Marvel and DC comics have raised the prices on some of their books to 3.99. Eventually all books will get to that price point but DC seems to think that adding an 8 page co-feature to the back of the book justifies the price increase. Booster Gold # 22 is 40 pages for 3.99. You get 32 pages of Booster and 8 pages of Blue Beetle. I guess the logic is that you get 8 pages of Blue Beetle for the extra dollar or you could look at it another way and say that you’re paying $.10 a page instead of the .12 cents a page that Marvel charges for its 3.99 books.
Pretty good logic until you factor in that its entertainment not gasoline. One gallon of gasoline does the same thing as another, in comparison a ticket to Star Wars is a totally different experience from a ticket to Meteor Man. SW may have been worth the money MM not so much. Entertainment dollars are subjective. That being said giving me 8 pages of Blue Beetle only increases the value if I want to read Blue Beetle, if I don’t then I just paid 3.99 for a Booster Gold book. DC if you really want to give me more then make the book longer like your doing in Blackest Night #1 (48 pages for $3.99)
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Posted under Comics
This post was written by Lobo on July 14, 2009
