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Collector's Guide

Red Skull's Best Arcs: 1941 to 2015

An adversary whose meaning depends on real History: what he represents in each era, from the propaganda of 1941 to the historical account of 2011.

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Collector's Guide

Bullseye's Best Arcs: 1976 to 2017

Daredevil 1976-1983, the 2004 miniseries, team stories: how each author solved the problem of a killer who never misses.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Zatanna: Setting a Threshold Before Buying

A permanent guest since 1964, she appears in hundreds of booklets. Three thresholds of presence, three collections, and the trap of two names.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Red Skull: the shared magazine trap

Its key appearances are in a title that contains two sets: one buys twelve useful pages at a price set by two audiences. The three blocks to know.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Bullseye: Complete File Guide

Three blocks: the 1976-1983 Daredevil installment in batches, three limited series, and the 2007-2010 issues where he is neither named nor costumed.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Black Canary: Start at the End

Three eras including one inaccessible: why start with the recent period, how to construct a list in a table, and how to resolve the mother-daughter question.

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Collector's Guide

Spider-Gwen Variants: All 8 Editions of Edge of Spider-Verse #2

Original edition, four reprints, alternative cover, exclusives: how to identify each version and what it is really worth.

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Valuation

Value of X-23 comics: why NYX #3 is really rare

A 2004 comic rarer than many old keys: the mechanism of firm orders in bookstores, and how to spot other comparable cases.

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Valuation

Value of Falcon comics: Captain America #117 and after

A market punctuated by adaptations: when to buy, what the historical premium of the founding number is and why the gradation is not always justified.

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Valuation

Value of Doomsday comics: the 8 editions of Superman #75

Superman #75 exists in eight distinct editions in the catalog. How to identify them, why the state pays all the price and what is really valuable.

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Collector's Guide

The Winter Soldier's best runs: the weapon, the man, the mentor

The passage of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting dominates everything. What the 2012 solo series brings, the detours of 2014 and the return of 2018.

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Collector's Guide

Vision's best runs: where to start reading

The series by Tom King and Gabriel Hernández Walta dominates, but the titles from the 1980s are worth a look. Reading order and mistakes to avoid.

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