NMLP P-022462 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Violent Cases

Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean · Escape / Titan Books · 1987

True first is the 1987 UK black-and-white edition. Publisher attribution is genuinely split in the sources between Escape Books and Titan (Titan under Mike Lake published/distributed it), so the dual Escape/Titan attribution is appropriate. Later colour editions (Tundra 1991, Dark Horse, and the 30th-anniversary edition) are later first-thus.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022462 for "Violent Cases" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022462, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).