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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man 6 and 7 are insane right now. We changed the price 2 days ago to $35 which was accurate and now it's at $90. Please be careful with a book like this. This kind of volatility can be dangerous especially if it drops as rapidly.

If you have this book for sale, stay alert to the ever-changing value.
Ron

key collector says: "With Agatha:
House of Harkness around the corner, we could see one if not all of these powerful sorceresses
introduced. We know Man-Thing is coming and this could mean that Jennifer Kale isn’t far
behind. Topaz has strong connections to Werewolf by Night and Satana is the
daughter of Marduk."

But isn't this a good thing for people wanting to sell their books? More interest in a particular title and issue means they will get more for their investment.
Afterall, everything is actually worthless unless (until) someone is willing to pay you for it.

I read the FCBD issue and his name is Parker Davis Robbins. His grandmother called him his full name. Maybe that's where the difference lies, in the middle name or a junior.

We saw lists prior to FCBD and none of them included Spider-man 2. I was surprised to see it in my local comic shop and picked it up.

I don't know. I never went to a fcbd before about 5 years ago, so I don't know what it was like "back in the day" or anything.
But comic shops have to order and buy the books. They have never been free to them. But it's a marketing expense. When a consumer gets something for free, they tend to spend a little something something to feel like they aren't cheating the business. Or maybe they'll be inspired to keep coming back.
Anyway, that's off topic.
Certain books are always going to have a lower print run. Either because not that many were ordered, or they just can't pump out the volume.
I don't know what books you are desperately trying to get, but I can guarantee you that I can walk in to any of the three comic shops within 30 miles of my house and find oodles of Spider-Man / Venom and Avengers / X-Men.

1.. Might be exaggerating a bit there with the millions remark. But yeah, certain titles definitely have a pretty high print run.
2. Just because they were free to get at the time, doesn't mean they always stay free. Most comics never stay valued at cover price.
3. And I was specifically talking about the FCBD issues of Spider-Man / Venom and Avengers / X-Men. Those two titles have massive print runs for FCBD every year.
4. Not sure what to say about this.
5. Gold and Silver are the sponsor levels. You can see the breakdown on https://www.freecomicbookday.com/catalog every year. The only books that aren't Gold or Silver are DC books, since they don't list on the official site.

I totally agree that this should be a fun event to get people interested in the hobby. And it would be nice if there was enough of every title printed so that everyone that wanted one could get one.
But since that isn't reality, supply and demand in a kicks in. Some books had less printed. Some people got those books. Other people want those books, so some of the people that have them are willing to sell them.
I truly don't know if you feel bad that you missed out on a certain title, or if you feel bad that you missed out on a "free" book that is now worth $25 so you feel cheated.

Never heard of the books before. Found an article on CBR from earlier this month talking about them. Seems like an interesting read. Couldn't find any info about them being turned into a movie or TV show, so I'm guessing people are just genuinely interested in the story.