First-appearance covers are a language. A pointing hand, a smashed masthead, a city block tipping into the logo: those were pacing devices on a newsstand, not stickers.
NFT homages often keep the pose and lose the pacing. The digital wrap has no verso, no house ad, no next-issue box. If the homage still includes a caption that once pointed at a gutter, the joke now points at nothing.
Reviewers should name the borrowed furniture. “This is the leaning building from issue whatever” is useful. “This is historically important” is not a drawing note.
When the listing refuses to name the source issue, the desk writes the pose as a pose. We do not invent a pedigree to make the wrap feel heavier.