# Is "Miracleman (Marvelman)" by Alan Moore a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Miracleman (Marvelman) by Alan Moore (Eclipse Comics, 1985) is identified by: Eclipse Miracleman #1, cover-dated August 1985, recolors and continues the UK Warrior Marvelman strips resized to US comic format; the standard first printing carries a the printed price cover price. The original Marvelman strips first ran in the UK anthology Warrior beginning in 1982.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Eclipse Miracleman #1, cover-dated August 1985, recolors and continues the UK Warrior Marvelman strips resized to US comic format; the standard first printing carries a the printed price cover price
- This is the first US printing of the material under the Miracleman name
- The first roughly 1,000 copies were diverted as promotional editions for the 1985 San Diego Comic-Con and exist as two scarcer variants: a Gold edition (about 400 copies, with a numbered gold certificate of authenticity, signed and numbered by Alan Moore on the first page) and a Blue edition (about 600 copies, with a blue certificate signed by Cat Yronwode and Dean Mullaney but unnumbered)
- These convention copies are noted to carry a printing crease on the front cover, distinguishing them from the standard newsstand/direct first
- Correct publisher/imprint: Eclipse Comics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Alan Moore |
| Publisher | Eclipse Comics |
| Year | 1985 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | Eclipse Miracleman #1, cover-dated August 1985, recolors and continues the UK Warrior Marvelman strips resized to US comic format; the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Eclipse Miracleman #1, cover-dated August 1985, recolors and continues the UK Warrior Marvelman strips resized to US comic format; the standard first printing carries a the printed price cover price. This is the first US printing of the material under the Miracleman name. The first roughly 1,000 copies were diverted as promotional editions for the 1985 San Diego Comic-Con and exist as two scarcer variants: a Gold edition (about 400 copies, with a numbered gold certificate of authenticity, signed and numbered by Alan Moore on the first page) and a Blue edition (about 600 copies, with a blue certificate signed by Cat Yronwode and Dean Mullaney but unnumbered). These convention copies are noted to carry a printing crease on the front cover, distinguishing them from the standard newsstand/direct first.

## Is this the true first?
The original Marvelman strips first ran in the UK anthology Warrior beginning in 1982. Eclipse Miracleman #1 (August 1985) is the first US appearance of the material as Miracleman. Marvel's 2014-onward reprints and hardcovers are later first-thus.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Marvel 2014-onward reissues and hardcovers are later first-thus, not Eclipse firsts. Among 1985 Eclipse copies, the scarce numbered Gold and unnumbered Blue San Diego variants are distinct from the standard the printed price first printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Miracleman (Marvelman)* by Alan Moore a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/miracleman-marvelman
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.