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John Byrne
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Posted: 13 November 2026 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

… the amount of detail is something to behold. No shortcuts with you when it comes to the tech stuff!

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But we all know “Byrne never draws backgrounds!”

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 13 November 2026 at 2:20pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

"People would rather pay more for a lower print run
reprint than a first print."

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I stand corrected, then. Now that I think about it more, I did see some rumblings online about how there's a subset of one of the printings that was printed in the US instead of China because the demand was so high, and since that subset is "rarer", it could be "worth more".

I mean, I did go and also buy the Midtown Comics exclusive, but that at least was signed by JB and with a unique cover. But to covet a version based only on where it says it was printed???
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Brian Miller
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Posted: 13 November 2026 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Insanity.
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Michael Roberts
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Posted: 13 November 2026 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

The speculation market right now is very focused on cover variants. Look at the aftermarket prices for the Midtown exclusive cover. It’s common for some books to have 10+ variants, with some books reaching 120+ variants. Retailers can have their own exclusive variant by commissioning an artist and committing to order 1000–2000 copies of a book. And popular artists like J Scott Campbell have been advocating for in-demand artists to become their own retailer and sell cover variants that they create themselves online.

The latest scheme is following the trading card/vinyl figure market with blind bags. People buying multiple bagged copies of the same book in order to chase rarer variants or 1/1 sketch covers. 


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Posted: 14 November 2026 at 12:41pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

I see Amazon has vol 2 listed in “Humorous Graphic Novels”.
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