How do these constant renumbering schemes not drive collector’s and comic shop employees insane?
From what I’ve gathered it pretty much does.
Ironically it’s meant to make the new issues more “collectible” as they’re officially first issues. Though actual collectors mostly just seems annoyed by this gimmick. They usually print the real number on the cover underneath the new one anyway.
Some times they also do it to pseudo-reboot a series that’s not selling as well as hoped. Don’t know if this is the case here though.