I wonder when and how it is decided to assign a number to a new alternate reality. For example, the Empyre Handbook has the entry for Captain Marvel talk about the alternate reality of Zeta Flight and Lord Starkill (Quill) for several sentences, which would seem like the perfect place to namedrop its number, yet that never happens. Neither did it show up on the Unofficial Appendix Master List, which publishes new numericals all the time.

So if the Handbook team is clearly aware of that alternate reality being unique, does that mean that giving it a numerical is simply not a priority for either the writing team or Marvel? Or was there some sort of delay in the regular process that led to that number being excluded from the Handbook?

Those are correct. That leaves:
2. What was the story title for Losers Special #1?
9. Which Binky series began with the letter L?

11. Legends
12. Lyja the Laserfist
18. L'il Jinx
20. Little Boy Blue

3 Laurel Kent
4 Lady Quark
8 Lois London
12 Numinus - which is weird, as it's the wrong letter, unless there's another character who resembles Whoopi.

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13 and 14 are incorrect. The rest are correct.

13. Little Dot?
14. Life of Captain Marvel