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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2022 20:12:07 GMT -5
man. . I SO do not want to give a single crap about this. . . or the Dark Crisis series spinning out of it. I'm sure it will be awful. and overpriced.
but the cover to JL 75? that's the Metal Men up top. . . dammit. . now I kinda HAVE to get it.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 9, 2022 23:20:20 GMT -5
Don't be a...  Be patient. Dollar bins in a few months. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 10, 2022 6:16:32 GMT -5
Yeah, it just sounds like a total snooze fest. The Justice League, dead again, and then every bad guy ever coming to Earth to destroy it, and everything is on fire!
Nope. Not for me.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 10, 2022 6:33:11 GMT -5
Yeah, it just sounds like a total snooze fest. The Justice League, dead again, and then every bad guy ever coming to Earth to destroy it, and everything is on fire! Thank God for Fireman Fred Farrell. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 10, 2022 7:47:13 GMT -5
Yeah, it just sounds like a total snooze fest. The Justice League, dead again, and then every bad guy ever coming to Earth to destroy it, and everything is on fire! Nope. Not for me. Different motivation, but almost the same story as the current X-Men books |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 10, 2022 15:12:50 GMT -5
Yeah, it just sounds like a total snooze fest. The Justice League, dead again, and then every bad guy ever coming to Earth to destroy it, and everything is on fire! Nope. Not for me. Different motivation, but almost the same story as the current X-Men books I just don't get it, who wants to read that? They wouldn't do it if the numbers weren't there but I just don't see it. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 10, 2022 19:03:13 GMT -5
That drawing is off in perspective. It looks like a Liefeld creation.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 10, 2022 20:10:39 GMT -5
That drawing is off in perspective. It looks like a Liefeld creation. I don't know... I can see four feet! |
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Post by Randle-El on Feb 10, 2022 22:26:32 GMT -5
Different motivation, but almost the same story as the current X-Men books I just don't get it, who wants to read that? They wouldn't do it if the numbers weren't there but I just don't see it.
I'm sure there are people reading it, but I'm also sure the numbers will be there due to the fifty variant covers each issue will have.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 11, 2022 8:36:59 GMT -5
but I'm also sure the numbers will be there due to the fifty variant covers each issue will have. It amazes me that variant covers still make for a successful business model. I've bought three variant covers in my life (each more than ten years ago) and yet I'm now in possession of at least ten because folks keep giving them away and tossing them into lots. Seems like most end up totally worthless. |
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Post by Randle-El on Feb 11, 2022 10:39:19 GMT -5
but I'm also sure the numbers will be there due to the fifty variant covers each issue will have. It amazes me that variant covers still make for a successful business model. I've bought three variant covers in my life (each more than ten years ago) and yet I'm now in possession of at least ten because folks keep giving them away and tossing them into lots. Seems like most end up totally worthless.
I'm pretty sure that variants are successful because in the short term they do have value. Stores market them as being collectible, folks snap up them, get them signed and slabbed and sell them for a premium on eBay. For retailers and the first wave of buyers, they probably do make some return on investment. But once that first wave fades, that value drops pretty quick. There's also those 1-in-500 exclusive variants that stores sell for huge mark-ups, which usually offsets the costs of buying those 500 other copies in the first place. I see those other "normal" variants all the time in dollar bins at conventions.
To be clear, I'm not totally against variants. I'm partial to the idea of another artist besides the series regular penciller doing a different cover, perhaps in a style not normally seen in the book. I like the idea of letting different artists get work -- maybe artists who don't normally work in comics, or don't normally do interiors. Or maybe a veteran artist who doesn't want to do the monthly grind anymore but still wants to work. I just dislike the way it's employed in the current market -- big event book, usually death of so-and-so, a slew of variant covers to prop up the sales. It just feels like a cheap cash grab.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 11, 2022 10:44:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2022 12:04:54 GMT -5
I only buy the variant if i like that cover more than the standard cover.
so yeah..if the Metal Men are featured on a cover prominently ? I'll get it.
it's a sickness!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 11, 2022 18:09:04 GMT -5
I only buy the variant if i like that cover more than the standard cover.
so yeah..if the Metal Men are featured on a cover prominently ? I'll get it.
it's a sickness!
I'm the same, but even only if the cover in question is sold at the regular price(or if I really like it maybe slightly more than cover value) but never at a real premium; I don't have the energy or time required to flip books I'm just in the market for reading a good story. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 13, 2022 13:42:34 GMT -5
Same here... I'm happy to choose the cover I like best if thee are multiple choices, but I'm definitely not being more than one copy of the same book to read.
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