Collector's Guide
Gambit: “14A”, “16A”: the letter suffix of French numbers
Three numbering regimes coexist on the French market, and none of the last two is stored as an integer.
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Collector's Guide
Falcon: an announcement that weighs half of the statement
Out of 60 announcements from August 30, 2026, only one represents 47% of the amount requested. She divides the average by two and leaves the median within two cents.
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Falcon: on an old booklet, a single state point is worth one hundred dollars
Rated 2.5 it claims $50, rated 3.5 it claims 150: when five advertisements from a large booklet fit into a dollar despite a four-point difference.
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The most expensive comics actually on sale: what sellers are asking for today
A million dollars demanded for an ordinary 1992 issue: the top of the market offered does not resemble the top of the market sold.
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Zatanna: when a revived series recreates the exact same number
Two series, an identical title, the same number: the median noted then does not describe either of the two objects. Why the volume must appear in the inventory.
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Zatanna: being quoted in an ad title does not mean being the subject
A name search measures the presence of a word in labels, not that of a character in a story.
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X-23: a “limited edition” claimed to be cheaper than an ordinary issue
A limited variant announced NM+ at $5.25 compared to a current copy in 9.2 at $9.70: the declared rarity is not enough.
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X-23: when there are more verified copies than ordinary copies remaining
Twice as many verified ads as raw ones on the same issue: what this report says about a title, and what it costs the buyer.
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Same team, same year: $3.95 in bookstores, $24.97 on newsstands
Two editions of the same series, six times apart. What the original sales channel does at today's price. Statement of August 29, 2026.
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A screenwriter doesn't write the same depending on who draws
Three boxes per page on one side, eight on the other, same author. What requires these adjustments, and how to check it in six numbers.
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Writing a group means managing a page budget
Six characters, one and a half pages each: the wall of the group story. The alternation solution and the three symptoms of its absence.
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Create characters you don't own
The market pays for the moment of creation and ignores the work of construction. What the order regime produces, forty years later.
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