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136 ads at $8.04 median, no certified copies. What these series provide that the core doesn't have, and why you shouldn't start with them.
Read article →Median $5.19 for its 1980s, no certified listings. What the spread demonstrates about what the market is actually buying.
Read article →The best adaptations do not come from the origins but from runs from 2005-2012. What this teaches for the universes under construction today.
Read article →Median $15.99 for the little-known series versus $10.00 for the big hit. The certified side says the opposite, and both are right.
Read article →A ratio of two cents between two medians is not a market fact: it is a measurement defect, and here is how to recognize it.
Read article →Four condition points for less than a dollar difference: when the offer is large, taking the best available copy costs nothing.
Read article →A median is not a property of the booklet but of the formulation used to search for it.
Read article →An antagonist whose motive we understand becomes inexhaustible, but the hero must then be wrong somewhere.
Read article →A few numbers separate the two issues, an order of magnitude separates their amounts, and the state weighs only one or two dollars.
Read article →Dutch, Brazilian, Mexican: local editions of the same issue form a distinct market, including in better condition for less money.
Read article →When a title is renamed mid-stream, everything that came before it becomes difficult to place.
Read article →Titles published in the two years preceding an adaptation are the big losers in the calendar.
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