Looking at the number of 1:100 that were or are available on ebay, I come to the conclusion that the shops are trying to influence the market by holding back on listing all the copies they have. I am listing all my copies because this ship is sinking.
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1:100 Ross sits at ratio. How many are wishing they’d invested that $80 or whatever they paid in the spoiler cover?
Meanwhile 2nd print 1:25 pre-sells for $80-$100. Watch it be a virgin copy of the spoiler…
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I ordered 2 of the 1:25 second prints from Golden Apple the day they went up.
I do fear that 1:100 could end up a dud even though I did buy one myself.
I sold a bunch of the spoiler variant and used the cash to buy two 1:100s. Either I’m at break-even, or I’ve leveraged up, we’ll see…
Comparing active and completed listings for Spider Man 7 100 Ross to Venom Lethal Protector 1 100 Ross shows:
51 listings for Venom
29 for Spider Man
Will be interesting to see these counts a couple weeks from now.
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So, Spider-boy is the next Miles. “This” is the one this time, right?
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His costume does give me Miles vibes.
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Here are the things I see that are going for this book:
- Hero
- Young and clearly aimed towards a younger audience - basically an instant Next-Gen Hero
- Contained in a book that by far and away has the largest reader base in all of Marvel Comics
- “Side Kick” - This implies that Spider Boy will be a major and commonly used character if this description is taken literally
- No store variants
- The spoiler is a variant and some shops only order Cover A
- Only one ratio offered; the 1:100 Ross
I see Spider Man 7 Spoiler Variant being bigger than BP 3. For the reasons above and if the “side-kick” thesis plays out.
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Oh one more reason…
The economy
Shops are ordering less because they’re selling less versus 12 months ago.
Another reason also imho is that it has that look of an iconic cover, could be a major key in the future.
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Thought of another… lol
Mass marketing. Marvel will be pumping Spider-Boy hard.
Jeez y’all touting this like it’s the second coming of Jesus lmao. I really hope some of you tamper your expectations on this book, y’all getting set up for disappointment.
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These came this morning, have 10 more coming if everything ships. I plan on keeping all the secret variant covers and selling the other covers to pay for the initial costs. I may sell a couple if needed, but hopefully I won’t have to. This has literally everything you could hope for in a spec book, imo.
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Let us have our fun man 
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market will be undercut down to shat
when everyone gets their online orders
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I’m seeing listings at $50 now as all the $35 copies are selling out. Book is going to the moon lol.
But seriously, I’m thinking some of these sales are from people who don’t live near an LCS or don’t have one in their area and FOMO is kicking in. Hell, I live in a major metropolitan area and there were no copies to be found. No shop in my area put these on the shelf. The speculators kept calling in every day hounding the shops for multiple copies. I don’t know why they do this, the shop just told them they didn’t have any and pulled all their copies to the back room after getting tipped off.
I was lucky to get a copy because my LCS hooked me up since I got a good relationship with them otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten a copy. I imagine shops in some smaller towns would have these on the shelf, the big cities probably not. But then again how many shops would order copies with no cover art prior to FOC? Not many I would imagine.
I got 30 preorded. No biggie.
I see so many people fake pumping the hell out of this “Spider-boy” here. Trying to justify their purchases.
The character has 1 appearance…and people are buying the book for $40+ ??? seriously ???
FOMO is one hell of a drug…
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So I guess Spider-boy is the new Dream Spider who was the next Tosin who was the next Miles? Got it.
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Dream Spider we may not see for awhile