# Is "The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" by Frank Miller & Geof Darrow a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Frank Miller & Geof Darrow (Dark Horse, 1995) is identified by: The true first in this title is the single issue The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot #1 (Dark Horse, 1995), a large-format two-issue mini-series. True first is the single issue #1 (1995).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The true first in this title is the single issue The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot #1 (Dark Horse, 1995), a large-format two-issue mini-series
- The collected edition is first-thus only
- Correct publisher/imprint: Dark Horse

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Frank Miller & Geof Darrow |
| Publisher | Dark Horse |
| Year | 1995 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | The true first in this title is the single issue The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot #1… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
The true first in this title is the single issue The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot #1 (Dark Horse, 1995), a large-format two-issue mini-series. The collected edition is first-thus only.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the single issue #1 (1995). Collected editions are first-thus. Note that the Big Guy character had earlier cameo appearances in Madman Comics #6-7, but this title's own first issue is #1 (1995).

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot* by Frank Miller & Geof Darrow a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-big-guy-and-rusty-the-boy-robot
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.