Book Series Guide

Brian K. Vaughan

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Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic-book writer and television writer. He has co-created acclaimed graphic series including Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga, Paper Girls, The Private Eye, Barrier, and We Stand on Guard, and has written for Marvel and DC characters including Runaways, Ultimate X-Men, Doctor Strange, Wolverine, Batman, Green Lantern, and Swamp Thing. He has also written for television, including Lost and Under the Dome.

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Y: The Last Man, Volume 1: Unmanned

The clearest entry point to Vaughan's long-form science-fiction storytelling and a complete series.

Saga, Volume 1

His major ongoing space-opera collaboration and one of his most representative works.

Cover of Ex Machina, Volume 1: The First Hundred Days

Ex Machina, Volume 1: The First Hundred Days

A complete political thriller with a high-concept superhero premise.

Paper Girls, Volume 1

A concise, completed science-fiction adventure with a strong coming-of-age focus.

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Pride of Baghdad

A self-contained original graphic novel requiring no series background.

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Books by series

comic-series · completed

Mystique

Brian K. Vaughan's two-volume Marvel series starring the shape-shifting mutant spy Mystique.

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  1. 1 Cover of Mystique: Dead Drop Gorgeous
    Mystique: Dead Drop Gorgeous

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2004

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    Mystique: Tinker, Tailor, Mutant, Spy

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2004

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comic-series · completed

Ultimate X-Men

Brian K. Vaughan's collected run on Marvel's reimagined X-Men series.

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  1. 1
    Ultimate X-Men, Volume 9: The Tempest

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2006

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    Ultimate X-Men, Volume 10: Cry Wolf

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2007

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  3. 3
    Ultimate X-Men, Volume 11: The Most Dangerous Game

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2006

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  4. 4 Cover of Ultimate X-Men, Volume 12: Hard Lessons
    Ultimate X-Men, Volume 12: Hard Lessons

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2007

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    Ultimate X-Men, Volume 13: Magnetic North

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2006

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comic-series · completed

Runaways

The original Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona run on Marvel's teen superhero series.

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  1. 1
    Runaways: Pride and Joy

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2004

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  2. 2
    Runaways: Teenage Wasteland

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2005

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  3. 3
    Runaways: The Good Die Young

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2005

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  4. 4
    Runaways: True Believers

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2006

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  5. 5
    Runaways: Escape to New York

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2010

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  6. 6
    Runaways: Parental Guidance

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2007

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  7. 7
    Runaways: Live Fast

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2007

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comic-series · completed

Y: The Last Man

A post-apocalyptic science-fiction comic series about Yorick Brown, the sole surviving male human and his capuchin monkey Ampersand.

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  1. 1
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 1: Unmanned

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2003

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  2. 2 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 2: Cycles
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 2: Cycles

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2003

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  3. 3 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 3: One Small Step
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 3: One Small Step

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2004

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  4. 4 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 4: Safeword
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 4: Safeword

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2004

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  5. 5 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 5: Ring of Truth
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 5: Ring of Truth

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2005

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  6. 6 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 6: Girl on Girl
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 6: Girl on Girl

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2005

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  7. 7 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 7: Paper Dolls
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 7: Paper Dolls

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2006

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  8. 8 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 8: Kimono Dragons
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 8: Kimono Dragons

    Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2006

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  9. 9 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 9: Motherland
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 9: Motherland

    Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2007

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  10. 10 Cover of Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores

    Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2008

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comic-series · completed

Ex Machina

A political science-fiction series about Mitchell Hundred, a former superhero who becomes mayor of New York City.

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  1. 1 Cover of Ex Machina, Volume 1: The First Hundred Days
    Ex Machina, Volume 1: The First Hundred Days

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2005

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    Ex Machina, Volume 2: Tag

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2005

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  3. 3 Cover of Ex Machina, Volume 3: Fact v. Fiction
    Ex Machina, Volume 3: Fact v. Fiction

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2006

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  4. 4 Cover of Ex Machina, Volume 4: March to War
    Ex Machina, Volume 4: March to War

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2006

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    Ex Machina, Volume 5: Smoke, Smoke

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2007

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  6. 6
    Ex Machina, Volume 6: Power Down

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2007

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  7. 7
    Ex Machina, Volume 7: Ex Cathedra

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2008

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  8. 8
    Ex Machina, Volume 8: Dirty Tricks

    Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2009

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  9. 9
    Ex Machina, Volume 9: Ring Out the Old

    Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2010

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  10. 10
    Ex Machina, Volume 10: Term Limits

    Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2010

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comic-series · completed

Swamp Thing

Brian K. Vaughan's collected run on DC's Swamp Thing series.

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  1. 1
    Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Volume 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Volume 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2014

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comic-series · ongoing

Saga

An ongoing space-opera comic series co-created by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.

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  1. 1
    Saga, Volume 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2012

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  2. 2
    Saga, Volume 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2013

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  3. 3
    Saga, Volume 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2014

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  4. 4
    Saga, Volume 4

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2014

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  5. 5
    Saga, Volume 5

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2015

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  6. 6
    Saga, Volume 6

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2016

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  7. 7
    Saga, Volume 7

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2017

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  8. 8
    Saga, Volume 8

    Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2018

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  9. 9
    Saga, Volume 9

    Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2018

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  10. 10
    Saga, Volume 10

    Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2022

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  11. 11 Cover of Saga, Volume 11
    Saga, Volume 11

    Book 11 · graphic-novel · 2023

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  12. 12 Cover of Saga, Volume 12
    Saga, Volume 12

    Book 12 · graphic-novel · 2025

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comic-series · completed

Paper Girls

A completed science-fiction comic series co-created by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang.

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  1. 1
    Paper Girls, Volume 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2016

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  2. 2
    Paper Girls, Volume 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2016

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  3. 3
    Paper Girls, Volume 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2017

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  4. 4 Cover of Paper Girls, Volume 4
    Paper Girls, Volume 4

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2018

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  5. 5 Cover of Paper Girls, Volume 5
    Paper Girls, Volume 5

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2018

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  6. 6
    Paper Girls, Volume 6

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2019

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (14)
  1. X-Men: Icons: Cyclops

    graphic-novel · 2002

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  2. Cover of Green Lantern: Circle of Fire
    Green Lantern: Circle of Fire

    graphic-novel · 2002

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  3. The Hood: Blood from Stones

    graphic-novel · 2003

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  4. Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure

    graphic-novel · 2004

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  5. Doctor Strange: The Oath

    graphic-novel · 2007

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  6. Cover of Pride of Baghdad
    Pride of Baghdad

    graphic-novel · 2006

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  7. Batman: False Faces

    graphic-novel · 2008

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  8. Cover of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2: No Future for You
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2: No Future for You

    graphic-novel · 2008

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  9. Cover of The Escapists
    The Escapists

    graphic-novel · 2007

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  10. Cover of The Private Eye
    The Private Eye

    graphic-novel · 2013

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  11. We Stand on Guard

    graphic-novel · 2015

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  12. Barrier

    graphic-novel · 2015

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  13. The Walking Dead: The Alien

    graphic-novel · 2016

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    Spectators

    graphic-novel · 2022

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