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Uncanny X-Men #221 (1987), Claremont and Silvestri. But Claremont had been announcing it in silhouette for over a year - hence a gray area that the market has never resolved.
Read article →The acting under the Iron Man armor (1983), the armor of his own (1992), the solo series of 1994, Pak's run (2009), his death in 2016. What to tell about a derivative character?
Read article →Life-Death (UXM #186, 1984), the powerless period, the conquest of the Morlocks, Mutant Massacre, the Wakandan marriage. Four out of five arcs hinge on a loss.
Read article →Generate a cryptographically signed comics insurance PDF in 3 clicks with MCC. SHA-256 hash, QR verification, accepted by AXA Art and Hiscox France. Step-by-step guide.
Read article →Robin is not a character but a role, and the fate of one of its bearers was decided by a reader's vote in 1988. Four debuts, four market regimes.
Read article →A universe built on an absence: its original world has been erased. The Justice Society as a substitute family, a civil identity to exist, an exiled partner.
Read article →Sweet Tooth (2021) vs the 40 issues of Jeff Lemire (2009-2013): the inversion of tone, the finished story, and a not very speculative collection profile.
Read article →Tier S, A, B, C and D. The question to ask before each purchase: who owns the request? On four of his five most expensive numbers, the answer is “to someone else.”
Read article →How to distinguish a 1st print from a 2nd print and a facsimile, why the value differs and how to avoid paying for a reissue at the price of an original.
Read article →Managing over-exposure to a character or an era, arbitrating between pockets and rotating capital: concrete method to rebalance your collection.
Read article →X-Men #1 (1963), Lee and Kirby. But the character we find there is not the one we collect: it will take eighteen years for another author to invent him.
Read article →Amazing Spider-Man #50 (1967), Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.: first appearance of Wilson Fisk, and “Spider-Man No More!” ". Context, pitfalls to purchasing, what makes the value.
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