At the moment, if you have an earlier issue of one of the, "Absolute," books from DC you've got something that is basically guaranteed to sell for above cover price. What about stuff outside of DC, however? There are some indie books that have, "Popped," a bit including, "Assorted Crisis Events," and now the first issue of a comic that just emerged last week, "D'Orc." Outside of a promotional ashcan from the publisher, Image, and getting spotlit as an interesting book on Comics Heating Up during the Final Order Cutoff, "D'Orc," lacked much anticipation from the comic-buying public. However, once it hit shelves, positive word of mouth and (I'd presume) the FOMO people had from being late to the party on some of the assorted Absolute books resulted in a rush to acquire copies of, "D'Orc," #1. It was a four-dollar comic, suddenly selling online for $35-$40, and then it just kept climbing. The standard cover A is now trending for eighty bucks or so!
I imagine the heat will die down and the book will settle to a respectable number above its cover price, but not quite as high. For now, however, "D'Orc," is as hot as molten lava. A second printing with many more copies than the first printing has been announced and some sites/apps like Key Collector threw a hissy fit about not being able to predict and pump the book, putting out a rare, "Buyer beware," about how it had zero hype before it dropped, and that makes Key Collector feel the popularity is suspicious. Look, I like Key Collector and often use it to find old key issues of stuff, but this sounds like sour grapes for not getting to take credit for, "Calling," a book would be hot--CHU gets credit, though (and remains a great site and forum)! Yes, "D'Orc," #1 is a sought-after book. Now, we just need to see if it maintains the heat or has a cooldown.
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