That's fine, but that's not the story. The event was originally in March 2020 and afterwards they tell Image/Todd McFarlane Productions that the comic that was licensed / made under partnership with them was barely distributed and then disposed of. Fast forward 2+ years later, and they start to distribute them internally? And the original print run is much bigger? There are so many questions here:
1) Why did they tell Image/TMP the rest of the books had been destroyed?
2) Why does no one, from NR, Image, or TMP seem to know how many copies were printed (ie the exact production run)?
3) Suddenly hundreds of copies pop up out of nowhere, 2+ years later, and no one is asking questions?
4) TMP is aware of the market, at least their current Editor in Chief is. Even putting aside "caring" about the collectors and the market, how do you not track and control books made under partnership? It's your books and your valuable IP we're talking about here.
I make games and I've had to deal with licensing contracts with full support of a legal team, let me tell you the lawyers themselves keep bashing my head for even putting a dot out of place. There are stipulations in these contracts for everything, including conditions for disposal of licensed product and consequences for failing to adhere to said conditions.
My post makes all this sound more serious than it is, at the end of the day it's a comic book. But there are questions here that need answering, the whole situation is strange.