Attention Shoppers: Marvel’s Trying To Pull A Fast One This Week
We’ve already heard a few complaints about the two comics racked above.
What’s the complaint? One’s an Avengers book, the other’s Captain Britain. They both look like retro-throwbacks to the 80’s, and they both look like they’re tying into The Iron Age miniseries, right? Okay, they’re a little pricy at $4.99, but–
–wait a minute. Open them up.
They’re the same comic.
These are both covers for The Iron Age #1. The series title is right up there, in that little red bar at the top of the issues. The Captain Britain cover? Marvel is considering that to be a variant cover.
Look at that picture of them on the rack. Would you have thought they were just variant covers, or would you have thought they were the same book? And would you be angry when you got home and discovered you paid $4.99 for a duplicate you didn’t want?
Consider this a public service announcement to help save money in these tough economic times. And the next time somebody behind the counter at your local comic book shop yells at you for looking through the books with the time-honored “This ain’t a library, bub!” you can simply tell them that you have to because comic book publishers are pulling stunts like this.
I actually grabbed my copy off the rack and didn’t see the Capt. Britain cover. I’d almost lay this equally on the stores shoulders, if its a variant they shouldn’t be next to each other but in the same stack spread out.
I’m glad I’ve refused to read anymore Marvel mega crossovers. This is the ultimate in BS, but at the same time, readers should make sure they know what they’re buying. It’s much harder to be conned if you don’t let yourself.
I grabbed them both, and while I was being rung up the guy told me they were both the same issue. He told me that the Cap. Britain was the variant, and asked if I still wanted them both. Some people do try to collect all the variants (I have all the Djurdjevic Heroic Age variants bagged and boarded). I told him nah, and got the Cap. Britain cover.
Nice that my comic shop cares enough to let customers know, that’s why I will never go anywhere else.