# Is "The Amazing Screw-On Head" by Mike Mignola a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Amazing Screw-On Head by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse Comics, 2002) is identified by: One-shot published by Dark Horse Comics, May 2002; 32 pages, full color, cover price 2.99 US. The true first is the 2002 one-shot.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- One-shot published by Dark Horse Comics, May 2002
- 32 pages, full color, cover price 2.99 US. Written and drawn by Mike Mignola with color by Dave Stewart
- First print of the one-shot
- Correct publisher/imprint: Dark Horse Comics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Year | 2002 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | One-shot published by Dark Horse Comics, May 2002 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
One-shot published by Dark Horse Comics, May 2002; 32 pages, full color, cover price 2.99 US. Written and drawn by Mike Mignola with color by Dave Stewart. First print of the one-shot.

## Is this the true first?
The true first is the 2002 one-shot. A later collected and expanded hardcover, The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects (2010), and a 20th-anniversary edition are first-thus for their added material.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and the collected hardcover are reprints of the one-shot content.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Amazing Screw-On Head* by Mike Mignola a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-amazing-screw-on-head
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.