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In the early 1990s, comics weren’t just stories, they were investments. Collectors, speculators, and even casual fans flooded comic shops, convinced that every #1 issue or shiny foil cover would be the next Action Comics #1. Publishers like Marvel, DC, and the newly formed Image Comics were happy to feed the frenzy; releasing endless variant covers, holographic editions, and “limited” collector’s runs printed by the millions.

For a brief, chaotic moment, the industry boomed. Comic shops opened on every corner, and first issues sold in the millions. But it was a bubble waiting to burst.

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