A pamphlet crossover assumes you saw last month’s fight. An NFT comic drop often assumes nothing except that you found the listing. That mismatch is why recap captions in digital event issues feel crowded: they are doing the job of a long box you do not have.
In primers we ask people to read the recap twice. Once for names, once for the geography of the fight. Character names belong to their owners; we use them only as they appear on the page under review.
Skip lists help. If a tie-in exists only to show a street-level reaction, it can wait until after the spine. If a tie-in contains a clue the spine later treats as known, it belongs in the required column. That judgement is about captions, not about popularity.
You can still enjoy a single spectacular splash without completing an entire event. Say so out loud. Crossover culture on paper sometimes treated completion as manners. Digital collecting does not owe that manners system either.