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Cycles

by Brian K. Vaughan

2003

Traveling toward California, Yorick Brown and his companions are diverted into Marrisville, Ohio. The seemingly ordinary town conceals a secret that complicates their journey through a changed America, where the survival of the last man remains precarious.

Unmanned

by Brian K. Vaughan

2003

A sudden plague kills almost every male mammal, leaving Yorick Brown and his pet monkey as inexplicable survivors. Accompanied by a government agent and a geneticist, he seeks his missing girlfriend and the reason he alone survived.

One Small Step

by Brian K. Vaughan

2004

A Soyuz capsule approaches Earth carrying a woman and two men from the International Space Station. For Yorick Brown, their return could end his isolation as the last man alive, raising new hopes and uncertainties for the survivors.

Safeword

by Brian K. Vaughan

2004

With hostile extremists pursuing him, Yorick Brown is left under the protection of Agent 711. His apparent refuge becomes a frightening psychological ordeal as the agent’s concealed intentions force the last surviving man to confront dangers of a different kind.

Girl on Girl

by Brian K. Vaughan

2005

Yorick Brown, Agent 355, and Dr. Mann cross the Pacific in pursuit of his stolen monkey, Ampersand. Their journey toward Japan carries more than personal stakes, since the animal may hold answers to the plague that devastated humanity.

Ring of Truth

by Brian K. Vaughan

2005

In San Francisco, Yorick loses his engagement ring and appears vulnerable to the plague that killed other men. His sister Hero finds him as a secretive group pursues Agent 355’s amulet, raising questions about what has kept him alive.

Tag

by Brian K. Vaughan

2005

Former superhero Mitchell Hundred discovers that governing New York can be as fraught as protecting it in disguise. A controversial political decision puts his judgment under scrutiny as the pressures of public office complicate his new life.

The First Hundred Days

by Brian K. Vaughan

2005

Mitchell Hundred leaves masked heroics behind and runs for mayor of New York, hoping to serve the city in a different way. Public office brings problems that budgets alone cannot solve, testing the former superhero’s ambitions and judgment.

Fact v. Fiction

by Brian K. Vaughan

2006

Mayor Mitchell Hundred confronts decisions about his future, a disturbing trial, and the arrival of another superhero. His first trip outside New York since taking office adds a strange new challenge to an already complicated political life.

Kimono Dragons

by Brian K. Vaughan

2006

The search for Ampersand brings Yorick and his companions to Japan, where they confront the mystery of the monkey’s abduction. Recovering him may provide vital clues to the plague, making their pursuit crucial to the future of humanity.

March to War

by Brian K. Vaughan

2006

A tragedy at a Manhattan protest against the Iraq War puts Mayor Mitchell Hundred under intense pressure. Protecting New York now requires him to weigh public safety against the freedoms of the people he was elected to serve.

Paper Dolls

by Brian K. Vaughan

2006

Yorick and Agent 355 search Australia for his fiancée Beth, but unwanted publicity threatens people close to him. Meanwhile, Ampersand’s adventures and the agent’s past reveal more about the companions whose lives have become bound to his survival.

Pride of Baghdad

by Brian K. Vaughan

2006

Four lions escape Baghdad Zoo during a military raid and wander through a city shattered by war. Their struggle to survive turns newfound freedom into a difficult question, exploring what liberation means when safety and captivity have become entangled.

Motherland

by Brian K. Vaughan

2007

Yorick and Agent 355 prepare for the journey that could reunite him with his lost love. As they look toward their destination, answers emerge about the catastrophe that killed the world’s men and left him inexplicably alive.

Power Down

by Brian K. Vaughan

2007

The 2003 blackout plunges New York into crisis and tests Mitchell Hundred in both his public and former superhero roles. As the city loses power, its mayor faces an emergency that challenges his ability to protect its people.

Smoke, Smoke

by Brian K. Vaughan

2007

Mayor Mitchell Hundred weighs changes to New York’s drug laws while violent robberies and a disturbing suicide unsettle the city. The crimes complicate his policy decisions, bringing the consequences of political choices uncomfortably close to his investigation.

Ex Cathedra

by Brian K. Vaughan

2008

Mitchell Hundred prepares to leave New York for an audience with the Pope in Rome. The invitation brings his unusual public role onto an international stage, while an assassin quietly turns the mayor’s travel plans into a deadly opportunity.

Whys and Wherefores

by Brian K. Vaughan

2008

Yorick Brown’s long search for his girlfriend and the explanation for his survival reaches its conclusion. After crossing a world transformed by the disappearance of men, he and his companions face the consequences of their extraordinary journey.

