The black and white bulk "phonebook" reprints were successful enough for Marvel that others have since moved into that market with success, including DC, Dark Horse, and Image. For the price they are hard to beat on value. And certain genres (namely War comics, which DC has really supported in the B&W format) look better in B&W than color. I am already invested in the Essentials format and do not see myself changing that. I don't like how they are jumping around, either. At least with the Essentials you know that when the next volume comes out it will be the next one in line, not a random one. But that having been said click on the reviews for any Essentials or Showcase Presents volume on Amazon and you will see someone giving it 1 star because it's not in color. So clearly there is a market for these books.
On Monday, April 15, 2013 9:57:23 PM UTC-4, Shag wrote: > I'm not thrilled with the price point. At 450 pages, that's about 20 > comics; so roughly $2.00 per comic. I kinda like the cheap Essentials > price. If you can handle black and white, I highly recommend them. You > can usually pick them up at conventions dirt cheap. > > Shag > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-epic-collections.html >> >> Marvel's new Epic Collections line will be about the lengh of their >> current Essentials line, but in color rather than black & white. Also, >> strangely, they are not starting at the beginning, but rather releasing >> volumes somewhere in the middle, and plan to jump around as they finish up >> the series. >> >> In answer to the age old question, evidently a "color Essentials" would >> cost about double, between $34.99 - $39.99. >> >> What do you folks think? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
