The sell out of Spawn #309 was helped by the cancellation of pre-orders by many online retailers. I know I had orders in on two different sites and those orders were cancelled and refunded. Cancellations came just after the Covid-19 shutdown started. Bad thing is #309s were not offered again at cover price by online retailers for the next final order cut-off. Around new comic book Wednesday Spawn #309 B prices ranged between $18-$25 depending on the site (Mycomicship,Midtown,Ebay,etc.) Some collectors on FB are referring to it as "Spawngate" . Fortunately, Spawn is on my sub list so I got it for less than cover.