That's only if every shop that ordered the book ordered 50+ copies of the regular cover.
Time and and the book's overall scarcity has suggested that certainly did not happen. (thumbs u
-J.
Doesn't Marvel or DC or whoever have to guess? Sure, they get preorders, but they can't wait until all orders are in to set the print run can they? And they can't have firm numbers on which stores qualify for the 1:50 or 1:100 BEFORE they print the variants, can they? As mentioned before, many stores order 35 or 40, not qualifying for the variant, but still taking copies of the regular cover- if 2000 stores did this, that is 80,000 copies sold that did NOT qualify for a variant? I would think they decide based on the previous print run, and then have some leftovers. What happens to the leftover is what no one knows.