DC Comics Fans Are Pissed At The New Price Hikes
DC Comics announced Thursday prices for physical and digital copies of almost all ongoing title [...]
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Thanks a lot for the stupid price increase @DCComics . $3.99 was always my line in the sand. I dropped Marvel titles when they went to that price point. Looks like I won't be collecting comics for much longer.
— Jeff DeWitt (@nWoJeffDW) May 10, 2018
prevnextHey, @DCComics. If you’re going to raise the price of all your books to $3.99 give us digital codes like @Marvel or at the very least drop the biweekly books back to monthly. You took a lot of steps forward with the Rebirth stuff & now you’re taking 10 steps back!
— Todd Gray (@grendelred) May 10, 2018
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Kinda hoping @DCComics goes to monthly release with increase of price on their comics, I don't know if my wallet can handle a price jump plus bi-weekly shipping!
— Ryan Wilson (@Mr_RyN_93) May 11, 2018
prevnext@DCComics will the biweekly books be going monthly now that the price is going up to $3.99, or will they continue to be published twice a month? I will be dropping those titles if the cost will be $8 a month.
— John Boggs (@JohnBoggs4) May 11, 2018
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Damn it!! Looks like imma have to trim down my #pulllist for @DCComics now that they are raising the prices. Uh sucks cuz idk how I’m gonna do it without collecting all the single issues but with a price increase and no raise I’m trimming
— Edward (@elg3la) May 11, 2018
prevnextI wish the price increase also included a digital copy...but I guess I'm in the minority when it comes to such things
— Bobby N. Cognito (@bobbyincognito) May 10, 2018
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These line-wide price increases, especially on biweeklies, are really gonna hurt DC and in the end you guys. #dccomics
— Scott (@scottluvslucero) May 10, 2018
prevnextBecause of the $2.99 price point when I got into DC at Rebirth, I was able to go in deep. I bought just about everything for a while and figured out what I liked. This won’t make me buy less, but less likely to buy more.
— bryan gerding (@bryanobryan) May 10, 2018
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When I can get a great book, that I can read for days for the same price as 4 @DCComics it's time to quit reading comics. 1 week of content versus 45 minutes. Not even a contest. $3.99 you out of your mind?
— Hello Puppy (@Gemini_Wolf70) May 11, 2018
prevnextDammit, @DCComics. You could have at least given us digital codes with that $1 price hike. I sure hope that the double-shipping books drop to once a month, at least. Frick.#comics #DCcomics
— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) May 10, 2018
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@DCComics about the price increase pic.twitter.com/Nmsb4xb7HQ
— JM (@Jlm9022) May 10, 2018
prevnext@DCComics FYI I'll be dropping Wonder Woman immediately. Sorry, but it's just not worth the price increase to $3.99 AND double-shipping. You can have one or the other but you cannot have both. Especially as it's been very lack-lustre since Robinson took the helm.
— Devaishwarya Neeramanii (@DevaishwaryaN) May 10, 2018
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Comics is becoming an increasingly niche hobby. Current prices are insane and unhelpful.
— Scott (@Scott13055174) May 11, 2018
prevnextThe fact that @Marvel can sell twice monthly books at $3.99 and still be the #1 publisher every month is exactly why @DCComics is doing this. And the drop in sales will be minimal. We’re addicts, we gotta get our fix no matter how high the price... ?
— Neal Alejandre (@nealalejandre) May 10, 2018
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I have been a life long DC collector but at 3.99 down the line for all titles I'll be cutting back to 4 titles, this is how Marvel is dying
— Lex Silverback Kemp (@lexkempjr) May 11, 2018
prevnextI may be dropping several @DCComics titles. Now all titles are 3.99 and they have discontinued the ability to renew the purchased comic.
— Spirit Comics (@SpiritComics1) May 11, 2018
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@DCComics @JimLee so, increase prices to $3.99, remove digital codes & possibly still twice a month shipping on some? Thanks, but no thx. I was looking for an excuse to cut back on DC, now I have one. Even at $3.99, @Marvel will be better because of digital codes. #MakeMineMarvel
— Storm (@Stormboli) May 10, 2018
prevnextIt isn't a deal breaker for me, yet, that #dccomics are all going 3.99 soon, but at two issues a month for some books, one series will match or exceed services that provide objectively more content. My own budget isn't so tight but I really have to think before following a title.
— psudonym (@psuedofolio) May 10, 2018
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They’re also removing the digital codes for all the books that aren’t big events, this definitely doesn’t seem like a smart strategy as it gives @Marvel the edge in their $3.99 books and it could definitely cause some people to drop some @DCComics titles
— CJ Seddon @FauxNerd96 (@FauxNerd96) May 10, 2018
So @DCComics will now all be $3.99. I'll be dropping a few books from the pull list. In a world where comics dont sell anywhere the numbers they used to, or should be with this geek culture revolution, you'd think comic companies would stop shooting themselves in the foot.
— Steve Knarr (@steveknarr) May 11, 2018
prevSoooo not happy with @DCComics price increases. If you're gonna be $3.99 then those titles must go back to once monthly. Twice monthly at $3.99 is ridiculous.
— kevin (@fighterofevil) May 11, 2018