The Great Characters Edition 2015 was dedicated to John F. Kennedy. Word of the subject got about in collectors' circles in the autumn of 2014 and was confirmed shortly afterwards; the series reached the shops around September or October 2015, accompanied by an event in Berlin.
The Great Characters series appears at irregular intervals and honours outstanding figures of the twentieth century. It is to be distinguished from the older Writers Edition, which is devoted exclusively to authors, and each issue comes in several versions, from the unlimited Special Edition to tightly limited variants with elaborate precious-metal work.