Comments on: Black History Month ‘09 #17: Still Dreaming http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/ we like talking about comics, and hopefully you like reading us talking about comics. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dane http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-22320 Dane Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:19:18 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2537#comment-22320 Yes, David. That makes perfect sense. Thanks. Yes, David. That makes perfect sense. Thanks.

]]> By: Jbird http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-22311 Jbird Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:26:34 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2537#comment-22311 The 'outlaw' element is definitely a real appeal of Marvel to even young white boys. The authority figures all love Superman and couldn't stop him if they wanted to; he needs Clark Kent as an identity to pretend to be subject to their law. This isn't something that reflects the experience of most young men. Spider-man was a poor schmuck who couldn't catch a break and who could get hurt like any other guy. That appeals to you when you're a kid. The ‘outlaw’ element is definitely a real appeal of Marvel to even young white boys. The authority figures all love Superman and couldn’t stop him if they wanted to; he needs Clark Kent as an identity to pretend to be subject to their law. This isn’t something that reflects the experience of most young men. Spider-man was a poor schmuck who couldn’t catch a break and who could get hurt like any other guy. That appeals to you when you’re a kid.

]]> By: david brothers http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-22307 david brothers Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:16:45 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2537#comment-22307 @<a href="#comment-22306">Dane</a>: Dane, my understanding is that loss leaders are essentially stock sold at a lower price to boost sales. You don't make as much money, but you sell more copies. So if you sell the first wave of fat Milestone trades at ten bucks and have a huge number of issues in there, they would hopefully sell many more copies than usual. This has the benefit of creating more potential fans, so that when the second trade comes out at slightly higher, they'll be more likely to go "Oh, I liked the first one of these. This price isn't too bad." Make sense? @Dane: Dane, my understanding is that loss leaders are essentially stock sold at a lower price to boost sales. You don’t make as much money, but you sell more copies.

So if you sell the first wave of fat Milestone trades at ten bucks and have a huge number of issues in there, they would hopefully sell many more copies than usual. This has the benefit of creating more potential fans, so that when the second trade comes out at slightly higher, they’ll be more likely to go “Oh, I liked the first one of these. This price isn’t too bad.”

Make sense?

]]> By: Dane http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-22306 Dane Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:44:00 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2537#comment-22306 Help me out here. What do you mean by loss leaders? Help me out here. What do you mean by loss leaders?

]]> By: Onion http://www.4thletter.net/2009/02/black-history-month-09-17-still-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-22304 Onion Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:38 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2537#comment-22304 Honestly, I wish DC wasn't merging Milestone with their current DCverse. Static in Terror Titans hurts the soul. Honestly, I wish DC wasn’t merging Milestone with their current DCverse. Static in Terror Titans hurts the soul.

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