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Comics History

The Platinum Age: Comics Before Superman, and How to Recognize Them

The Platinum Age of comics before Action Comics #1: strip collections, Famous Funnies, Detective Comics #1, and how to identify and date these early objects.

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Collector's Guide

Peach Momoko: How Her Variant Covers Are Organized

Peach Momoko's variant covers sorted into five families, with how to tell textless versions apart and build a coherent collection without prices.

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Key Issues

2026 Key Issues: The Year's Real First Appearances, Case by Case

Ravage, Absolute Green Arrow, Proxy and Wildcard: the first appearances of 2026 as of October, sorted by status, with what is not a key issue.

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Collector's Guide

The #1000 Club: Action Comics, Detective Comics, Amazing Spider-Man

Only three superhero series reached a true issue 1000. See how inherited numbering got them there, what each contains, and why Amazing Fantasy #1000 differs.

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Collector's Guide

The Best Comic Collections Released in 2026 (Review as of October 3)

The best comic collections of 2026 so far: Absolute volumes, Eisner winners and Joe Kelly's Spider-Man, with dates, what is still to come and gift picks.

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Collector's Guide

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Comics of 2026

D'orc, White Sky, Legion of Super-Heroes, Alien vs. X-Men and Al Ewing's Thor: the science fiction and fantasy comics that marked 2026, reviewed as of October.

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Collector's Guide

The Best Marvel Comics of 2026

Our ranking of the best Marvel comics of 2026 as of October 3: Amazing Spider-Man #1000, Ultimate Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor and Death Spiral.

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Collector's Guide

The best independent comics of 2026, from Image to the small publishers

The best independent comics of 2026 so far: D'orc, White Sky, Terminal and more, with reading advice, sell-out context and November releases to watch.

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The Best DC Comics of 2026: Absolute, Relaunches and Long-Running Series

Best DC comics of 2026 as of October 3: Absolute Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Flash, DC K.O., Fraction's Batman and the Next Level relaunches.

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Collector's Guide

The Best Comics of 2026: The Year in Review, Publisher by Publisher

Review of 2026 comics up to October 3: Absolute Batman, Amazing Spider-Man #1000, Ultimate Spider-Man, Image and Skybound hits, and our top 10.

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Collector's Guide

The Best New Comic Series Launched in 2026 (Review as of October 3)

Which 2026 new comic series have held beyond issue 1: Absolute Green Arrow, D'orc, White Sky, Terminal and more, judged on public signals as of October.

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Collector's Guide

Luther Strode Turns 15: The Trilogy, the Anniversary Edition and What to Keep

Luther Strode turns 15 with an Image anniversary #1 on October 7, 2026. The 18-issue trilogy, reading order, original versus anniversary and what to keep.

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