Did the Marvel Marketing Machine Fail?

**Joe Kalicki** · 06-05-2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Ben

People are still more likely to buy an issue #1 for $3.99 than an issue #134 for $3.99.

What about $3.99 for issue 133 and the reprint of an old interview?

I would drop all the Ultimate Comics after Ultimatum, but I actually dropped them after Ultimatum 2/USM 131. I couldn't wait.

**bartleby** · 06-05-2009, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Joe Kalicki

What about $3.99 for issue 133 and the reprint of an old interview?

I would drop all the Ultimate Comics after Ultimatum, but I actually dropped them after Ultimatum 2/USM 131. I couldn't wait.

So wait, you're complaining that you're being ripped off by a book that you weren't even going to buy in the first place?

That'd be like me complaining that NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 was sold out.

**Joe Kalicki** · 06-05-2009, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by bartleby

So wait, you're complaining that you're being ripped off by a book that you weren't even going to buy in the first place?

That'd be like me complaining that NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 was sold out.

Nah, not complaining, just supporting those who complain!

**tom daylight** · 06-05-2009, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ben

People are still more likely to buy an issue #1 for $3.99 than an issue #134 for $3.99.

Why would they be more likely to try something new out that's pricier than everything else, than continue to buy something they already habitually buy just at a higher price?

Bleh. I'm just peeved that they're charging $3.99 when Bendis said they wouldn't.

**NickT** · 06-05-2009, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by tom daylight

Why would they be more likely to try something new out that's pricier than everything else, than continue to buy something they already habitually buy just at a higher price?

Bleh. I'm just peeved that they're charging $3.99 when Bendis said they wouldn't.

Then maybe it's not 3.99? Could be wrong.

**Rod Nunley** · 06-05-2009, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by tom daylight

Why would they be more likely to try something new out that's pricier than everything else, than continue to buy something they already habitually buy just at a higher price?

Bleh. I'm just peeved that they're charging $3.99 when Bendis said they wouldn't.

That doesn't say that they wouldn't. That says that it isn't ... as in not currently, and that has now changed I guess.

**tom daylight** · 06-05-2009, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by rodnunley

That doesn't say that they wouldn't. That says that it isn't ... as in not currently, and that has now changed I guess.

You see the thread title that says "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1"? I don't remember it being made available for public consumption at $2.99 in February...

**bartleby** · 06-05-2009, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by tom daylight

Why would they be more likely to try something new out that's pricier than everything else, than continue to buy something they already habitually buy just at a higher price?

What about all those people who aren't habitually buying the book already?

**nick maynard** · 06-05-2009, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Gregory

Unless, like me, readers use the shift to drop the book in a tidy storypoint. I enjoyed the book when I cam aboard, but the change in artists (it's tough to follow Immonen), frustrating scheduling delays, new title, and seeming new direction give me convenient exit from the book.

the first person to ever complain about USM being late.