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Brian Hibbs On Where He Disagrees With My Disagreements About His Most Recent Column
posted January 18, 2009
 

>>>First, while it's clear that Marvel may feel emboldened in going to $3.99 comics because of the success $3.99 comics enjoyed at the top of the charts this year, that doesn't make it a better or more reasonable move and I think pointing out that part of it is more important than revealing Marvel's likely logic construction.<<<

That was the subject of last month's column, Tom -- I didn't feel like I needed to repeat it all again!

>>>Second, you can't argue that Marvel is making this kind of a move out of pure A leads to B logic and then suggest that Marvel or DC providing lousy solicitation is harming their overall brand when A has never, ever lead to B.<<<

I'll disagree, pretty emphatically -- I see it happening in my store THIS VERY MOMENT. Because of how we order comics, that isn't quite filtered so neatly into the sales (orders) charts, but it is still happening.