Lots of Marvel comics just went up from $3.99 to $4.99, so you're paying 25% more. It's time to trim a quarter of your pull lists, if you don't want to spend extra.
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07-22-2023, 06:51 AM #1Uncanny Member
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You're paying 25% more for your comics from now on
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07-22-2023, 07:46 AM #2Extraordinary Member
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Let's see. 2 comics 32 pages with 22 pages of story that take 5min each to read for $10 or for the same price a 130 page manga i can put on my bookself and not worry about a bag and board. Choices. Choices.
I can also head to ollies and buy a 100 page marvel trade for $5 to $12 over two floppies.
Good thing i do mostly trades over floppies today.
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07-22-2023, 09:26 AM #3Uncanny Member
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Marvel Unlimited is an option too of course, if you don't mind being three months behind.
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07-22-2023, 12:18 PM #4Niffleheim
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I switched to trades a long time ago and If I stop buying then I have the library.
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07-22-2023, 01:12 PM #5Astonishing Member
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This is the part where someone makes a back issues joke.
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07-22-2023, 04:04 PM #6BANNED
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This is going to shoot them in the foot and alienate the youth even more from buying their comics
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07-22-2023, 08:04 PM #7IRON MAN
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Quite a few of the books I get are mini series and are ending, but still……$4.99?!?!? One book I get will be affected by the price jump is Avengers. The only 2 books I get consistently are Invincible Iron Man and as aforementioned Avengers. You’re not even getting a page increase either. I’m loving Avengers right now so I will continue to purchase it. Although I am worried about this pricing point and what it could do for the sale of floppies.
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07-22-2023, 08:13 PM #8Fantastic Member
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For the collectors market this has to be a noticeable difference for expenses though, everything 1.25x its price must put a strain on that. Also for LCS does this kind of help them out or cripple them?
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07-22-2023, 08:15 PM #9Moderator
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Making it harder and harder to buy comics.
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07-22-2023, 09:35 PM #10Invincible Member
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For starters... Originally Posted by Digifiend
One would not have to trim anything if they are not reading the books that are going up.
Past that, I count a grand total of five titles total along with the "Star Wars..." titles.
That is nor exactly "Lots..."Last edited by numberthirty; 07-22-2023 at 09:38 PM.
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07-22-2023, 09:40 PM #11Invincible Member
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You cannot alienate a group of people who probably never cared to start with. Originally Posted by clonegeek
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07-23-2023, 01:49 AM #12Uncanny Member
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Do you really think the rest won't follow? I bet the X books will go up when the line relaunches in January, for example. Everything else that's still $3.99 in October probably goes up with the November issues. Originally Posted by numberthirty
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07-23-2023, 08:17 AM #13Astonishing Member
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In my more cynical moments I sometimes think that Marvel acts as if they have no plans beyond the next five years because they have no plans on being around beyond the next five to seven years. Originally Posted by Frontier
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07-23-2023, 08:47 AM #14Latverian ambassador
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Is DC also raising prices?
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07-23-2023, 09:17 AM #15Extraordinary Member
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https://community.cbr.com/showthread...horror-of-4-99 Originally Posted by Iron Maiden
There has been a discussion about this over in the X-Forums. I have noticed some price increases at DC in this time. Not counting the DC books with backups, there have been more regular sized books going to $4.99 but those books seem to get two extra pages. So they are 22 story pages instead of 20. Note that contrary to a comment above, Marvel books have been 20 story pages for well over a decade. I do wonder if they are following the page increase as well as the price increase.
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