CGC & Grading
Spider-Man Grading: Complete CGC, CBCS and PGX Guide (2026)
Grading Spider-Man: CGC, CBCS, PGX: grading scale, key census (AF15, ASM 1, ASM 129) and purchasing advice for collectors.
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Comics History
The Old Man Logan universe: Hawkeye, the Banners, the original Wolverine
An almost entirely dead entourage, and a file without any indirect key: a closed story does not contaminate and is not contaminated.
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Films & Series
Swamp Thing (2019) versus Alan Moore's comics
Swamp Thing (2019) vs “The Anatomy Lesson” (1984): canceled after a single episode broadcast, for a reason unrelated to the work. Key numbers.
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Valuation
Ratio variants 1:25, 1:50: real rarity and value
Ratio variants 1:25, 1:50, 1:100: what print scarcity really implies, how to distinguish artificial scarcity and real demand, and avoid pitfalls.
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Valuation
When to sell your comics: the right release timing
When to sell your comics: catalysts, hype cycles and objective signals to identify the right release timing and avoid selling too early or too late.
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Key Issues
Gambit's first appearance: Uncanny X-Men #266 (1990)
Uncanny X-Men #266 (August 1990), plus a partial annual appearance. Its particularity lies in a date: it arrives just before the explosion of print runs in the early 1990s.
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Key Issues
Cable's first appearance: New Mutants #87 (1990)
New Mutants #87 (1990), Liefeld and Simonson. Eleven issues later, the same series introduces another character, and this issue is today more sought after than his.
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Collector's Guide
The Kingpin's best arcs: Born Again in the lead
Born Again (1986), Gang War (1987), Underboss, Hardcore, Devil's Reign: five arcs where the Kingpin almost never fights. How to read and collect them.
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Collector's Guide
The best arcs of Jean Grey: a bibliography that tells of a destruction
The Birth of the Phoenix (1976), The Dark Phoenix Saga (1980), Inferno, Morrison (2001-2004), Phoenix Resurrection (2018). Why his returns didn't devalue his death.
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Collector's Guide
Cyclops' Best Arcs: From Role Model to Dissident
X-Men #43 (1968), the Dark Phoenix Saga he endures, X-Factor (1986), Morrison, and 2012-2016: the only period where he is the subject, and the least expensive in his file.
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Comics History
The universe of Mystique: Destiny, Diablo, Malicia, the Brotherhood
An entourage which serves to anchor a character which, without it, would have no substance. On this file, collect relationships rather than appearances.
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Films & Series
Superman & Lois versus comics: the impossible status quo
Superman & Lois (2021) vs comics: married and father, the state that periodical publishing has never been able to maintain. The 1996 marriage, annulled in 2011. Key numbers.
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