I picked up the trade paperbacks on sale at a store that was going out of business, and I was impressed by the sharp, funny take on characters I had loved as a kid, written for a more mature audience. One of my friends had recommended Joss Whedon's run writing Astonishing X-Men. I did, however, start reading comics again in the last few years. Still, $2.99 is too expensive to make me resume monthly comic shop trips. In late 2010, both publishers wised up to the fact that the high cover prices were hurting them, and announced that they would change prices on most titles to $2.99. Like most things, comics have only gotten more expensive over time - until recently, the two major comics publishers, Marvel and DC, were both selling individual issues for $3.99. And oh, there were a lot of them: Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Force, X-Factor, Excalibur, Cable, us miniseries following characters like Gambit, Domino, and Rouge.Īs I grew older, I stopped reading X-Men the story lines weren't really grabbing me anymore, but moreover, keeping up with several comic books each month was becoming a rather pricey hobby. I was a big X-Men fan in middle and high school, and for several years, I made my monthly trek to the comic book store to buy all of the new titles in the X-Men universe.
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