Marvel Brings Back Dollar Comics With ‘True Believers” Line
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to getting into comic books today is that they’re so darned expensive. Your average comic book, digital or print, costs $4 and takes 10 minutes or less to read. Unless you’re a collector or you just really love the format, it can get difficult to justify the cost/enjoyment ratio. Marvel isn’t switching its line back to a dollar a book by any means. That ship sailed when the price increased to $1.25 way back in 1992. But it is announcing a program of budget reprints for fans who who may want to sample some of its most key comics. It’s similar to $1 sample lines already in place at Dark Horse, D.C. Comics and Image Comics. The True Believers reprints will include fan-favorite titles according to a press release. “These are some of the most popular stories in recent memory,” says Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel in the release. “We’re proud to bring them to fans in a new format that will allow them