No die cut covers, no 1,000,000 copy print runs, so.....we aren't there again yet.
No but we have 3d covers, sketch covers, reverse sketch covers, sealed black bag packs, combo packs, multiple renumbering of #1 rebooted issues, image pumping out new series after new series of #1's And in some cases 50 plus variants of a #1 issue.
In all honestly I don't think just because there isn't a 1 million plus print run doesn't mean anything compared to today. Readership is way down compared to that time.
How do you know this? There is no way to gauge this.
...and it has nothing to do with pre-speculation...