How is it even POSSIBLE that somebody has multiple copies of this total no-name book nearly 30 years on, still minty fresh...?
That just defies all odds.
that is actually how i run into a lot of this sort of stuff when i actually do run into it, like when i secured 20+ copies of the second app of yusaji...they had been sitting in the shop basement forever, he finally got around to pulling that long box upstairs to stick in the dollar area and..tah dah...but yes, that is an obscure one, more common is the box of 90s stuff coming up and i can snag 10 copies of Spiderman 2099 for fun
Because this was a mini wouldn't it have been better to grab 7 copies of each issue?
sure, but shops also often order heavier on the #1 and get stuck with more of those if the series is a bust, so those might be more likely to sit in overstock. getting the whole mini would likely bring in a premium price if, indeed, the book gets hot. people seem to love getting the whole series.
Why are you guys blowing you load on this book, what am I missing here?