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Don't buy All New X-Men.
That's downright masochistic.
Dude, you're the one who does nothing but complain about how you haven't enjoyed a comic in like a decade every single bought/thought.And that's downright ignorant. We haven't even seen previews to know its quality so we can't call it masochistic. And honestly, I enjoy Bendis' writing and Immonen is an amazing artist. I'm a 21 year-long X-Men fan... it'd be stupid for me NOT to pick the book up.
Webhead2006 said:Why arre folks complaining about double ship. I like that for story reasons. But I can see that price is a issue for some.
JewishHobbit said:I have a fixed budget for comics and I typically buy up to that budget. Come November I will be buying 9 titles from Marvel. The problem is, they are double shipping 6 of those titles (5 of them $4). Also,they raised the price of X-Men Legacy (and double shipped it) and for one of the New Avengers issues so that's another $3 more a month. So that's suddenly an extra $23 that I can't afford to spend. So due to Marvel's double shipping I have to drop or skip $23 worth of titles from my monthly load. I don't want to drop a few books but now because of Marvel double shipping titles, I have to drop titles that I really enjoy. In essence, they're squeezing me off of titles I really want to read.
Case in point - my November buy list:
Total: $96
Marvel $4 – $49
Uncanny Avengers 2
All New X-Men 1
All New X-Men 2
X-Men Legacy 1
X-Men Legacy 2
New Avengers 33
New Avengers 34 ($5)
Wolverine & the X-Men 20
Wolverine & the X-Men 21
Uncanny X-Force 33
Uncanny X-Force 34
Defenders 12
Marvel $3 – $15
X-Factor 246
X-Factor 247
Hawkeye 4
Captain Marvel 7
Gambit 5
Marvel Minis & One-Shots – $0
DC – $32
Justice League 14 ($4)
Justice League Dark 14
Batman 14 ($4)
Batman Inc. 5
Talon 2
Nightwing 14
Phantom Stranger 2
Green Lantern 14
Batwoman 14
Batman & Robin 14
As of right now here is my planned buy list for November. I planned on trying out Hawkeye and Captain Marvel for a few more issues. I also wanted to try Indestructable Hulk and maybe Captain America. The problem is, my budget has lately shrunk and I try to keep it between $70 and $80 a month. So I am between $16 to $26 over budget, and that's not even including Hulk or Cap. So in order for me to afford my comics I have to drop the titles I'm testing entirely (Hawkeye, Gambit, and Captain Marvel). That's only $9. Now I have to start dropping titles that I actually care about, and since my upper titles are the ones Marvel is double shipping, it has to come from elsewhere. I've been on X-Factor since day one (hit and miss) but suddenly I can't afford it and I have to drop that book. That's $15. That hits the upper rank of what I can afford but I hate being at that point so I am also considering getting rid of Batwoman and Batman & Robin, though I've been trying to hold onto those two titles and I try to not ding DC when Marvel does stupid crap like this.
So all in all, because of Marvel's double shipping, I am dropping or potentially dropping:
X-Factor
Gambit
Hawkeye
Captain Marvel
Batwoman
Batman & Robin
And I actually WANT to buy those titles. And THAT'S why double shipping is stupid. Yeah, it's good for the title they're double shipping but these other books are getting the flack for it just so people with budgets can afford to continue with the books that are double shipped.
JewishHobbit said:A surprising statistic there now that I'm looking over that list. I buy 1 more Marvel title than DC, and yet to get them all I'd have to spend exactly DOUBLE the price due to Marvel's price gouging and double shipping. And yet, as a result of that I will potentially be dropping 4 Marvel books to 2 of DC's (if I even drop those two DC's). So Marvel's price gouging and double shipping will that month put DC ahead of them in regards to the number of titles I buy for the first time in my 21 years of collecting.
CConn said:Don't buy All New X-Men.
That's downright masochistic.
Dude, you cannot drop Batman and Robin. That's a solid book.
Spider-Nerd said:Dude, you cannot drop Batman and Robin. That's a solid book.
El Bastardo said:Yeah. If you're going to drop stuff, why not drop the stuff making you drop other stuff? Then, not only might you not have to drop the other stuff, but you might be able to pick up more in the end.
They could allways adopt Ultimate Scarlet Witch's costumeMTV Geek has the exclusive for John Cassaday's redesigns for Rogue, Scarlet Witch, and Havok:http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/08/16...arlet-witch-and-havok-tom-brevoort-interview/
Also put Tom Brevoort's quotes about each redesigned suit below each pic.
"The Scarlet Witch has always had one of the least practical costumes for a super hero, so having come out the other side of 'AvX' and 'Children's Crusade,' that was something we were looking to address," Brevoort said of the character's fairly dramatic overhaul. "I didn't really have anything specific in mind other than, 'More practical' and 'Keep the tiara...' That Tiara is the most easily identifiable aspect of any Scarlet Witch outfit. It was John who came back with the more covered-up civilian style, which we liked and made sense. Wanda is in a different place right now, she doesn't feel like a super hero any more and she's looking for a way to atone for her past actions and to move forward as a person, so this look underlines that change in her outlook."
TB: In terms of Rogues look, I think everybody involved really liked her original Michael Golden outfit, the one with the hoodso this represents a modernization of that approach to the character. As you say, its really not all that different from the kinds of things shes been wearing recently. A little bit less scarf, maybe.
TB: In essence, Rick and I wanted to go back to something approximating his original cool Neal Adams designthe black highlight-less bodysuit with the concentric circle power effect. That was always his most distinctive look in my opinion, and nothing hes worn since that has really been all that memorable. So John took his cues from that design, tweaked it a little bit, pulled that strange antennae-thing he had on his head down onto his cowl, and off we went. I seem to recall that John initially had him with a full belt, and I had to talk him into compromising with the sort of side belt things.