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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2018 15:05:20 GMT
This is partly why I subscribe. Also it was cheap as chips when I signed up. £15 every six months!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 11:38:35 GMT
Legends was in today, but still no Avengers. I guess they either sold them all almost immediately (no chance, they hang around all month those comics) or they aren't getting that issue at all. Hmm.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 18, 2018 22:37:56 GMT
Really enjoyed X-Men this month. I know the story is basically one big battle, but it was a story I could understand for once and had some great art.
Still no sign of Avengers. Will resort to eBay I think.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2018 22:53:57 GMT
Do you want me to look while I'm here in The Smoke?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 18, 2018 23:01:54 GMT
Ta, but I think I'm ok. Got a watch on a BIN that's pretty much retail plus postage.
I need to sub really. There are some good deals currently.
Ralph, how bashed do your sub copies get? I'm assuming being Panini there isn't much protection. My DWMs are always creased or torn somehow.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2018 8:43:35 GMT
They do get bashed as they are slung in a thin A4 envelope.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on Nov 19, 2018 14:00:12 GMT
Really enjoyed X-Men this month. I know the story is basically one big battle, but it was a story I could understand for once and had some great art. Still no sign of Avengers. Will resort to eBay I think. This is a brilliant comic agreed! |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 6, 2018 19:06:10 GMT
New US format style bookazine/tpb ala Thanos Quest. Miles Morales: Spider-Man - collecting the first seven issues of what I think was the last series. Just in time for Into the Spider-Verse.
Andy
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Post by browny87 on Dec 6, 2018 20:32:58 GMT
yeah i picked that up wednesday, really good read actually never read those stories before
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 6, 2018 21:09:39 GMT
Picked Legends up today and, learning from my experience a few years back, checked Avengers was out the day after Boxing Day
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 6, 2018 21:25:57 GMT
New US format style bookazine/tpb ala Thanos Quest. Miles Morales: Spider-Man - collecting the first seven issues of what I think was the last series. Just in time for Into the Spider-Verse. Andy Shockingly, I saw this in Sainsburgeries! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 6, 2018 23:51:59 GMT
Picked it up - enjoyable stuff. Again - Bendis on a solo book is fine. Bendis on a team book is not.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 7, 2018 13:07:09 GMT
Not always. I read Spider-Men 1 and 2. They were...not good.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 7, 2018 13:33:11 GMT
I avoided them, but enjoyed his work on Hellspawn USM and Daredevil.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2018 22:11:59 GMT
I am once again considering my Panini buying. I'm not sure £4.50 represents decent value for comics I only want to read 2/7 of, which places MWOM and Marvel Legends at risk. Legends was probably going to be a temporary buy anyway through to the end of Secret Empire. MWOM .... well Champions is the only one that really interests me though I'll look at Black Panther now I know JRjr drew it. Their "rotate the lead strip to cash in on the films policy" is annoying me too. The other problem is space. I haven't got any left under the bed to store them. Comixology sales, at 69p an issue, may be a better option going forward even for Avengers & X-Men. I junked Spider-Man for the current volume and have been reading that digital only in trades, and have been buying X-Men, Avengers, Champions and Thor in the same way too. MWOM hovers on the kill zone..... Probably safe for Secret Empire, which I've not bought the Spider-man issues, and until the crossover featuring one of their titles and another book which follows shortly after. But after that .... The choice may decide if MWOM gets the shove or not from me. I'm going as far as the crossover between Avengers & Champions but how much further..... I think the moment may now have come. There's probably room for one more issue in the Avengers/MWOM/Legends Box..... |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2018 22:32:08 GMT
I'm still struggling with the squarebound spines. To see the full page it needs creases and broken spines, and I just don't like that. I keep looking at the super cheap comixology trade sales you post and think, what chance is there I'll ever reread all these Panini books? I can wait a year or two to read the stories if it means getting six issue collections for a couple of quid. After not being able to find last month's Avengers I haven't bought this month's either and I'm pondering if I just stop and wait for another Avengers sale.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2018 23:07:10 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2018 23:31:53 GMT
Blimey, that No Surrender book is a weighty tome for £5.50. When you look at a price comparison like that it makes no sense not to read that way. Collections would also give me more of a chance to keep track of the stories. I think I'd have to keep buying X-Men simply because I have been for so long, but maybe Avengers and Legends I'll go digital.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 24, 2018 8:08:58 GMT
Trades have spines too so maybe digital is the way to go for you?
Quite enjoying Hawkeye in MWOM and the Ditko Dr Strange reprints.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 24, 2018 8:14:26 GMT
Trades have spines too so maybe digital is the way to go for you? Yes we've had that conversation before; trades are different. They have superior, stronger binding and can stand a read. They feel like books. The cheap binding on the Panini comics means they aren't a proper comic and they aren't a trade either. They feel like if you open the pages too far that they'll fall out. Trades don't do that. |
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Post by browny87 on Dec 24, 2018 16:37:43 GMT
I just cant go digital, I stare at a computer screen at work all day so its nice to get away to read so im willing to pay a bit more for that  |
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Post by blueshift on Dec 24, 2018 16:47:55 GMT
I just cant go digital, I stare at a computer screen at work all day so its nice to get away to read so im willing to pay a bit more for that Digital is great because you can read them in the bath. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 24, 2018 17:46:02 GMT
Trades have spines too so maybe digital is the way to go for you? Yes we've had that conversation before; trades are different. They have superior, stronger binding and can stand a read. They feel like books. The cheap binding on the Panini comics means they aren't a proper comic and they aren't a trade either. They feel like if you open the pages too far that they'll fall out. Trades don't do that. Direct neural implants are the answer. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 24, 2018 18:30:58 GMT
Yes! Where can I get those?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 24, 2018 18:44:35 GMT
Asdaland.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on Dec 24, 2018 22:14:46 GMT
id love Asda to sell this lol
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 3, 2019 18:40:56 GMT
The Paninivision FB page shows that Spidery-Man has jumped to £4.99. Oh dear.
Really, subbing is the way to go. For the three titles I kept on, I'm only paying £15 every six months.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 3, 2019 19:00:56 GMT
Mmm. Now that I check my sub copy of the most recent Marvel Legends I see it also has £4.99 on the cover. I hadn't noticed as there was no mention in the Editorial!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 3, 2019 23:12:02 GMT
Half the price of a Hachette trade...
Not a good deal.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 3, 2019 23:21:33 GMT
That's another big jump not that long after the last one. Urg. Comixology sale time I think. I may sub to X-Men purely because I've been buying it so long.
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