Five hundred pieces. That's the entire production run on the Batman Bat-Manga Black and White Funko Pop hitting the ECCC Show Store this week. Emerald City Comic Con opens March 5 in Seattle, and Funko is showing up as an official partner for the first time with 11 exclusives. The headliner is a 500-unit chase that most collectors will never touch.
If you want a shot, the Limited Edition Drawing closes tomorrow night.
The 500-Piece Grail
Funko's Bat-Manga line pulls from Jiro Kuwata's 1960s Japanese Batman manga. The standard version, Batman (Bat-Manga!), is limited to 5,000 pieces. That's collectible. The Black and White variant at 500 pieces is something else entirely.
LE 500 Funko Pops have a track record. They move fast at the booth and they move fast on the secondary market. This is a niche property with a hard cap on supply. Bat-Manga has a devoted following among Batman collectors who care about the character's global history beyond DC's American books. A 500-piece run targeting that audience is going to be a problem for anyone who doesn't secure one at retail.
The Full Lineup
Here's every exclusive dropping at booth #10905.
- Batman (Bat-Manga!). LE 5,000 - Batman (Bat-Manga! Black and White) . LE 500 - Superman "This Looks Like a Job For". LE 1,500 - Selunite Shadowheart. LE 1,500 - Brass Dragon Wyrmling. LE 8,000 - Pongo (Facet). LE 1,001 - Wolverine (Classic Unmasked). LE 5,000
That's seven confirmed with four more rounding out the 11. Edition sizes range from 500 to 8,000. The Brass Dragon Wyrmling at 8,000 is the easiest pickup. The Bat-Manga B&W at 500 is the hardest by a factor of 16.
The Superman and Shadowheart at 1,500 each sit in a middle zone. Low enough to matter. High enough that patient buyers might find them at reasonable secondary prices if the initial rush cools.
How the LE Drawing Works
Funko isn't doing a first-come, first-served line at the booth. They're running a Limited Edition Drawing system. Entries opened March 2. They close March 4 at 11:59 PM PT. That's tomorrow night.
Winners get the right to purchase specific exclusives at the ECCC Show Store. If you don't enter, you don't buy. Simple as that.
This is Funko's first year as an official ECCC partner, and the drawing system is how they're managing demand. It's a better setup than the chaos of a booth line at 6 AM, but it means your window to enter is closing fast.
Beyond the Convention Floor
Not going to Seattle? The exclusives will also be available at Funko HQ in Everett and the Funko Hollywood store starting March 6. But here's the catch. Once stock sells out at ECCC, there's no restock for the rest of the weekend. The satellite locations get their own allocation, not ECCC's leftovers.
For the Bat-Manga B&W at 500 total pieces, the split between ECCC, Funko HQ, and Hollywood means each location is getting a fraction of an already tiny run. Do the math on that and decide how much you want it.
The Clock Is Ticking
The drawing closes March 4 at 11:59 PM PT. That's less than 48 hours from now. If you want a crack at the Bat-Manga B&W or any of the other 10 exclusives, enter before the window shuts. Once it's closed, your only option is the secondary market. And for a 500-piece Batman Pop with Jiro Kuwata's manga art on it, that secondary market is not going to be kind to your wallet.
