When a foil cover is not a thinner mint
Collectors often treat shine as scarcity. A holographic Spider-character pose can dominate a group chat even when the mint sits in the same band as a quieter painted cover from the same wave. The rarity handbook starts with the object: this cover, this treatment, this count.
Write the production choice on one line and the mint on the next. If the public record only says “limited” without a number, record the adjective as marketing language, not as a figure. Homage foils that quote a 1980s paper layout deserve a third line naming the layout, because story fame and supply are different columns.
When two variants share interiors, say so. Readers then stop arguing about “which comic is rarer” as if the pages changed. They are comparing jackets.
This filing habit is the whole point of Site Work Hub’s edition reading. It will not make a cover more or less exciting. It will stop a spreadsheet from lying to next month’s you.