I can get behind that. It wasn't without precedent (McFarlane and Spidey being still fresh), and I'd be interested to see what the advance reorder numbers were.
But no doubt, New Mutants #100 was the bombshell that blew everything up. I have little doubt (#2 notwithstanding) that #100 was the highest printed, highest ordered issue of the entire run, doubling both #98 and #99, and 3 times as many as the books in the 80's...and it still sold out and went to a second and third printing.
I could get behind that. I have the 1st print, 2nd print and 3rd print to this day. The gold lettering is my favorite which ever print that is.