I feel like we are lucky to still have as many 2.99 books as we do on the DC side of things. Marvel has almost exclusively moved to 3.99 barring a few titles when DC is almost an even split so I think we are lucky. I also think that as consumers we cant expect goods to stay at a constant price point forever and at some point price increases are inevitable because of inflation and the cost of materials increase so I don't see this as a big deal.