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My LCS barely gets any comics for the shelves these days. Most comics that come in are for people’s pull files, then there’s a big island of back issues in the middle of the store, five bookcases of trades and then the vast majority of their shelf space is toys.
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Apparently G.O.D.S. #1 is a triple sized comic for $9.99. That’s a pretty good deal, and I’m exactly the target market for this. Love Hickman’s stuff (I’m a 3W/3M subscriber) and this looks pretty cool. But, man, the launch of this book is a chuffing disaster as far as I’m concerned. Random single pages of prelude material throughout the last 2-3 months worth of Marvel titles. Fuck that. I’m not interested enough to chase down all these random issues of titles I do not buy for a single page of material on a brand new concept that may or may not be worth my time. Not happening. Sometimes they just can’t help shooting themselves in the foot
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Apparently G.O.D.S. #1 is a triple sized comic for $9.99. That’s a pretty good deal
I can understand this take in terms of a pure cost-per-page calculation, but at the same time I’m not sure retailers will be welcoming it.
Far fewer people with only casual interest are going to take a chance on a new #1 that costs $10 than would buy one for $4 or $5.
So again it feels like Marvel trying to make money out of the existing hardcore faithful, rather than reaching beyond that. Same as with Ultimate Invasion, which is quite a fun series but which has a massive barrier to entry with a #1 issue that costs $9.
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It’s original material. Not preview pages. Every page is different. There’s no indication that they will be reprinted in #1 (that would also be incredulous for anyone who did hunt down all these random early appearances). I suspect they will be included in a future collection, but that’s hardly conducive to buying the singles in the interim.
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It’s original material. Not preview pages. Every page is different. There’s no indication that they will be reprinted in #1 (that would also be incredulous for anyone who did hunt down all these random early appearances). I suspect they will be included in a future collection, but that’s hardly conducive to buying the singles in the interim.
I can see Marvel doing a #0 issue that collects the pages.
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Far fewer people with only casual interest are going to take a chance on a new #1 that costs $10 than would buy one for $4 or $5.
Agreed.
Erik Larsen’s upcoming Savage Dragon #267 will cost $9.99 for 100 pages of material; but that’s okay, since few “new” readers are going to start a book with issue #267, so it’s really just the Dragon die-hards (like me) who will be buying this issue. Retailers don’t have to feel obliged to buy extra issues of this one compared to a new Marvel #1.
If Marvel owned the Titanic, they’d be charging passengers for life-jackets, and extra if you want to sit in a lifeboat.
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https://aiptcomics.com/2023/09/20/ultimate-spider-man-hickman-checchetto/
Hickman and Marco Checchetto are doing an Ultimate Spider-Man book together next year.
Hickman on Spidey doesn’t feel like the best fit to me, but we’ll see.
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So long as Marvel don’t do something stupid, like say on pricing, it’s an interesting creative combination.
Issue #1 will be $12.99
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So long as Marvel don’t do something stupid, like say on pricing, it’s an interesting creative combination.
Issue #1 will be $12.99
I don’t think it will be that cheap.
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Marvel Solicitations for December
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How does Manga sell at an LCS?
Manga is actually an interesting example as the sales go through several models. They start at anthology, then collections which are generally cheap. My son bought 3 maxi volumes of One Piece in Forbidden Planet London for $20, a thousand pages for the cost of 100 pages of new US comics.
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Marvel Solicitations for January 2024
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Marvel Solicitations for February 2024
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Oh hell, yes:
https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/get-fury-series-garth-ennis-jacen-burrows-punisher
Maybe Marvel will get smart and put this out as an OHC, with the Soviet mini from a few years back.
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It’s a shame that Parlov can’t illustrate this (due to illness) the same way he did Frank’s first tour and the Fury series. But, Burrows is a great substitute.
Interesting phrasing from Ennis about this potentially being his final Punisher story. He had such an incredible run with the character over the years.
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Marvel Solicitations for May
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All in for Marvel vs Vampires
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https://www.gamesradar.com/aliens-vs-avengers-hickman-marvel/
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Interesting, Hickman-Ribic, Avengers vs Aliens….
Issue #1 $7.99
I am at the point where, even on trade prices, with discount, Marvel are pricing me out of buying their stuff.
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That’s ridiculous.
The price or the concept?
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That’s ridiculous.
The price or the concept?
Yes.
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That’s ridiculous.
The price or the concept?
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Hickman & Capullo on Wolverine.
https://www.polygon.com/24159173/marvel-wolverine-revenge-greg-capullo-jonathan-hickman
Sounds like fun, and the art looks great.
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Marvel Solicitations for August 2024
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Who needs good writers and competent artists? Let’s give ’em new uniforms in order to create the illusion of change!!
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