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Est. Qty: 500
Guide: $100NM
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Eight Billion Genies #1 Forstner Bird City Comics Variant

Image Comics, published date: May 2022.

3 Star Rating: Rare 101-1,000 Rare

Eight Billion Genies #1 Forstner Bird City Comics Variant

This is the Bird City Comics Exclusive, limited to 500 copies, cover variant of Eight Billion Genies #1 from the 2022 eight issue mini-series.

Eight Billion Genies #1 Interior Sample #1 Lampwick

If you had one wish...what would you wish for? Now, what if everyone else had one wish too? That's EIGHT BILLION GENIES, the new eight-issue series from CHARLES SOULE & RYAN BROWNE (CURSE WORDS). At exactly the same moment, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. All hell breaks loose, in a very entertaining way...and that's just the beginning. Buckle in for the wildest ride of the year!

Eight Billion Genies #1 Interior Sample #2 Wish

Below are the first prints available to comic shops via Diamond (regular Ryan Browne cover, Frison & Seeley, Declan Shalvey, 1:10 Andrew Divoff, 1:25 Browne, 1:50 Browne):

Eight Billion Genies #1 Diamond 1st Prints

Prior to the first prints, a preview edition was also available from C2E2 in December of 2021 (note: this was under the 3-D Cowboy Comics publisher), which was apparently "limited to 500 copies" and is shown below alongside the second print (which was due in shops 2022-08-03).

Eight Billion Genies #1 Preview Edition and 2nd Print

Below are a number of other variants available with many "limited to 500 copies", like the Forstner Bird City Comics Variant:

Eight Billion Genies #1 Other Variants

The Forstner variant was a homage to the artwork on the Super Mario 3 game from Nintendo, even down to the seal of quality and altering the image logo to match:

Eight Billion Genies #1 Forstner vs Super Mario 3

In Mid-July 2022, there were no recorded gradings for the Bird City Comics Variant but, at the time of writing, it was early days and some will undoubtedly start appearing in the coming months.

Eight Billion Genies #1 Interior Sample #3 Madness

In terms of pricing, these have come a long way in a short time from as low as $15 on release to over $200 in the space of around 8 weeks.

Eight Billion Genies #1 Interior Sample #4 Chaos

Eight Billion Genies #1 Forstner Edition
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