They cut the price of this issue to $5.99, which is a really good move I should think as comics have for years been a bit on the pricey side. Of course the power house movie certainly helped. I'll have to pick it up and see what the content is. The 90s and 00ts saw a huge increase in moralizing and social grandstanding . . . no one needs that crap, we need action and fun.
Maybe, just maybe a new generation of kids are discovering the awesomeness that are comics.
I bought this sucker at Howards Hardware in Warren Arkansas way back when . . .
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Guys, comics never went away. A normal comic goes from $2.99 - $3.99 and the sales are not "kids discovering comics, but adults (average seems to be 20 - 40 years in my neck of the woods.)
Well for sure they didn't go away, but unit sales have been on the decline for decades. It would be nice to see them hit the highs they did back in the 60 and 70s.
The highs I believe were the 90s for $$$
Not sure about 60s and 70s. I remember kids bought a lot of books back then, but they only cost a quarter or less.
Kids dont buy comics ... but, I believe the digital comics are on the rise for the younger audience.
Just looked it up. 60s were AMAZING for comics!
top books were between 1million+ to 500k
70s not so hot. Dropped down to below 200s (still better than today) but revenue wasnt as good.
http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales.html
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eUPsp28Tr9U/TVT69YSNOPI/AAAAAAAAAMs/65XWBJJodhg/s1600/EerieMagazine+095_pg16_1978.jpg
By the end of the 80s comics start to do a quick upturn and by the mid 90s were at the peak. Then the crash!
thanks for this it was fun looking up sales figures
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