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Key Issues

First appearance of Green Arrow: More Fun Comics #73

More Fun Comics #73 (September 19, 1941, 10¢, 68 pages): his name does not appear anywhere in the contents. How to identify and authenticate a copy.

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Key Issues

First appearance of Black Canary: Flash Comics #86

Flash Comics #86 (June 9, 1947, 10¢): the story bears her name without her being the star. And a 1983 rewrite changed the protagonist.

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Collector's Guide

Red Skull's Best Arcs: 1941 to 2015

An adversary whose meaning depends on real History: what he represents in each era, from the propaganda of 1941 to the historical account of 2011.

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Collector's Guide

Bullseye's Best Arcs: 1976 to 2017

Daredevil 1976-1983, the 2004 miniseries, team stories: how each author solved the problem of a killer who never misses.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Zatanna: Setting a Threshold Before Buying

A permanent guest since 1964, she appears in hundreds of booklets. Three thresholds of presence, three collections, and the trap of two names.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Red Skull: the shared magazine trap

Its key appearances are in a title that contains two sets: one buys twelve useful pages at a price set by two audiences. The three blocks to know.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Bullseye: Complete File Guide

Three blocks: the 1976-1983 Daredevil installment in batches, three limited series, and the 2007-2010 issues where he is neither named nor costumed.

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Collector's Guide

Collecting Black Canary: Start at the End

Three eras including one inaccessible: why start with the recent period, how to construct a list in a table, and how to resolve the mother-daughter question.

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Collector's Guide

Spider-Gwen Variants: All 8 Editions of Edge of Spider-Verse #2

Original edition, four reprints, alternative cover, exclusives: how to identify each version and what it is really worth.

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Valuation

Value of X-23 comics: why NYX #3 is really rare

A 2004 comic rarer than many old keys: the mechanism of firm orders in bookstores, and how to spot other comparable cases.

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Valuation

Value of Falcon comics: Captain America #117 and after

A market punctuated by adaptations: when to buy, what the historical premium of the founding number is and why the gradation is not always justified.

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Valuation

Value of Doomsday comics: the 8 editions of Superman #75

Superman #75 exists in eight distinct editions in the catalog. How to identify them, why the state pays all the price and what is really valuable.

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