Research: Empire front cover

This front cover breaks conventions of magazine front cover as there is no bar code, price or anything of the sort. It relies entirely upon the fandom of Game of Thrones and the fact that it has built up an audience who trusts them. This would not be a first edition because the audience would not know what type or even what the magazine is. However, due to the fact that Empire has an audience who trusts them and knows the pragmatics of Empire. Also, the fact that Empire understands that Game of Thrones has a very loyal and devoted fan base plays into the theory by Jenkins about fandom. I would not be able to do something like this as its a first issue and the audience would not have the pragmatic understanding of what the magazine is.