My “main” LCS only orders cover A, and at most two shelf copies.
My backup LCS would actually order variants and puts out the one per store are cover…but they only delt with Diamond and is likely bowing out of the new comic game since the bankruptcy.
Hoping to find some marvel rivals tomorrow as late Diamond shipments arrive…but not holding my breath.
And it will sit there at $30…collecting dust…my LCS now has built quite the collection of secret variants and one per store variants sitting behind the counter since they caught on to the spec game about 6 months ago…
I still laugh at the Darth Vader 3 9.8 (cover A) priced at $500 under the glass…
For those that are wondering what is behind that polybag on the Jenny Frison variant for Hello Darkness #7. Not a real Frison fan but that is pretty great.
There is an unnamed cameo on the last page. The Taxidermist or something. The character is in a wheel chair and clearly has partial deformity on the one side hidden in the shadows. He also has stitched together animals.
You may be right, the smaller store here has had the same problem with deliveries, but the largest one and the online one in my area has had everything the day of release.
That just tells me something is up. There are also bigger shops in my area, 30-60 minutes drive, that have not had nearly the same problems with deliveries. So it’s not a regional warehouse issue.