I agree with you, and it seems to me that aside from the cover gimmicks Marvel and DC are doing a lot of the same things now. We may not have gimmick covers (except for DC, every Sept.) But now we have the plague of Aternate covers. It seems like no publisher can have one title with one cover. Its absurd. Even more absurd is $125 omnis with 2 covers. But I think complaining about things from 20 years ago is useless. We should focus on the comics we want to see collected, not the Crap. If you want to complain about what is happening now (re-launching titles every 6-12 months, $4 for 20 pages) I am happy to join in.