First TPB (2001-2004 CrossGen) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Two Houses Divided!" Collects First (2000-2003) #1-7. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Bart Sears and Andy Smith. Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Two Houses Divided!" Collects First (2000-2003) #1-7. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Bart Sears and Andy Smith. Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Magnificent Tension!" Collects First (2000-2003) #8-13, plus almost 30 pages of back-up stories. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Bart Sears and Andy Smith. Cover by Bart Sears and Michael Atiyeh. This volume continues the personality politics of the 'First,' gods of the CrossGen Universe in the process of being deposed from that self-proclaimed role because of the creation of the Sigil-Bearers. Anxiety over the powerful new arrivals has ruptured the fault lines in the social structure of the First, causing Ingra, Leader of House Sinister, to make a bold move to begin her planned takeover of House Dexter. Seahn has collected together the unhappy second-born, ready to demand that they be given equal status to the First. Persha, Ingra's daughter, sneaks over to House Dexter to meet Pyrem, her father and Leader of that House. And Gannish the Truthseeker visits a small blue-green globe and learns a frightening truth about the reality of the First. Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Sinister Motives!" Collects First (2000-2003) #14-19. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Andrea Di Vito, Bart Sears, Rob Hunter, and Andy Smith. Cover by Brandon Peterson. Tensions boil over into open warfare as the upstart godling Seahn leads a coup against the leader of House Dexter. Will Seahn succeed, or will the red witch Ingra put down this unforeseen shift in the balance of power? "Sinister Motives" explodes with all the passion and fury of the self-styled gods of the CrossGen Universe. This volume marks a turning point in CrossGen's most cosmic series of all! Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Futile Endeavors!" Collects First (2000-2003) #20-25. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Andrea Di Vito, Rob Hunter, and Rob Schwager . On Elysia, the world of gods, one young second-born's ambition grows into a threat that could take down both Houses, as Seahn challenges House Dexter's leader for supremacy. A battle in the empty universe between the two Houses leads to Pyrem's capture. What happens to the balance of power if Seahn succeeds? Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Liquid Alliances!" Collects First (2000-2003) #26-31. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Andy Smith and Rob Hunter. A new collection! Driven apart by immortal intrigue and titanic treachery, the rival houses of the godlike First are rocked when the sinister Seahn makes his power play! Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Ragnarok!" Collects First (2000-2003) #32-37. Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Andy Smith. A new volume of the warring immortals! Driven apart by intrigue and treachery, the rival houses of the godlike First explode when their true nature is finally revealed! Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.