Field note

A Leeds checklist before ranking two Marvel NFT comic editions

Before two Marvel NFT comic editions share a sheet, we run a short checklist. It fits on an index card and keeps the conversation from sliding into rumour.

  1. Write both titles exactly as listed, including extra adjectives.
  2. Note drop windows in British time.
  3. Count interior pages, then pin-ups.
  4. Record cover finish: standard, foil, sketch space, or badge.
  5. Check whether the paper analog, if any, is one issue or two issues glued together.
  6. Copy limited-edition wording without adding a number that is not there.

If step three already diverges, we stop calling the objects reprints of each other. If only step four diverges, they are cover siblings.

Keep the card next to the kettle. It is less exciting than a sound effect, and that is the point.