Spider-Man, No More!

Marvel is REALLY beginning to turn me off. They have dropped the page count of Amazing Spider-Man to 22 pages of story but are keeping the price at $3.99US/8.80AU. When they started the Big Time event back in January, the book was boosted up to 30 pages of story. I'm happy to pay for 30 pages at $8.80, but 22, no way. I should say that the main factor is this is that the book is TWICE a month, not just once. If it was once, OK, I can manage that, as I but other once-a-month books at $8.80. But twice? And the worst part it I knew they'd do this, I KNEW it! I even had a discussion about it with a friend.

It's just ridiculous. If it's twice a month at just 22 story pages the book should be $2.99US/6.60AU, NOT $8.80. So I'll be dropping the title once the current Spider-Island arc finishes in two issues. Haven't decided yet if I'll move to digital copies of the book or wait for the trade, but I'm won't be buying the physical issues of Amazing Spider-Man until the issue price drops back to at least $2.99US. Marvel are doing similar thing with other $8.80AU books, dropping the story page count back to 22. Guess I'll have to re-evaluate those as well...