User blog:S-Man-X-Men6/Comics Prices

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Okay, I'm not trying to sound whiny or anything, but there's been a couple little gripes I've had with Marvel lately. First of all, several titles are still priced at $4 an issue, while others are at only $3. I know this isn't a huge difference, but I still feel that it should be changed. All of the more expensive titles, as far as I can tell, only cost more because they are more prominent/popular series than others are. Examples: Amazing Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, Avengers vs X-Men. I can understand the idea behind this, but I also don't see why they should cost anymore just because of the characters featured in them. I have 2 basic reasons for this. 1. They usually all have the same amount of content 2. Other publishers, like DC, have all their titles, as far as I know, set at $3, even though Marvel rakes in a lot more money then them So yeah, basically I'm just wondering how other fans feel about this, and if anybody agrees with me.

I have one other small issue I want to talk about quick. I'm not sure how many other people notice this, but for the past few months, just about all titles have been lowered to 20 pages, even the higher priced ones. Again, this doesn't seem like a big deal, but for the past 3 decades or so, the standard amount was 22 pages/issue. 2 additional pages would start to add up after a while, plus it just takes away from the amount of room for each story. I'm not sure why they've lowered the workload, but now more than ever, I feel like I'm not getting as much "bang for my buck". My only real idea for this that I can think of, is since DC (not trying to bash on them... at least too much) only has 20 pages, maybe Marvel thought they could get away with it too.

Anyways, that's all I've got. Please let me know how you guys feel about this stuff.