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The true first is American: DC Comics, New York, October 1989, issued as a cloth hardback in a dust jacket (ISBN 0 930289 48 X, 120 pages) and as a trade paperback (0 930289 56 0), written by Grant Morrison with painted art by Dave McKean. The first British edition is the Titan Books trade paperback of 1990, ISBN 1 85286 280 7; no Titan hardback is recorded. Confirm that the title and copyright pages name Titan Books, not DC Comics or Warner Books (an American paperback of 1990). The DC 15th anniversary (2004), 25th anniversary (2014), Absolute (2019) and Deluxe (2021) editions are later reissues.
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Titan Books, London, in 1990, in paperback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 30 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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