Dirty Tricks

by Brian K. Vaughan

2009

A new masked figure captures New York’s attention just as the Republican National Convention approaches. For Mayor Mitchell Hundred, the newcomer threatens more than public order: the resulting turmoil could derail the convention and jeopardize his own political future.

Ring Out the Old

by Brian K. Vaughan

2010

Mitchell Hundred ventures into New York’s sewers seeking the origin of the powers that made him the Great Machine. As he searches for answers, a formidable new enemy begins revealing a plan with roots in his earliest adventures.

Term Limits

by Brian K. Vaughan

2010

As Mitchell Hundred confronts a divisive political issue, a reporter with extraordinary powers threatens his administration. Long-developing dangers converge around the former superhero, forcing a reckoning with the tragedies and ambitions that have shaped his time in office.

Saga, Volume 1

by Brian K. Vaughan

2012

Soldiers Alana and Marko fall in love despite coming from opposite sides of an interstellar war. The birth of their daughter Hazel makes them fugitives, forcing the new family to search for safety across a hostile universe.

Saga, Volume 2

by Brian K. Vaughan

2013

Newborn Hazel has already escaped assassins, soldiers and alien creatures with her fugitive parents. The arrival of Marko’s parents brings another challenge, testing family loyalties as Alana and Marko struggle to protect their child from the war.

Saga, Volume 3

by Brian K. Vaughan

2014

Alana and Marko take their young daughter to an alien world to meet a writer they admire. Their pursuit of refuge and understanding grows increasingly dangerous as the people hunting the family finally close the distance.

Saga, Volume 4

by Brian K. Vaughan

2014

With Hazel now a toddler, her parents struggle to establish an ordinary life amid an extraordinary war. New planets and adversaries bring fresh pressures, while keeping their family together proves as difficult as escaping those who hunt them.

Saga, Volume 5

by Brian K. Vaughan

2015

Marko joins forces with Prince Robot IV to find their missing children on a dangerous world. Elsewhere, Gwendolyn and Lying Cat pursue a cure for The Will, drawing several desperate journeys toward a collision.

Paper Girls, Vol. 2

by Brian K. Vaughan

2016

Erin, Mac and Tiffany are thrown from their 1988 newspaper route into the unfamiliar world of 2016. Navigating their own future raises new dangers and questions as they struggle to understand what happened to their missing friend.

Saga, Volume 6

by Brian K. Vaughan

2016

After a jump forward in time, Hazel begins kindergarten while her scattered family faces challenges of its own. Childhood discoveries unfold alongside the harder lessons confronting adults still caught in an interstellar conflict that refuses to end.

Batman by Brian K. Vaughan

by Brian K. Vaughan

2017

Batman’s encounters with the Ventriloquist and Mad Hatter expose the strains of maintaining two identities, while Clayface threatens Wonder Woman. These stories explore disguise and self-deception through heroes and villains who risk losing themselves behind the roles they perform.

Paper Girls, Vol. 3

by Brian K. Vaughan

2017

Reunited with KJ in an unexpected era, four young newspaper carriers search for the origins of time travel. Discovering how the conflict began may be their only chance to escape its dangers and return home to 1988.

Saga, Volume 8

by Brian K. Vaughan

2017

Surviving the War for Phang leaves Hazel and her family facing grief and another uncertain journey. At the far western edge of the universe, they confront experiences that could change the course of their lives.

Paper Girls, Vol. 4

by Brian K. Vaughan

2018

Tiffany is carried from the prehistoric past into the year 2000, where the millennium brings a catastrophe far worse than expected. A twelve-year-old from 1988 must confront the crisis if the future is to survive.

Paper Girls, Vol. 5

by Brian K. Vaughan

2018

Mac and her fellow newspaper carriers flee the year 2000 for a distant future. Their search for escape forces them to confront whether fate can be changed, while the motives of the mysterious old-timers begin to emerge.

Saga, Volume 9

by Brian K. Vaughan

2018

Hazel’s family continues its journey through a war-torn universe as misinformation and genuine danger converge. This stage of their spacefaring struggle brings new threats to the fragile bonds and safety they have fought to preserve.

Paper Girls, Vol. 6

by Brian K. Vaughan

2019

After journeys through their past, present and future, the four newspaper carriers face one final adventure. The conclusion brings their struggle against the forces of time toward an ending that will determine whether they can reclaim their lives.

Saga, Volume 10

by Brian K. Vaughan

2022

Hazel and her family return to a hostile universe with unfamiliar companions and new obstacles. Their efforts to build a life continue under the pressure of an interstellar war that makes even small moments of security difficult to find.

Saga, Volume 11

by Brian K. Vaughan

2023

Hazel and her family struggle to secure the necessities of survival as the privileged pursue new alliances. Their intimate battles unfold against a widening contest for power in the galaxy’s seemingly endless war.

