The case
This is not a claim that Miles Morales is the scarcest thing VeVe has issued. It is a look at one specific choice Marvel made with this release and what that choice does to the numbers. Most VeVe Marvel drops open at Common and run five rarity tiers, which is how the first Spider-Man ended up with 32,000 editions in its most common sculpt alone. Miles skips that floor. His first digital collectible starts at Rare, which means every single edition in the set, even the easiest pull, sits inside a tier that other Marvel drops reserve for their upper half.
Miles Morales first appeared in Ultimate Fallout #4 in August 2011, created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli. A Brooklyn-raised Afro-Latino teenager, he took up the Spider-Man identity in Marvel's Ultimate universe after that world's Peter Parker died, and Marvel later folded him into the main 616 continuity alongside the original. He broke through to a mainstream audience with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and he shares a rogues' gallery with the classic Spider-Man.
A blind box built different
The drop went live at 3PM on October 13, 2022, as a Season 4 release, sold as a $50 blind box rather than a paid tiered set where buyers pick their tier at checkout. All three collectibles inside carry the First Appearance edition type, VeVe's confirmation that a piece documents a character's debut rather than a later costume or scene. The first public mint landed at edition #41 for the two lower tiers and #43 for the Secret Rare.
Edition breakdown
| Variant | Rarity | Editions | Pull odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoodie Season | Rare | 1,750 | 1 in 1.66 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Ultra Rare | 1,000 | 1 in 2.98 |
| Animated | Secret Rare | 250 | 1 in 15.77 |
| Total | 3,000 |
Two editions have been burned since launch, leaving 2,998 in circulation against zero withheld. That is a set that has barely moved from its original mint, which keeps the numbers above close to a live read on scarcity.
Miles Morales's entire run holds 3,000 editions. The first Spider-Man's Common tier alone, the easiest pull in that release, holds 32,000. Ten times the population in a single tier of a different drop from the same brand.
How it stacks up against Spider-Man
Lining the two drops up side by side shows exactly where the structural choice lands. Spider-Man's release opens wide and narrows hard across five tiers. Miles Morales starts where Spider-Man's ladder is already two tiers deep and only narrows from there.
| Drop | Tiers | Total editions | Widest tier | Tightest tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Morales (2022) | 3, starts at Rare | 3,000 | 1,750 | 250 |
| Spider-Man (2021) | 5, starts at Common | 60,500 | 32,000 | 1,000 |
The comparison that matters most is at the top: Miles's Secret Rare Animated sits at 250 editions, a quarter of Spider-Man's Secret Rare Ultimate Animated at 1,000. Every tier in the Miles Morales set is scarcer than its equivalent rung in the Spider-Man ladder, and his widest tier, Hoodie Season at 1,750, is still smaller than Spider-Man's Ultra Rare at 2,500. None of this says one drop is better. It says two releases from the same license can produce wildly different scarcity floors depending entirely on where the tier ladder starts.
Market context
The set sold as a $50 blind box at drop in October 2022, a single flat price regardless of which tier a collector pulled. That was a 2022 list price and the secondary market has moved since, so it is worth noting once and setting aside rather than building an argument on it. The set carries an 8.5% market fee and sits in Season 4. It launched on Ethereum and, like the rest of VeVe's catalog, now lives on the Collect blockchain following the platform's January 2026 migration.
All three tiers trade between collectors on the VeVe secondary market, sometimes below the original $50 list price, so none of the scarcity discussed above is a barrier to actually owning one.
Which one should you own?
If you want the lowest barrier into this set: the Hoodie Season Rare at 1,750 editions. It is still the base tier of a premium three-piece set, not a Common in the usual sense.
If you want the character's signature look: Ultimate Spider-Man at 1,000, the full suit with no hoodie, and the tier where supply first drops below Spider-Man's own Ultra Rare.
If you want the chase piece: the Animated Secret Rare at 250 editions and 1 in 15.77 odds, the tightest population in the set and animated with sound.
If you want the full scarcity picture: pair a Miles Morales tier with a Spider-Man tier from the 2021 drop. Holding both side by side is a more useful lesson in how VeVe structures supply than either release tells on its own.
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Frequently Asked Questions
October 13, 2022, as a $50 blind box on VeVe, part of Season 4. It has three tiers: Rare, Ultra Rare and Secret Rare, totaling 3,000 editions.
Marvel structured this drop as a premium blind box that starts at Rare rather than the five-tier ladder used on releases like the first Spider-Man. That choice keeps every tier in the set, even the easiest pull, scarcer than a typical Common or Uncommon.
The Secret Rare Animated variant at 250 editions, with pull odds of 1 in 15.77 inside the blind box. It is fully animated with sound.
Spider-Man's 2021 debut ran five tiers and 60,500 editions, opening at a 32,000-edition Common. Miles Morales runs three tiers and 3,000 editions with no Common or Uncommon, and every one of its tiers is scarcer than the matching rung on the Spider-Man ladder.
Yes. All three tiers trade between collectors on the VeVe secondary market, sometimes below the original $50 list price.
It launched on Ethereum and now lives on the Collect blockchain following VeVe's January 2026 migration.
