Brian K. Vaughan Books in Order
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Brian K. Vaughan books in publication order
42 books
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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