Why issue numbering still matters in NFT comic journals

Collectors argue about art. Journals survive on numbers. Even when a Marvel NFT comic is a digital object, marketplace copy usually still offers an issue label, a series name, or a sequence that readers treat like a run. Character-line histories fail when those labels are thrown away in favour of “the blue cover” and “the exploding one.”

We copy the numbering as listed, then note when a variant pretends to be a new issue and when it is only a costume change. That distinction is old. It travelled intact from the long box to the listing page.

If you commission a history, send the labels as they appeared, even if they look ugly. Pretty nicknames are how timelines get lost.