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Post by Deep Figure Value on Mar 8, 2007 19:37:14 GMT -5
I got my copy, at cost. Apparently, I bought the owner's copy when he wasn't there, but hey - dog eat dog.
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Post by J Sylar on Mar 8, 2007 22:24:39 GMT -5
ing hell... why the must every ing big thing ing ruined every ing week? My god. I avoid the comic ing boards and I still find out Captain America is dead. The same ing thing happened with Aunt May 2 weeks ago. The ing Entertainment board for mother ing sakes. 25 issues building up to this and its ruined! Atleast with the Wizard email I could foul myself into thinking they hadn't ruined it but a title like "Captain America is dead" is pretty clear! Oh BTW, I called it! Sure I called it for Civil War #7 but I was 3 weeks off. Sue me. I'm guessing Bucky will take over. The thing is, this was Marvel's whole plan. Free stunt publicity. They've gotten extremely bad about that any more. Its like " our readers...we need to be on TV and get Joe Q. Public to give us a nice bottom line for the month, surprise be damned!" Oh, DC....I love you more every day. Too bad you can't make decent movies out of your properties.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Mar 9, 2007 6:05:54 GMT -5
Hey, play nice. Batman Begins was better than Hulk, Elektra, and the original cut (haven't seen the directors) of Daredevil rolled into one.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 9, 2007 6:12:37 GMT -5
ing hell... why the must every ing big thing ing ruined every ing week? My god. I avoid the comic ing boards and I still find out Captain America is dead. The same ing thing happened with Aunt May 2 weeks ago. The ing Entertainment board for mother ing sakes. 25 issues building up to this and its ruined! Atleast with the Wizard email I could foul myself into thinking they hadn't ruined it but a title like "Captain America is dead" is pretty clear! Oh BTW, I called it! Sure I called it for Civil War #7 but I was 3 weeks off. Sue me. I'm guessing Bucky will take over. The thing is, this was Marvel's whole plan. Free stunt publicity. They've gotten extremely bad about that any more. Its like " our readers...we need to be on TV and get Joe Q. Public to give us a nice bottom line for the month, surprise be damned!" Oh, DC....I love you more every day. Too bad you can't make decent movies out of your properties. It's really annoying. Any time anything big happens we get screwed... comics the rest of the year but we'll print stories when its a big event and ruin it for people who actually follow it. You'd never get that with newspapers, websites etc. that cover movies. "Bruce Willis is a Ghost!"
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Mar 9, 2007 6:34:10 GMT -5
My big thing wasn't even getting the story ruined. It's the fact that 364 days a year, the majority of the people who now have a copy of Cap 25 in their hands wouldn't set foot in a comic store. In the meantime, I'm in it for the fun, and have to travel out just to be able to pick up my regular books.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 9, 2007 10:10:49 GMT -5
My big thing wasn't even getting the story ruined. It's the fact that 364 days a year, the majority of the people who now have a copy of Cap 25 in their hands wouldn't set foot in a comic store. In the meantime, I'm in it for the fun, and have to travel out just to be able to pick up my regular books. That used to piss me off but now I have a pull list so preorder 3 months in advance... of course the downside is when I want to drop a title I have to wait 3 months to do so. I find it terrible that some comic stores are charging their regular customers more for the issue. I've heard $15 at some places and that was the day the issue came out.
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Post by J Sylar on Mar 9, 2007 11:00:55 GMT -5
My big thing wasn't even getting the story ruined. It's the fact that 364 days a year, the majority of the people who now have a copy of Cap 25 in their hands wouldn't set foot in a comic store. In the meantime, I'm in it for the fun, and have to travel out just to be able to pick up my regular books. Sadly, that's what Marvel wants right now. Look at all the stunts they've pulled in the last year to desperately grab the average person's attention. Iron Spidey, HoM, Civil War itself, Cap....it's the cry of "Hey, look at us! Come on! Looky what we did now!" and its at the cost of regular average readers who they dont care about. DC has pulled these stunts before, too, but I think they learned from the Death of Superman and Breaking Batman that those readers dont last. Now its "look, we're doing something pretty cool to bring in new readers" but it doesnt come off as desperate. Marvel was fully calculated in what they did. Joey Q was on TV the DAY it happened...which also means before most comic readers had even gotten their hands on the issue. Why do that? Why not wait a day or two until news companies had picked up on it and rolled the ball? Why not give normal comic readers a chance to check it out? Because they want to revive that market that nearly killed comics in the 90s. Profiteering. Speculators. Alternate covers. Buy buy buy! It's disgusting that everyday readers are getting screwed by that greasy idiot who knows full well what he's doing when he buys 12 copies to sell for $30 a piece on Ebay. And if my regular comic shop tried to screw ME on a copy....I'd not be coming back.
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Post by s2h on Mar 9, 2007 12:50:59 GMT -5
ing hell... why the must every ing big thing ing ruined every ing week? My god. I avoid the comic ing boards and I still find out Captain America is dead. The same ing thing happened with Aunt May 2 weeks ago. The ing Entertainment board for mother ing sakes. 25 issues building up to this and its ruined! Atleast with the Wizard email I could foul myself into thinking they hadn't ruined it but a title like "Captain America is dead" is pretty clear! Oh BTW, I called it! Sure I called it for Civil War #7 but I was 3 weeks off. Sue me. I'm guessing Bucky will take over. Aunt Mays Dead? Aww Hell Naw
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 9, 2007 13:02:30 GMT -5
ing hell... why the must every ing big thing ing ruined every ing week? My god. I avoid the comic ing boards and I still find out Captain America is dead. The same ing thing happened with Aunt May 2 weeks ago. The ing Entertainment board for mother ing sakes. 25 issues building up to this and its ruined! Atleast with the Wizard email I could foul myself into thinking they hadn't ruined it but a title like "Captain America is dead" is pretty clear! Oh BTW, I called it! Sure I called it for Civil War #7 but I was 3 weeks off. Sue me. I'm guessing Bucky will take over. Aunt Mays Dead? Aww Hell Naw Ah crap... I didn't ruin that did I? Sorry if I did. She was shot 2 or 3 weeks ago now. She's not dead, its just likely she'll die in the next few months.
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