Dreamscape Wraparound, Women of HPL, and an Ancient Tome incentive), all by Burrows
- Correct publisher/imprint: Avatar Press

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows |
| Publisher | Avatar Press |
| Year | 2015 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | Twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, published by Avatar Press from 2015 to 2017. The true first is the single issue Providence #1 (2015), which shipped with multiple cover variants (Regular, Pantheon, Portrait, Dreamscape Wraparound, Women of HPL, and an Ancient Tome incentive), all by Burrows.

## Is this the true first?
True first is single-issue Providence #1 (2015). The later Compendium and Act collected hardcovers are first-thus, not the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The numerous variant covers of #1 are alternate covers of the first printing, not later printings; the later Act collections and Compendium are first-thus.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Providence* by Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/providence
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.