http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-711080 Ultra8 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:44:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=30647#comment-711080 @ Ben Maybe they need to keep the copyright, either that or they don't want to give DC's newest edition even more money. @ Ben
Maybe they need to keep the copyright, either that or they don’t want to give DC’s newest edition even more money.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-710995 matches Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=30647#comment-710995 I'm not sure Secret Wars is quite the evergreen collection some may think. It's a well-known story but it's horribly dated in a lot of ways. It's also pretty heavily steeped in then-current Marvel continuity (Rhodey as Iron Man, for example) that isn't explained in the story. I’m not sure Secret Wars is quite the evergreen collection some may think. It’s a well-known story but it’s horribly dated in a lot of ways. It’s also pretty heavily steeped in then-current Marvel continuity (Rhodey as Iron Man, for example) that isn’t explained in the story.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-710974 Jason1749 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:21:39 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=30647#comment-710974 I remember when Marvel sent out those free guides to all of their collected editions and my retailer thought they were great until she realized 80% of the books were out of print and now she had a bunch of customers trying to order the books listed in the guide and she had to tell them they were unavailable. Marvel did something incredibly smart that could have sold them a bunch of books and turned off a ton of readers in the process. I remember when Marvel sent out those free guides to all of their collected editions and my retailer thought they were great until she realized 80% of the books were out of print and now she had a bunch of customers trying to order the books listed in the guide and she had to tell them they were unavailable. Marvel did something incredibly smart that could have sold them a bunch of books and turned off a ton of readers in the process.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-710886 Ben Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:32:54 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=30647#comment-710886 I agree completely with the essential argument, as I've been collecting them since they started. Essential X-Men Vol. 10 comes out soon and stops just shy of collecting Claremont's entire run for what reason? And don't get me started on Excaibur or New Mutants not being collected in this format. I don't know if Marvel is wholeheartedy pushing new characters out in the essential format with the recent Sgt. Fury and Rawhide Kid books, or if its just cheaper for them to reprint older stuff. I can't help but wonder why they would think there is more of an audience for rawhide kid than Jim Lee X-men. I agree completely with the essential argument, as I’ve been collecting them since they started. Essential X-Men Vol. 10 comes out soon and stops just shy of collecting Claremont’s entire run for what reason? And don’t get me started on Excaibur or New Mutants not being collected in this format. I don’t know if Marvel is wholeheartedy pushing new characters out in the essential format with the recent Sgt. Fury and Rawhide Kid books, or if its just cheaper for them to reprint older stuff. I can’t help but wonder why they would think there is more of an audience for rawhide kid than Jim Lee X-men.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/01/12/the-problem-with-marvels-book-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-710765 Ultra8 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=30647#comment-710765 That's true, I've always noticed that they do make it pretty hard to collect collections of older series and sometimes even series that aren't that old. I still have trouble collecting the rest of the old Mangaverse series(of course it could be I'm looking in the wrong place, but I draw the line on spending $200 on something I know I can find cheaper). That’s true, I’ve always noticed that they do make it pretty hard to collect collections of older series and sometimes even series that aren’t that old. I still have trouble collecting the rest of the old Mangaverse series(of course it could be I’m looking in the wrong place, but I draw the line on spending $200 on something I know I can find cheaper).

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