Numbering resets that hide a true starting issue

Illustrated comic-style portrait printed in bold ink

A new #1 can be a gift or a trap. Some relaunches retell an origin in modern clothes. Others assume you survived three events and a corporate rebrand. NFT marketplaces rarely print that distinction on the thumbnail.

Our beginner entry paths therefore annotate numbering. We write “true on-ramp” or “mid-run relaunch” next to the issue so a new collector does not begin at a funeral for a character they have not met.

Credits pages still matter. If the first interior caption refers to a war you have not read, the path will steer you to an earlier origin even if the cover shouts #1.

This is review work. Marvel numbering choices belong to the publisher; we only translate them into a sequence a person can follow on a sofa in Thailand.