NMLP P-009310 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller · DC Comics · 1986
True first is the prestige single issue Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (1986). The collected trade edition is first-thus and went through numerous printings. Tenth-anniversary and Absolute editions are also first-thus, not the true first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009310 for "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009310, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).