Saga, Volume 12

by Brian K. Vaughan

2025

Alana accepts a hazardous new responsibility while twelve-year-old Hazel forms a friendship that matters deeply to her. As mother and daughter navigate separate changes, shifting alliances begin to alter the balance of power across the galaxy.

Spectators

by Brian K. Vaughan

2025

In a distant future haunted by ghosts, a woman from our present meets an armed stranger from the past. Traveling together, the spirits watch a deteriorating world and confront the distance between experiencing life and merely observing it.

Paper Girls

by Brian K. Vaughan

Four twelve year old newspaper delivery girls encounter extraordinary mysteries during their route after Halloween in 1988. Brian Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's first volume combines suburban life with science fiction, collecting the opening five issues of their adventure.

Saga Vol. 7

by Brian K. Vaughan

Hazel and her reunited family arrive on Phang, a comet contested by Wreath and Landfall. Collecting issues thirty seven through forty two, this volume follows new relationships and wartime dangers while exploring combat, displacement, and the refugee experience.

The Private Eye

by Brian K. Vaughan

After a digital disaster exposes private information, people inhabit a future built around secret identities. An unlicensed investigator becomes entangled in a major case, driving Brian Vaughan and Marcos Martin's science fiction mystery about privacy and concealment.

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  1. Book cover for "Tag"

    Tag

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2005
  2. Book cover for "The First Hundred Days"

    The First Hundred Days

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2005
  3. Book cover for "Fact v. Fiction"

    Fact v. Fiction

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2006
  4. Book cover for "March to War"

    March to War

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2006
  5. Book cover for "Power Down"

    Power Down

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2007
  6. Book cover for "Smoke, Smoke"

    Smoke, Smoke

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2007
  7. Book cover for "Ex Cathedra"

    Ex Cathedra

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2008
  8. Book cover for "Dirty Tricks"

    Dirty Tricks

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2009
  9. Book cover for "Ring Out the Old"

    Ring Out the Old

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2010
  10. Book cover for "Term Limits"

    Term Limits

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2010

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  1. Book cover for "Cycles"

    Cycles

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2003
  2. Book cover for "Unmanned"

    Unmanned

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2003
  3. Book cover for "One Small Step"

    One Small Step

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2004
  4. Book cover for "Safeword"

    Safeword

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2004
  5. Book cover for "Girl on Girl"

    Girl on Girl

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2005
  6. Book cover for "Ring of Truth"

    Ring of Truth

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2005
  7. Book cover for "Kimono Dragons"

    Kimono Dragons

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2006
  8. Book cover for "Paper Dolls"

    Paper Dolls

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2006
  9. Book cover for "Motherland"

    Motherland

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2007
  10. Book cover for "Whys and Wherefores"

    Whys and Wherefores

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2008

Standalone Brian K. Vaughan books

  1. Book cover for "Pride of Baghdad"

    Pride of Baghdad

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2006
  2. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 1"

    Saga, Volume 1

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2012
  3. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 2"

    Saga, Volume 2

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2013
  4. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 3"

    Saga, Volume 3

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2014
  5. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 4"

    Saga, Volume 4

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2014
  6. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 5"

    Saga, Volume 5

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2015
  7. Book cover for "Paper Girls, Vol. 2"

    Paper Girls, Vol. 2

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2016
  8. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 6"

    Saga, Volume 6

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2016
  9. Book cover for "Batman by Brian K. Vaughan"

    Batman by Brian K. Vaughan

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2017
  10. Book cover for "Paper Girls, Vol. 3"

    Paper Girls, Vol. 3

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2017
  11. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 8"

    Saga, Volume 8

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2017
  12. Book cover for "Paper Girls, Vol. 4"

    Paper Girls, Vol. 4

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2018
  13. Book cover for "Paper Girls, Vol. 5"

    Paper Girls, Vol. 5

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2018
  14. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 9"

    Saga, Volume 9

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2018
  15. Book cover for "Paper Girls, Vol. 6"

    Paper Girls, Vol. 6

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2019
  16. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 10"

    Saga, Volume 10

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2022
  17. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 11"

    Saga, Volume 11

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2023
  18. Book cover for "Saga, Volume 12"

    Saga, Volume 12

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2025
  19. Book cover for "Spectators"

    Spectators

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    2025
  20. Book cover for "Paper Girls"

    Paper Girls

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    Publication date unknownVolume 1
  21. Book cover for "Saga Vol. 7"

    Saga Vol. 7

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    Publication date unknown
  22. Book cover for "The Private Eye"

    The Private Eye

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    Publication date unknown

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