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Marvel Comics Commits To The $3.99 Price Point

Recently, Bleeding Cool has followed Marvel Comics' death of a thousand cuts to the $3.99 32-page comic price point. But are things changing?

Recently, Bleeding Cool has followed Marvel Comics' death of a thousand cuts to the $3.99 32-page comic price point. In Marvel's May 2024 solicits and solicitations, they have the following 32 pages comics (with between 20 and 22 pages of story) for $4.99 instead.

1. Blood Hunt #2
2. Union Jack The Ripper #1
3. Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #5
4. Amazing Spider-Man #49
5. Ultimate Black Panther #4
6. Ultimate Spider-Man #5
7. Ultimate X-Men #3
8. Superior Spider-Man #7
9. Spider-Boy #7
10. What If Venom #4
11. Carnage #7
12. GODS #8
13. Wolverine #49
14. Fall Of The House OF X #6
15. Rise Of The Powers Of X #5
16. Weapon X-Men #3
17. Weapon X-Men#4
18. Immortal Thor #10
19. Immortal Thor #11
20. Captain America #9
21. Daredevil #9
22. New Mutants Facsimile #98
23. Amazing Spider-Man Facsimile #236
24. Secret Wars Facsimile #5
25. Star Wars: High Republic #7
26. Star Wars #46
27. Jango Fett #3
28. Darth Vader #46

That's a fair whack. Twenty-eight of them. As to the 32 page comics still at the $3.99 price point?

1. Avengers #14
2. Venom #33
3. Doctor Strange #15
4. Get Fury #1
5. Ghost Rider Final Vengeance #3
6. Deadpool #2
7. Kid Venom #2
8. Shadow Of The Green Goblin #2
9. The Spectacular Spider-Men #3
10. Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider #2
11. Black Widow & Hawkeye #3
12. Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 #3
13. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #20
14. Spider-Woman #7
15. Jackpot And Black Cat #3
16. Spider-Punk: Arms Race #4
17. Invincible Iron Man #18
18. X-Men: Forever #3
19. X-Men: Forever #4
20. Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #3
21. X-Men '97 #3
22. Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #4
23. Cable #4
24. Captain Marvel #8
25. Star Wars: Mace Windu #4
26. Aliens: What If…? #3
27. Predator: The Last Hunt #4
28. Incredible Hulk #12
29. Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #4,
30. Sensational She-Hulk #8,
31. Fantastic Four #20
32. Night Thrasher #4
33. Power Pack: Into The Storm #5,

That's thirty-three, so that's basically 50/50 and there seems to rhyme nor reason as to why some books at this size are priced at $3.99 or at $4.99. But at the ComicsPro retailer summit in Pittsburgh this week, we hear that Dan Buckley, President Of Marvel Entertainment stated that Marvel Comics will be emphasizing the $3.99 comic price point for most issues, going forward. Which represents quite a change. Though of course it's not quite Todd McFarlane's Spawn titles, all still at $2.99.

Dan Buckley told comic shop retailers at ComicsPro that it is Marvel's plan to be a partner with comic stores not only now, but for the future. That included the free Marvel Must Haves editions, re-establishing creator/editorial retreats post-pandemic to create new stories, and will keeping special edition comics like the "red band" editions of Blood Hunt print only, and not available digitally. Also to expect a lot of promotional opportunities around the upcoming Deadpool And Wolverine movie… Stay tuned to our continuing coverage of ComicsPRO 2024 with this handy tag.

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