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Numbercrunching DC February 2011 Solicitations
Here's the headlines, based on DC Comics solicitation information for new monthly comics for February (minus the licensed, creator-owned and Vertigo titles). Despite the drop of $2.99 titles to 20 pages, the price per page for collecting the DC Universe has fallen down over a cent, but Marvel are getting closer, only 0.3 cents per page off DC.
Will next month be the month that Marvel comics give you better value than DC?
December: 56 books – 33 titles at $2.99 (22 pages of story), 12 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story) 8 titles at $3.99 (22 pages of story) 2 titles at $3.99 (44 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (80 pages of story)
Complete cost: $192.44 for 1430 pages of story (13.5 cents a page)
January: 56 books – 52 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 4 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story)
Complete cost: $171.44 for 1160 pages of story content. (15.8 cents a page)
February: 62 books – 58 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 3 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (70 pages of story)
Complete cost: $191.38 for 1320 pages of story content. (14.5 cents a page)