Iām sticking to cover price beefcake. I like paying $6 and turning it in to $30-$50 or more.
Not a big fan of gambling $30 without a guaranteed return of double. Also not a fan of foil and trade dress variants for the same exclusive. Waters it down a bit.
I havenāt seen the full reveal but this one leaves a little less to the imagination, probably can fill in the blanks from thereā¦
I donāt knowā¦ thereās a lot of ānerdsā in this hobby who have only seen them naked on these types of coversā¦ 
Itās a dong
LOL. Crying Game situation. You think your buying a cheesecake cover and up with beefcake.
Arguably a little something for everyone.
One of these days itās going to beā¦.and itās going to be entertaining watching the fallout from it. Good and/or bad.
recalling WF 35, this one has potential - Batman Superman Worlds Finest #57 Cover B Variant Mario Fox Foccillo Card Stock Cover - Midtown Comics
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Follicco did the Superman 34 variant which still sells well.
I think this one might appeal to that demographic, but not sure it will appeal to the beefcake crowd as much.
It may get under looked though.
Foccillo had a hit with that Superman cover and has leaned in hard on the anime/Dragonball thing. I agree with D-Rog, there may be people that look for it, but for different reasons than the beefcake enjoyers.
I donāt think the beef cake crowd wants Dragon Ball Beefcake. I think they specifically want Mora beef cake. Realistically well drawn beef cake.
You can skip aheadā¦start at 35:00.
Yikes.
What did he say? Im not watching
People are buying beefcake books and to not shame them. People are buying what they like. Just goes to show we been selling beefcake for a while and the streamers are catching on.
I was Yikes-ing to the āwomen are better customers because they buy emotionally, whereas men shop more rationally.ā
Such a peanut-sized brain comment.
For the balance of the show, that retailer sounds pretty observant and level-headed, so Iām hoping he didnāt mean āmost males tend to think more rationallyā as badly as it comes off. If he does believe that, so be it.
I would just invite him to spend time reading any of the Absolute Batman social media groups, because the balance of those (male) collectors are wildly emotional and often irrational. And really comic readership in general is not known for gracefully accepting big changes to characters they like.
Yeahā¦the beefcake ride may soon be overā¦
Itās been great making money with all youā¦
Yeah, that was not the best way to articulate what he really meant to sayā¦I believe he was trying to say from his experience is that men are less spontaneous or impulsive when purchasing books.
And that isnāt necessarily a male thingā¦I think itās more that seasoned/experienced collectors of comics (which has been male dominated) have been trained/influenced over time to think of books as āinvestmentsā to some extent. While new collectors (which is more male/female balanced) are more about being in just the moment and the experience buying the book just because they want it.
The new blood coming in, regardless of gender, just has a different approach to buying and collecting.
