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Collector's Guide

Best Thunderbolts Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

The best Thunderbolts runs ranked: Busiek and Bagley, Warren Ellis, Jeff Parker, The Sentry and Daniel Way, with the best format to read or collect each.

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The Best Swamp Thing Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

Which Swamp Thing run should you read or collect? Five runs ranked, from Alan Moore to Snyder and Ram V, with starting issues, readers and formats.

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The Best Shazam Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

Which Shazam run should you read or collect? Six runs ranked, from Binder and Beck to Ordway, Johns and Smith, with starting issues and formats.

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Best New Mutants Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

The best New Mutants runs ranked: Claremont and Sienkiewicz, the Simonson years, the Liefeld finale and the 2009 relaunch, with what to read and collect.

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The Best Martian Manhunter Runs, Ranked for Readers

Which Martian Manhunter run should you read first? Seven runs ranked, from Ostrander and Mandrake to Morrison and Camp, with formats and collecting tips.

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Best Inhumans Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

The best Inhumans runs ranked: Lee and Kirby, Jenkins and Jae Lee, Black Bolt, Inhumanity and Inhumans vs X-Men, with the best format to read or collect.

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Best Excalibur Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

The best Excalibur runs ranked: Claremont and Davis, Davis solo, Alan Moore's Captain Britain, New Excalibur, Tini Howard and Ellis, with how to read each.

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The Best Defenders Runs, Ranked for Readers and Collectors

Which Defenders run is worth reading or collecting? Six runs ranked, from Gerber and Englehart to Fraction and Bendis, with starting issues and formats.

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Key Issues

Thanos Quest #1 (1990): Infinity Gems Key Issue Guide

Thanos Quest #1 (1990), the prestige miniseries by Starlin and Lim where Thanos hunts the Infinity Gems: format, value drivers, editions and buying pitfalls.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Comics: Where to Start Reading

A six-step reading path for Ta-Nehisi Coates in comics, from Black Panther #1 to Captain America and the prose, with single issue versus collected advice.

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Superman: Red Son in French: Every Edition Explained

Superman: Red Son in French: the Panini albums of 2005 and 2010 and the Urban Comics editions of 2013 to 2023, with page counts, dates and ISBN pointers.

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Sin City in French: Every Edition Explained

Sin City in French: Vertige Graphic, Rackham and Huginn & Muninn editions, translations and titles compared, with dates and what each volume contains.

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