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| Zeus 08/12/18 4:33:43 AM #81: | Realized I started but didn't post this rogerskg1979 posted... The 80s through the early 90s is considered one of the peaks of the comic book industry. There was an X-Men comic in 1991 that sold 8 million copies. It was and still is by far the best selling comic of all time. If it was the relaunch that broke the team into X-Men Blue and X-Men Gold, I was one of those 8 million who bought it. rogerskg1979 posted... Eventually people started getting tired of the huge price increases and the focus on gimmicks to sell comics instead of focusing on good storytelling. A lot of people stopped buying, and the market crashed hard. Marvel was then facing bankruptcy in 1996 as a result. Well, gimmicks *had* been the big seller of comics for much of its history =p --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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