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175 listings, major first issues at $1.00. The mechanism explained, what survived, and how to recognize a bubble in progress.
Read article →Same title, different team, different century. Median at $6.98 and numbers at $0.99 as of August 29, 2026, and the research bias that distorts comparisons.
Read article →Jim Valentino's greatest contribution is his most invisible. What an editorial label does, why the market doesn't index it, and how to spot it.
Read article →The least spectacular of the 1992 founders, by choice. Why this bias cost him commercially and why he ages better.
Read article →A name on the front does not guarantee anything on the pages. What's different about a cover story, and how to verify an attribution.
Read article →Four sets between $4.96 and $7.99 median, no key numbers, and only one expense item that really matters. Statement of August 29, 2026.
Read article →His most personal series is the least expensive in his bibliography and the only one without any certified advertisement. Statement of August 29, 2026.
Read article →Folklore creatures, ghosts, possession. What this vein allows for the story, how it is staged, and why it extends the documentary requirement.
Read article →Animal drawing warns of nothing. How violence is treated, what stylization allows, and who we can really offer this series to.
Read article →Stan Sakai's best-known crossovers are the least expensive. Statement of August 29, 2026, identification pitfalls, and why the price difference does not measure importance.
Read article →Collections form a market ten times more dispersed than issues. Statement of August 29, 2026, cross-checks between collections and mixed method.
Read article →Four numberings distributed from one, four raw medians in $1.51. Survey of August 29, 2026, identification traps and inventory method.
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