NMLP P-028983 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Empire: A Visual Novel

Samuel R. Delany (art Howard Chaykin) · Berkley Windhover / Berkley-Putnam (New York), a Byron Preiss Visual Publications production · 1978

US 1978 publication is the true first; the trade paperback and hardcover appeared simultaneously, so neither has clear precedence. The signed limited hardcover is the collected issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028983 for "Empire: A Visual Novel" by Samuel R. Delany (art Howard Chaykin) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028983, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).