I think it will be big too, but who knows lol. I have stopped buying store exclusive variants due to the long shipping delays and hefty prices; however I did cave in and buy the Frankie’s exclusive because he is on the cover unmasked.
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Yeah I did too, because it was the 1st cover appearance of the 1st black batman in his costume, unmasked… The other store exclusives are just meh as well.
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I agree. Was making my online rounds see it sold out a few shops. Could be an overlooked issue since wonder woman Yara got the hype and DC buzz is kinda down a little.
I don’t see why people are buying so many issue 2’s though because he is unmasked on the Frankie’s comics variant, so his first cover appearance and 1st appearance in costume will be the Frankie’s comics variant.
Theres still some people that dont count store exsclusives like that so maybe that’s why. And I beleive most will have issue 2 in hand before the store exsclusives.
Frankie’s should still count as the 1st cover appearance because it comes out earlier and some people will have it in hand before the 2nd issue comes out.
Store exclusives are still treated vastly different from the mainstream books published… publication date means nothing, most will go by what’s in hand first…
Lets hope Frankie’s is super fast with shipping then and its on hand faster hahaha.
Won’t matter, it’s still a store exclusive…
But if I was a non-comic book enthusiast and I would see Batman #1 VS Batman #2 and see batman unmasked on both covers, which one would I think is the 1st cover appearance??? New people will get involved in comics with this comic because its the 1st black batman.
Remember, store exclusive. One of them you can buy literally at every retailer in the world that orders from Diamond (sorry, habit, order from Lunar), the other you have to buy from Frankies (or on the secondary market off eBay if you’re looking for it particularly).
If you were a non-comic book enthusiast, you likely would never see the Store Exclusive unless someone pointed you in it’s direction…
The first place you would go if you were looking would be e-bay and its obvious that the batman #1 store exclusive is advertised as the 1st appearance on there and most people would be looking for the 1st appearance anyways, and if they saw the 1st cover appearance as well they would pick the store exclusive over #2. And it is dated as sold sooner than #2, so most people would think the #1 store variant would be a much better investment.
And as for the cover where he’s not unmasked, all depends on how the market reacts.
Remember, this is just their short lived Future State event… it all goes back to normal in 2 months. And then it’s all a what if, if they ever follow through. With DC being as volatile as they have been lately, I cast a lot of doubt most if any of these follow through in the future series and titles.
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. I know more people who don’t shop on ebay than people who do and most of those people who do shop on eBay are just comic book enthusiasts… 
They should be educated then… that’s why we run sites like CHU…
#1 will be a better investment, a normal person isn’t going to read through 100’s of threads and thousands of posts to know which side of the debate is correct to comic book enthusiasts.
Trust me on this one DC will want to use the Black batman in the future if it wants to make money, if they aren’t stupid.
If if makes you feel any better, I’m not buying either. I don’t think DC for the most part is good spec. Most of the time when they do heat up, it’s very short lived and brief.
I’ve lost faith in the people running DC. I think they’re a complete mess right now and not holding my breath.
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Characters from DC will last forever like Batman and Superman, so whatever happens with DC - if they become bought out or bankrupt, Batman and Superman will last forever so you can’t make that point.