To many comics coming out

[fin5]

I was scanning the Previews for September.It looks like i lot of comics shipping.Do you find marvel is shipping to much and there should be a limit to how many comics should ship?I know its about the money for them but what about the readers

[XPac]

I was scanning the Previews for September.It looks like i lot of comics shipping.Do you find marvel is shipping to much and there should be a limit to how many comics should ship?I know its about the money for them but what about the readers

That's obviously an issue for the market. Demand needs to meet supply. At a certain point putting out TOO many books will cost them more than what they're generating. I'm sure they have number crunchers at Disney that figures all this stuff out.

But as far as readers go... I think the more the better. The more books are on the shelf, the more likely we'll find stuff we want. There may end up being too many books we want, but for marvel and us that's a better problem than too few books we want.

[Personamanx]

I think the number of monthly titles shipped is largely irrelevant. People will buy what they wish to buy, and some titles will get lost in the shuffle even with a relatively small month of comics. Sales will continue to decrease regardless of anything Marvel does as printed periodicals have been on a downturn for over a decade. They want material for collected editions which are generally more lucrative.

[Snoop Dogg]

The readers can buy what they want and read the rest on Unlimited later.

[Iron Maiden]

It's all R & D for Marvel Studios

[mugiwara]

This week alone there were three comics about Peter Parker (ASM, FNSM and Reptilian Rage)
That's ridiculous.
And I'm not even counting Superior and the annual with Spider-Ham.

[jb681131]

The readers can buy what they want and read the rest on Unlimited later.

How to know that you're not missing out a story that would please you even more because you can't afford (money and time) to buy all ?

[WebLurker]

I find that my tastes for current series are usually fairly limited, so it's not a problem for me. Heck, I usually have trouble with stuff I'd like to be made not being made.

[CaptCleghorn]

I was eight at a spinner rack and was perfectly capable of deciding which comics I wanted, which comics I didn't, and had a firm grasp on quantity limitations due to money available. How do people decide which TV show to watch or which song to listen to? And the grocery has so much food! What if there are different food I might like?

[Snoop Dogg]

How to know that you're not missing out a story that would please you even more because you can't afford (money and time) to buy all ?

Faith in the Lord our God, Brevoort's hat.

[Phoenixx9]

I would rather have TOO many comics produced from which too choose, than not enough.

Quite frankly, I have never seen this to be an issue.

[Prof. Warren]

The readers can buy what they want and read the rest on Unlimited later.

Yeah, the problem of too many comics isn't really a problem.

Just buy what you want, leave the rest.

If you want, you can always catch up stuff you missed later.

[Crimz]

I likely never would have gotten the comic I wanted for a long time under a smaller line.

I welcome the greater amount of choice.

[cranger]

There are too many comics for the amount of readers and good creators. So, it might look great seeing so much to choose from, but the books do not end up worth reading, or they get canceled because no one bought them. Even titles that would probably have been safe, stable multi year runs end up failing. Read enough bad comics or have enough good comics canceled and people just move on.

[Venomous Mask]

I likely never would have gotten the comic I wanted for a long time under a smaller line.

I welcome the greater amount of choice.

This. More comics means that more characters beyond the superstars get titles, and people can enjoy their own unique things. Also, I highly doubt that there are too many people out there who feel the need to buy almost every Marvel comic being purchased.