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Third appearance, fourth, “prior image”: a ladder of entry points constructed by sellers, neither fake nor guaranteed.
Read article →A missing insert is not seen in any cover photo: “unverified” is a valid answer, the absence of a field is not.
Read article →Revealing deprives him of what distinguishes him, not revealing exhausts patience. All three outcomes fail.
Read article →The American n° 266 published under n° 65 in Brazil: an object that no search by number will ever find.
Read article →What is sought is not the story but the moment of appearance. Good news for anyone who wants to read.
Read article →A number 9 exists in both. Only the year separates them, and she is not on any cover.
Read article →A 2002 reprint announced as the first printing: the mention says nothing without its subject.
Read article →A single issue under a generic banner: the most important material is not published where it is expected.
Read article →The more powerful and abstract a figure is, the less modifiable it is — it only has its function.
Read article →The date printed on a booklet precedes its sale: a year copied from an advertisement will be wrong half the time.
Read article →Five ads, five different numbers, four decades: the engine found the numbers it was looking for in internal storage codes.
Read article →The editorial choice of 1969 and its lasting consequences on what a figure can become.
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