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Editorial cover: Marvel Emblems: How a Small Symbol Identifies a Hero

Marvel Emblems: How a Small Symbol Identifies a...

A spider, a star, or a glowing chest shape can identify a superhero before the full costume comes into view. Emblems work because stories repeatedly connect a simple visual cue...

Marvel Emblems: How a Small Symbol Identifies a...

A spider, a star, or a glowing chest shape can identify a superhero before the full costume comes into view. Emblems work because stories repeatedly connect a simple visual cue...

Editorial cover: Marvel Variants: Compare the Person Before the Costume

Marvel Variants: Compare the Person Before the ...

Alternate versions of a Marvel character can look similar while living very different stories. A costume change is the easiest difference to notice, but it may be the least informative...

Marvel Variants: Compare the Person Before the ...

Alternate versions of a Marvel character can look similar while living very different stories. A costume change is the easiest difference to notice, but it may be the least informative...

Editorial cover: What Is a Retcon? A Practical Guide for Marvel Readers

What Is a Retcon? A Practical Guide for Marvel ...

A retcon, short for retroactive continuity, changes or reinterprets something understood about a story's earlier history. Long-running superhero comics make the term familiar, but it is often used too broadly....

What Is a Retcon? A Practical Guide for Marvel ...

A retcon, short for retroactive continuity, changes or reinterprets something understood about a story's earlier history. Long-running superhero comics make the term familiar, but it is often used too broadly....

Editorial cover: Main Event or Tie-In? Planning a Marvel Crossover Reading Path

Main Event or Tie-In? Planning a Marvel Crossov...

A Marvel crossover can spread across a central series and related issues in other titles. A reading list may therefore look much larger than the story you first intended to...

Main Event or Tie-In? Planning a Marvel Crossov...

A Marvel crossover can spread across a central series and related issues in other titles. A reading list may therefore look much larger than the story you first intended to...

Editorial cover: How to Identify a Marvel Comic: Series, Year, and Issue Number

How to Identify a Marvel Comic: Series, Year, a...

Searching for "Iron Man number one" can produce several different comics because series numbering can restart. A reliable reference needs more than the character's name and an issue number. Three...

How to Identify a Marvel Comic: Series, Year, a...

Searching for "Iron Man number one" can produce several different comics because series numbering can restart. A reliable reference needs more than the character's name and an issue number. Three...

Editorial cover: Marvel Comics and the MCU: A Beginner's Continuity Guide

Marvel Comics and the MCU: A Beginner's Continu...

A familiar character name does not guarantee a familiar history. Marvel comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe adapt many of the same ideas, but they do not operate as one...

Marvel Comics and the MCU: A Beginner's Continu...

A familiar character name does not guarantee a familiar history. Marvel comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe adapt many of the same ideas, but they do not operate as one...