Handbook service

Variant identification walkthroughs

Projected film light as a stand-in for sequential storytelling

Variant identification walkthroughs slow the eye. We look at costume colours, background cityscapes, artist signatures, and whether a cover is an homage to a famous paper issue. Many Marvel NFT comics borrow that homage language; the walkthrough names the reference without pretending this handbook holds the licence.

Foil, holographic, and “sketch” treatments are listed as production choices. We note when two variants share interiors and when a variant is effectively a different object with its own mint. That distinction matters when people casually call every shiny cover a secret rare.

You leave with a labelled contact sheet—digital or printed—for your binder or hard drive. We do not watermark third-party marketplaces onto that sheet.

Arrange a walkthrough by phone or email. Bring the covers you already have on screen; we do not need uploads through a website form because this site has none.