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I chose to collect single issues over trades and my friends think I'm nuts
My local shop had a full run of a 90s X-Men arc, about 40 books for $80, but the collected trade was only $25. I bought the singles because I love the ads and letter columns, things you lose in the trade. Has anyone else made a similar choice for the 'floppy' experience over convenience?
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jenny_wright7mo ago
That 90s X-Men run is a great find, but I'm pretty sure that $80 for 40 books works out to two bucks each, not a dollar.
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casey1457mo ago
Get why you like the old ads and stuff, but paying over three times the price for the same story seems wild to me.
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claire9586mo ago
Look at the math again... if it's 40 books for 80 bucks, that's two dollars each, not one. The original post said a dollar a book, so the price is actually double, not triple. Still a big jump, but the starting point was off.
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