1992 Wizard: The Guide to Comics #12 (Polybagged Edition w/ ShadowHawk Trading Card) - (Factory Sealed) NM

Catalog a key early-1990s comic industry price guide publication for your archival inventory: Wizard: The Guide to Comics #12! Published by Wizard Entertainment, this factory-sealed polybagged issue features dynamic front cover artwork by Jim Lee (signed "JIM LEE / WILLIAMS / MCNAIR" in the lower left foreground), depicting Jim Lee and Brandon Choi's WILDC.A.T.S characters Spartan, Zealot, Warblade, and Lord Emp against a vibrant magenta-to-purple background. The cover layout is set beneath bold magenta WIZARD title typography, top header feature callouts ("JIM LEE INTERVIEWED", "ACTION FIGURES PRICE GUIDE", "BATMAN CARTOON REVIEWED"), and the yellow issue box "No. 12".

The back cover features a full-page commercial advertisement from Diamond Comic Distributors for Previews catalog ("What's In Is Out. Because knowing what's out, means that you're in."). The ad displays a full-color reproduction of the June 1992 Previews cover featuring Matt Wagner's Grendel artwork alongside Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles promo callout. Visible inside the factory-sealed polybag packaging is the exclusive prism foil trading card insert for Jim Valentino's Image Comics title ShadowHawk. A premier centerpiece entry for 1990s comic industry archivists, polybagged variant collectors, Jim Lee completionists, and early Image Comics / WildC.A.T.s launch historians!

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Cover & Polybag Condition - NEAR MINT (NM): Original factory polybag remains fully sealed, clear, and unblemished, preserving the publication in pristine original collector state. The front cover retains bright magenta title typography, clean background color transitions, and sharp line detail across Jim Lee's cover illustration with zero surface scuffs or fading. Spine is flat, square, and tight inside the sealed polybag; corners remain crisp and sharp.

• Interior & Back Cover Integrity: Interior magazine pages and factory-sealed bonus inserts (including the Jim Valentino ShadowHawk promo card) remain untouched, pristine, and un-marred. The back cover featuring the Diamond Previews ad maintains bright white background fields, clean blue framing, sharp text legibility, and square edge margins with no creasing or foxing.

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