I was looking at the new Marvel available LCS online. A few at $4.99, are these oversized issues or is the $5 Marvel comic the new standard?
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10-07-2015, 08:43 AM #1Mighty Member
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$5?
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10-07-2015, 08:46 AM #2Ultimate Member
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No it is not the new standard, thank god for that, it's just that prices are higher because they are 1st issues of the all-new all-different marvel universe. After the 1st issue the series will go back to $3.99.
"It's fun and it's cool, so that's all that matters. It's what comics are for, Duh."
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10-07-2015, 08:49 AM #3Mighty Member
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Are they oversized issues or is it $5 because they are #1?
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10-07-2015, 08:50 AM #4Ultimate Member
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I think both
Originally Posted by Peter Parker
"It's fun and it's cool, so that's all that matters. It's what comics are for, Duh."
Words to live by.
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10-07-2015, 09:15 AM #5Mighty Member
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It's for oversized issues. For now. Soon enough $5 will be the regular price. They've done it before.
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10-07-2015, 09:25 AM #6Young-ish Dinosaur
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Yup. Used to be it was $3.99 for issues with additional content -- more pages, a back-up story, etc. Then it went from actual content to filler "extras" like a few sketch pages. Then even that quietly got stripped out but the price stayed. Originally Posted by Viteh
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10-07-2015, 09:38 AM #7Mighty Member
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Are any of the all-new books $2.99?
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10-07-2015, 10:00 AM #8Wakandan Kaiju
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As of now, no. All of the books appear to be $3.99 at this point. Originally Posted by Peter Parker
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10-07-2015, 11:05 AM #9Mighty Member
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On the plus side, they all seem to come with digital copy redemption codes. During Marvel NOW and All-New Marvel NOW, $3.99 books had codes, while $2.99 ones didn't. Giving the illusion that the code was worth a dollar (though it's not like you had choice; a book came with it or didn't, and was more expensive if it did). Originally Posted by robreedwrites
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10-07-2015, 11:10 AM #10Mighty Member
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I'm just trying to decide am I in or am I a trade waiter?
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10-07-2015, 11:17 AM #11Young-ish Dinosaur
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Anymore, if the first issue is $5 and I'm interested, I just go pre-order the trade off Amazon. $15 for 5-6 issues is a better value under those circumstances. Originally Posted by Peter Parker
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10-07-2015, 11:41 AM #12Extraordinary Member
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Every time the price of the monthly jumps I dump titles and become more of a trade waiter. I'm to the point now where 80% of my reading is in trades. Originally Posted by Peter Parker
Trades or even HC for 6 issues are a much more economical solution than monthly, even after factoring in discounts.
I used to think supporting lesser tiered characters meant something towards keeping those titles in print. We are now at the point where the start/stop & renumber plague has been upon us for so long that I don't think it matters."Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" - Optimus Prime
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10-07-2015, 12:03 PM #13Mighty Member
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If you don't mind waiting six months, Marvel Unlimited is a hell of a deal.
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10-07-2015, 12:05 PM #14Young-ish Dinosaur
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This is also excellent advice. I'd go the MU route if it didn't always freeze on my browser. Originally Posted by Expletive Deleted
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