All comic books magically sell for 2 dollars instead of four

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All comic books magically sell for 2 dollars instead of four

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Would that radically change who the top dog companies are?

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Sven the Returned wrote:Would that radically change who the top dog companies are?
I don't think so. Marvel and DC would pump out twice as many books using the same characters. Image would be as slow as they always are because Image isn't a comic company so much as a farmers market... if the produce isn't ready, the farmers (creators) don't show up that month.

Valiant might get more sales but they wouldn't pump out junk just for the sake of pumping out junk, so they would probably fall further behind other small publishers who would sell more junk (of the same quality as now).

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If VEI alone started selling all their books for $2.99, let alone $1.99, it would be interesting to see how that might affect sales. It could boost the amount of readers trying out a title, or picking up the start of a new arc or crossover, but I don't know if it would affect sales long term.
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I would venture there would be more readers, but not enough to justify the lost revenue. That aside, I could see some potential boost for Valiant as new readers might feel more compelled to pick up a new title as they would have more budget.


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