1992 Wizard: The Guide to Comics #15 (Polybagged Edition w/ Free Trading Card Inserts) - (Factory Sealed) NM Wetworks

Catalog a notable early-1990s comic publication key issue for your archival inventory: Wizard: The Guide to Comics #15! Published by Wizard Entertainment, this factory-sealed polybagged issue features striking metallic front cover artwork by Whilce Portacio (signed "PORTACIO" in the lower center border), depicting key characters from Image Comics' Wetworks team in high-tech armor against a starburst patterned background. The cover design is set beneath bold red-to-yellow gradient WIZARD title typography, top header feature callouts ("X-MEN ANIMATED SERIES", "BILL SHATNER INTERVIEW", "JIM LEE TRADING CARD"), and the yellow issue indicator box "No. 15".

The back cover features a full-page commercial advertisement from Diamond Comic Distributors for Previews catalog ("First impressions are everything."). The ad highlights the historic November 1992 Death of Superman cover featuring Jon Bogdanove's tattered Superman cape artwork along with foil logo callouts. Visible inside the factory-sealed polybag packaging are exclusive collectible promotional trading cards, including an Archie Comics sampler insert card and a Jim Lee WildC.A.T.s (Lord Emp and Zealot) promotional trading card. A premier centerpiece entry for 1990s comic industry archivists, polybagged variant collectors, Whilce Portacio / Wetworks completionists, and early Image Comics historians!

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Cover & Polybag Condition - NEAR MINT (NM): Original factory polybag remains fully sealed, clear, and unblemished, preserving the magazine in pristine original collector state. The front cover retains vivid red-to-yellow title gradients, crisp metallic armor tones, and sharp line definition across Whilce Portacio's illustration with zero surface scuffs or color breaks. 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 WildC.A.T.s and Archie trading cards) remain untouched, pristine, and un-marred. The back cover featuring the Diamond Previews ad maintains light blue ice-pattern background fields, crisp typography, and sharp cover art graphics with no edge wear or foxing.

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