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An event that replaced all mutant series for four months. Its keys are the first appearances of alternative versions: what counts is not the appearance, it is survival.
Read article →Wilson Fisk's entourage and his first appearances: Typhoid Mary (DD #254), Bullseye (DD #131), the Rose (ASM #253). The most profitable indirect keys.
Read article →An entourage made up of people who experienced her death: which defines them more than what they shared with her. Its indirect keys are therefore after 1980.
Read article →The series in summary of 2003 vs Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962): the character's first adolescent audience, and the cost of building on another adaptation. Key numbers.
Read article →Smallville (2001-2011) vs Superman comics: ten seasons on a ban, neither flight nor costume, and a Lex Luthor friend from his youth. Key numbers.
Read article →Cameo, first full appearance, first cover, origin: why the market values them differently, how to check the canonical mention and not pay for the wrong key.
Read article →Pedigree, provenance, premium: what named collections are worth, how provenance is certified, and how to thwart unverified claims.
Read article →All Star Comics #58 (1976), Showcase #97 (1978), Power Girl #1 (2009). Its origin has been written three times: the rewrite numbers do not appear in any index.
Read article →UXM #221 (1987), silhouettes of 1986, UXM #168 (1983). And a category that no one references: the numbers where he acts without ever appearing.
Read article →Wilson Fisk's key issues, scattered between Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil. ASM #50, DD #170, Born Again, Typhoid Mary: what to aim for according to your budget.
Read article →Tier S, A, B, C and D. A classification built on a separation: the structural value, slow and irreversible, against the speculation of adaptation, rapid and reversible.
Read article →First decide: the man or the identity? The trap of the cameo, what the overproduction of the 1990s implies, and the exhaustive collection of solo series for a paltry budget.
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