In addition to the ongoing series, First reprinted the original miniseries as a graphic novel and later reprinted the first two years of the ongoing title in the "Nexus Legends" series. The ongoing series was also supplemented by "The Next Nexus", a four-issue miniseries that followed "Nexus" No. 52. Following the conclusion of the ongoing series with No. 80 (May 1991), seven miniseries and two one-shot comics were published by Dark Horse Comics. The last of these miniseries was printed in black and white as a cost-cutting measure; low sales led to the series being discontinued. Although each miniseries had its own issue numbering, Baron and Rude added a sequential number to each, as explained in the back of the first issue of "Nexus: Executioner's Song":