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Javaman

(62,504 posts) Wed Mar 10, 2021, 09:44 AM Mar 2021

Comics Should Be Cheap (3/10/21)

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/comics-should-be-cheap-3-10-21/

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Comics Should Be Cheap (3/10/21) (Original Post) Javaman Mar 2021 OP

Yeah, that's why I stopped reading them Clash City Rocker Mar 2021 #1

Also, the whole argument about digital comics Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #2

Action (superman) #410, March 1972 was 25 cents, with inflation today it'd be $1.56 Pobeka Mar 2021 #3

Clash City Rocker

(3,390 posts)

1. Yeah, that's why I stopped reading them

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 09:59 AM

Mar 2021

$3.99 an issue and they were taking six issues to tell a story. It’s hard to justify spending $24 for one story.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,457 posts)

2. Also, the whole argument about digital comics

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 10:02 AM

Mar 2021

was supposed to be reduced price. Never happened.

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)

3. Action (superman) #410, March 1972 was 25 cents, with inflation today it'd be $1.56

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 10:36 AM

Mar 2021

Comics back then, AFAIK (and remember), were read almost exclusively by children, who didn't have much to spend in the first place.

It was quite a spending spree to get both a comic *and* a candy bar at the local drugstore.

Interesting, that candy bars, which also sold for about a quarter, are now selling about $1.50, right at the price point we'd expect with inflation. Candy bars, though, have always been purchased by children and adults.

Just an observation.

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