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The title designates the star, not the summary: searching by the title misses the numbers where the character appears second.
Read article →A French booklet cannot be reduced to a list of American numbers: part of its content has nothing to reference on the other side.
Read article →The same issue at €3.00 without its inserts and €8.00 with: the first numerical measure of what an insert is worth.
Read article →174 ads, median under eight dollars: the market names this reason, therefore recognizes it, without paying for it.
Read article →157 raw advertisements and 18 certified on August 30, 2026. The two populations overlap, and on three copies of the same number the note does not order the prices.
Read article →Without its own number, it is designated by that of its host magazine: separated from it, it becomes impossible to locate.
Read article →The “(4/8)” on the cover indicates the fourth chapter of eight: information that the American edition does not carry.
Read article →A promise of history, not an object: a booklet deteriorates without ever having been read, and six consecutive issues cost $2.99.
Read article →If an edition declares itself complete, it is because there are some which are not, and no third party can decide on this segment.
Read article →Neither first printing nor reissue: a third object, which the collector takes for a duplicate.
Read article →A four-digit number is not a rank but an internal reference: sorting a French collection by number alone makes no sense.
Read article →The magazine has passed number 78: it is a regular series, not an exceptional issue. Looking for a special issue under this name leads nowhere.
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