| B&W | Black and white - the book is illustrated in black and white only |
| CVR | Cover; the cover of this comic is drawn by a different artist or in the case of for example FOIL CVR the cover is printed on a different material. Covers by different artists are usually distinguished by assigning letters to them; for example COVER A (LANGLEY), COVER B (ALEX ROSS) etc. |
| DF | Dynamic Force edition; they specialize in publishing special editions (especially signed and limited editions but also special covers) |
| DM | Direct Market Edition |
| ED | Edition |
| FC | Full color - the book is entirely in color |
| HC | Hardcover - the book has a hard, inflexible cover |
| LTD | Limited edition: the printer has only printed a limited number of copies of this book. |
| PGS | Pages; the number of pages in this book. |
| PP | Number of pages in the issue |
| Premiere or Prem | Larger size edition |
| S N or S/N | Numbered edition; each volume has a consecutive number. |
| SGN | Signed edition; one of the authors has signed his autograph. |
| TP or TPB | Trade Paperback - the book has a flexible (or soft) cover |
| UK | This edition of this book was printed in the United Kingdom; this usually means that the book was printed by either Panini or Titan Publishing using their Marvel license. |
| VAR | Variamt edition: this edition is different from the standard one, usually because it has a different cover |
