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Collector's Guide

Descending and Ascending: the complete guide

50 issues, two titles, a single story: reading order, genre change and formats of Descender and Ascender by Lemire and Nguyen.

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Collector's Guide

Black Hammer: the reading order of the universe

Main series, Sherlock Frankenstein, Doctor Star, Skulldigger: in what order to read Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer universe, and why.

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Films & Series

Wynonna Earp facing the comics: the series saved by its audience

Wynonna Earp (2016) vs Beau Smith's comic (1996): supernatural western, and the only season in the corpus obtained by the mobilization of spectators. Key numbers.

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Valuation

Auction or fixed price: which channel to sell your comics

Auction or fixed price sale for your comics? Find out when each channel maximizes net price: scarcity, fees, reserve, timing and decision method.

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Collector's Guide

Spider-Man 2099 variants: three regimes in thirty years

In 1992 the variant was undergone, in 2014 it was designed, after 2020 it was borrowed from a license. Identify the regime before talking about value.

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Valuation

Value of Zatanna Comics: A One-Key File

The market indexes events; his stories do not produce any. Why the rating is flat, what it protects, and the four wordings not to be confused.

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Valuation

Value of Winter Soldier comics: high demand, abundant item

Popularity and rarity are independent. Why value resides here in the state and the distribution circuit, and where the only true scarcity is found.

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Valuation

Value of Wasp comics: when the title decides the price

Team founder, born in a series with a shared summary: why its rating remains behind, and what signals to watch for to catch up.

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Valuation

Value of Vision comics: when a recent series changes everything

A lauded series can drive up numbers from 1968. How this engine differs from adaptation peaks, and the four clues to true reappraisal.

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Valuation

Ultron Comics Value: Buy a Sequence, Not an Issue

Three major numbers in three months on newsstands in 1968. How value is distributed over a sequence and why neighboring numbers are undervalued.

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Valuation

Value of Spider-Man 2099 comics: first two issues

An entire line launched at once produced an abundance from which the record never recovered. Why the market prefers #1 from September 1992.

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Valuation

Value of Spider-Gwen comics: a rating built on a design

Popular before having a history: five successive editions and a monthly in five months. What a rating based on an image is worth.

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