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Post by james on Feb 18, 2024 7:00:52 GMT -5
I don’t know whether this should go here or Modern comic forum I don’t know, but decided to put it here. WTF is up with all the new issues having variant covers with covers that are not even related to the said character!? I. E.. Amazing Spiderman with X-men number 1 Cover. My own theory is artists now can not draw anything but pose shots and Marvel needs action to draw the buyers’ eye. The other covers I have seen are recreations of cover classic covers with Disney characters. Now at least I know that Disney owns Marvel.
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Feb 18, 2024 8:35:16 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 18, 2024 8:35:16 GMT -5
My own theory is artists now can not draw anything but pose shots and Marvel needs action to draw the buyers’ eye. 1990s Marvel says "hello". |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2024 12:34:09 GMT -5
I know the feeling....you'd think this was a Spidey comic but it's not.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 18, 2024 14:13:20 GMT -5
I have to say, not only have I never been interested in buying variant covers at all, but I also tend to think of them as "not the real cover" and therefore inferior. I guess I've never really been the target audience.
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Feb 18, 2024 14:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by james on Feb 18, 2024 14:35:24 GMT -5
I have to say, not only have I never been interested in buying variant covers at all, but I also tend to think of them as "not the real cover" and therefore inferior. I guess I've never really been the target audience. Me too. I think when I have bought variants it’s either been because it was a Perez or Adams cover and those always had to go into my collection or I looked at the price on EBay and figured I’d try to flip it on EBay. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2024 14:49:09 GMT -5
I have to say, not only have I never been interested in buying variant covers at all, but I also tend to think of them as "not the real cover" and therefore inferior. I guess I've never really been the target audience.
I pick and choose. Especially those which stand the test of time and either keep or increase in value.
But these days, everyone wants one, hoping they can then sell their 600 - 3000 copies for 5x cover price, and many of them end up going closer to cover price when no one cares.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 18, 2024 15:32:12 GMT -5
I'll admit I bought this Amazing Spider-Man for the cover a few months back. They literally could have put twenty blank pages behind that cover and I still would have bought it.  |
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Feb 18, 2024 16:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by james on Feb 18, 2024 16:53:50 GMT -5
How was story? Would 20 blank pages be better? 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2024 17:32:21 GMT -5
Batman & Santa Claus in Silent Knight....one I'd pick up even if it was blank inside
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 18, 2024 21:11:50 GMT -5
I will choose between different covers if there is more than one for retail, but I don't think I've ever bought an extra copy of something... maybe an Iron Man book or two from the dollar bin.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 18, 2024 23:13:24 GMT -5
How was story? Would 20 blank pages be better? 🤔 Couldn't tell you. I didn't read it. |
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Feb 19, 2024 1:34:08 GMT -5
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Post by james on Feb 19, 2024 1:34:08 GMT -5
How was story? Would 20 blank pages be better? 🤔 Couldn't tell you. I didn't read it. 😂. Though your answer was funny , it’s sad this is the state of comics today. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 19, 2024 2:04:56 GMT -5
Couldn't tell you. I didn't read it. 😂. Though your answer was funny , it’s sad this is the state of comics today. It's an industry that logically should have died three decades ago. Publishers do whatever they have to in order to keep the lights on. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 19, 2024 9:18:03 GMT -5
😂. Though your answer was funny , it’s sad this is the state of comics today. It's an industry that logically should have died three decades ago. Publishers do whatever they have to in order to keep the lights on. One thing I didn't expect when Jim Shooter talked of his days as EiC at Marvel was learning how hard it was to just just keep the lights on. Marvel would do things like the No-Prize book not out of sudden inspiration, but because it would cost very little to produce and would bring in much-needed income. Variant covers that someone is willing to pay for are an idea in that vein. I guess things didn't change that much over the years. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 19, 2024 9:48:07 GMT -5
A huge chunk of fandom has always struggled to accept that these are businesses.
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