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Neither the screen nor the criticism: it is the renewal of the readership which makes this file rise. No variation to unravel, everything depends on the state.
Read article →Its magic is read before it is seen: how each series has solved this graphic problem, from the 1993 ornament to the backwards-written title of 2025.
Read article →Innocence Lost, Target X, All-New Wolverine, Marjorie Liu, Mariko Tamaki: what each series brings and in what order to approach them.
Read article →Denny O'Neil (1983-1985) where Rhodes IS Iron Man, Michelinie-Byrne-Layton (1979), the 1994 solo series, Greg Pak (2009). Short windows, therefore complete.
Read article →Chris Claremont (1975-1991), Greg Pak (2014), Reginald Hudlin (2005-2008): Storm didn't have a series to his name until after 39 years. Where to Cut in Uncanny X-Men.
Read article →Peter David wrote this character from 1992 to 2015 despite four relaunches: here, it's not the numbering that creates continuity, it's a voice.
Read article →Grell 1987, Quiver by Kevin Smith, Year One, Lemire and Sorrentino, Percy, Williamson: runs classified according to their distance from the rest of the DC universe.
Read article →Five series to its name, none installed: why the single-player narrative resists it, and how the 1998 team then the 2024 tournament solved the problem.
Read article →Hawkman #4 (August 20, 1964, 12¢): an arrival spread over five magazines and twenty-eight months. None are named after him, and none exist as variations.
Read article →Two dates, two issues: James Rhodes in 1979 (Iron Man #118), the War Machine identity in 1992. The trap of the cameo versus the full appearance, and how to check it.
Read article →Amazing Spider-Man #365 (June 9, 1992, $3.95, 84 pages): A promotional insert in a hologram anniversary issue. Gold redrawing is the trap.
Read article →Captain America Comics #1 (December 20, 1940, 10¢): Two men wore this mask in 1941. Why the seventh issue is the real rational choice.
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