IDW's Artist's Edition Numbering 2020 • Artist's Edition Index

IDW numbers their Artist’s Editions and has for some time. Here is a complete list of all Artist’s Editions sorted by publication date. I originally posted this in February 2017 but a lot has come up since then and there are more missing numbers so it seemed like a good time to revisit.

Name	Ship Date	Number
Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition	08/18/10	First
Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition	08/03/11	Second
John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man Artist’s Edition	02/01/12	Fourth
Wally Wood’s EC Stories Artist’s Edition	02/22/12	Third
David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition	06/27/12
Sergio Aragones’ Groo the Wanderer Artist’s Edition	07/25/12
Joe Kubert’s Tarzan of the Apes Artist’s Edition	09/26/12
Gil Kane’s The Amazing Spider-Man Artist’s Edition	01/09/13
MAD Artist’s Edition	01/23/13
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition	04/10/13
Jack Davis’ EC Stories Artist’s Edition	05/01/13
John Byrne’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition	06/26/13
Best Of EC Comics Volume One Artist’s Edition	07/10/13
Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales Artist’s Edition	08/14/13
Joe Kubert’s Tor Artist’s Edition	10/30/13
Jeff Smith’s Bone: The Great Cow Race Artist’s Edition	11/06/13
John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2 Artist’s Edition	01/29/14
Jack Kirby New Gods Artist’s Edition	05/14/14	19
Charles M. Schulz Peanuts Artist’s Edition	06/18/14	21
Steranko Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition	07/16/14	22
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy In Hell And Other Stories Artist’s Edition	07/23/14	23
Marvel Covers Artist’s Edition	09/24/14	24
Basil Wolverton’s Weird Worlds Artist’s Edition	10/29/14	18
Walter Simonson Manhunter and Other Stories Artist’s Edition	11/05/14	25
John Buscema’s Silver Surfer Artist’s Edition	12/10/14	26
Joe Kubert Enemy Ace Artist’s Edition	12/24/14	28
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition Volume 2	01/21/15	27
Jack Kirby Mister Miracle Artist’s Edition	03/18/15	29
Best Of EC: Volume Two Artist’s Edition	04/22/15	30
Jack Kirby Kamandi: The Last Boy On Earth Vol. 1 Artist’s Edition	06/10/15	33
Don Rosa’s The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Vol. 1 Artist’s Edition	06/24/15	32
Mike Zeck’s Classic Marvel Stories Artist’s Edition	07/01/15	35
Eric Powell’s The Goon Artist’s Edition	07/22/15	34
Joe Kubert’s The Return Of Tarzan Artist’s Edition	10/21/15	37
Herb Trimpe’s The Incredible Hulk Artist’s Edition	11/11/15	36
Sam Kieth’s The Maxx Artist’s Edition	02/24/16	38
Graham Ingels’ EC Stories Artist’s Edition	03/02/16	39
Best Of DC War Artist’s Edition	06/29/16	40
Jack Kirby’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition	07/06/16	42
Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist’s Edition	07/13/16	41
Mike Mignola’s The Amazing Screw-On Head Artist’s Edition	08/31/16	43
Marvel Covers: The Modern Era Artist’s Edition	09/14/16	44
Jack Kirby Kamandi Artist’s Edition Vol 2	10/05/16	45
Chris Samnee’s Daredevil: Artist’s Edition	01/04/17	46
Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition	01/25/17	49
America’s Best Comics Artist’s Edition	02/01/17	47
Alex Toth’s Bravo For Adventure Artist’s Edition	2017/02/22	48
Michael Kaluta’s Starstruck Artist’s Edition	2017/03/22	50
Reed Crandall’s EC Stories Artist’s Edition	2017/05/10	51
Jack Kirby The Forever People Artist’s Edition	2017/06/14	52
Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor The Return Of Beta Ray Bill Artist’s Edition	2017/06/28	53
Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four: The World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition	2017/08/02	54
Gene Colan’s Tomb Of Dracula Artist’s Edition	2018/01/17	56
Ross Andru’s The Amazing Spider-Man Artist’s Edition	2018/03/28	57
Joe Kubert’s Tarzan and the Lion Man Artist’s Edition	2018/04/18	58
Frank Cho’s Savage Wolverine Artist’s Edition	2018/06/27	59
Jack Kirby’s Marvel Heroes And Monsters Artist’s Edition	2018/08/01	61
Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County Artist’s Edition	2019/06/12	62
Walter Simonson Star Wars Artist’s Edition	2019/08/07	63
Michael Golden’s Micronauts Artist’s Edition	2020/11/04	64

Numbering began right at the beginning, with Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, mentioning on the “About This Edition” page that this was hopefully the first volume in an ongoing series. This continued through the next three Artist’s Editions. By the time David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition is published this numbering format is dropped, replaced with “part of an ongoing series”.

A standard format of numbering began with Jack Kirby New Gods Artist’s Edition, with a listing in the colophon “Artist’s Edition #19”. The numbering of the volumes in this manner starts with #18, Basil Wolverton’s Weird Worlds Artist’s Edition, but that was almost a year late so it shows up after numbers 19-24 have been published.

Looking at the list one can see a few numbers missing: 20, 31, 55, and 60. The coveted and long-delayed Steranko Artist’s Edition Volume 2 falls right into the dates for number 31. The oft-delayed Don Rosa’s The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Vol. 2 Artist’s Edition could be number 55 or 60. As for number 20, it’s anyone’s guess. Could be as simple as accidentally skipping a number.

When I asked Scott Dunbier about this he joked “Hey, never said I was good at math!“.

The Artifact Editions have all been numbered, and the numbering has been consistent and accurate.

Name	Ship Date	Number
Dave Gibbons Watchmen Artifact Edition	2014/08/13	1
John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man Artifact Edition	2015/04/01	2
Frank Miller’s Daredevil Artifact Edition	2015/08/05	3
Miracleman Artifact Edition	2015/11/04	4
Star Wars Artifact Edition	2015/12/23	5
Bernie Wrightson Artifact Edition	2017/11/01	6
Jim Starlin’s Marvel Cosmic Artifact Edition	2018/08/08	7
John Byrne’s X-Men Artifact Edition	2018/08/15	8
Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… and Assassins… Artifact Edition	2018/10/31	9
Jim Lee DC Legends Artifact Edition	2019/01/02	10
John Byrne’s Marvel Classics Artifact Edition	2019/10/09	11
Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition	2020/06/24	12