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Single issue monthly comics don't really make sense.
Even less at the prices they're at, I could entertain them if they cost two dollars not five.
If you're, say, a Batman fan (example as its the only character I sorta follow these days) you get two volumes of BATMAN, two volumes of 'Tec, two volumes of a third series, and other two of BATGIRL, ROBIN or whatever, plus special one off projects throughout per year.
That should be more than enough to get your "fix", and it would be much more of an event with each launch as they would be completely new. And much more friendly to the hypothetical new reader that gets a headache when they try to explain monthly comics to them.
And also, they're written that way anyways. I read BATMAN #2 today and it took me five minutes, next month I'll have to read it again because I won't even remember it.
Of course this would completely kill the collector's market and that's a good thing too. It doesn't make sense anyway, no comic book from 1970 onwards will ever be valuable.
I've never seen an auction for vintage volumes of Tintin or Astro Boy (I'm sure they exist, but I'm also sure it's not comparable to the American thing).
Edited by Rodrigo castellanos on 03 October 2025 at 12:11am
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