Comics Should Be Cheap (3/10/21)

[Javaman]

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

[Clash City Rocker]

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

$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]

2. Also, the whole argument about digital comics

was supposed to be reduced price. Never happened.

[Pobeka]

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

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.