Print run and availability of Nightwing Vs Usagi also a factor. Most smaller shops don’t bring in Usagi for the shelf but every shop has Nightwing. So everyone whose shop doesn’t bring in Usagi goes online and hence why prices rose faster then Nightwing.
Not to mention Nightwing 81 is also the characters third app…
Any new Nightwing book that’s ever been pumped and gone for a premium can be found for below cover a year later like that Ben Oliver Nightwing cover everyone was saying was the cover of the year.
But it’s strange that he’s introduced NOW in the comics…
As for Nightwing…it’s only distributed through Lunar…and we know not every retailer uses them. And it’s the first FULL appearance of the new character. The other two appearances are cameos.
Yet, Usagi Yojimbo comics are available to buy for every comic shop…
The introduction of a new recurring character as Usagi encounters a young swordmaster carrying out the dying wish of HIS master. Yukichi must deliver Itsuki-Sensei’s swords to his nephew, Daido, who will take over his school. However, they must pass through the territory of a rival school intent on possessing that heirloom.”
Possibly. Or could be the father/grandfather/etc…of the Netflix character. We don’t really know but I think it’s likely to assume they will be related with the very similar names.