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(09-22-2011 05:24 AM)Jason1749 Wrote:  

(09-22-2011 03:06 AM)thechrishaley Wrote:  Not that I'm not delighted about it, but can anyone tell me what Marvel's deal is lately with new issues of books coming out only a few weeks or (in Daredevil's case this month) only one week apart?

I'm sure there's got to be some intelligent business reason for this, but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is.

I'm fairly sure it's a cynical attempt to keep their market share up while they get drubbed by DC during the re-launch.

Well, they've been doing it longer than just this month, but I'd guess that if they can get saps like myself to purchase a regular issue, a Point One issue, and a few extra issues every month, the Disney stockholders will be very happy indeed and maybe print comics will survive a little bit longer.

For example, Uncanny X-Force launched in October of last year. 12 months ago. And last week, issue #15 shipped. Oh, and there was a Point One issue in there as well. So they sold 16 issues of UXF in one year. Not bad for them. Not good for my wallet, though.