The time was, that 2 bucks could get you 20 comics, rather then just 
one, and back issues were available for  3 for a dime. It was a time that 
the poorest of the masses could enjoy, despite living lives of the most 
wretched of poverty. Now I don't know of a single title costing less 
then 1.95. a copy. The 12 cent comic, lasted 7 & a half years. IF they 
would have kept to that, a 2 to 3 cent price increase every 7 1/2 years, 
the prices today, would be a mere 25 cents or so today. When a title 
costs  basiclly 2 bucks,because of tax, something that until 1983, was 
NEVER added on comics here, well, at 36 bucks a year for one title, tan 
titles add up! Comics have become  intertainment for the upper middle 
class.Frankly, if my silver age collection was'nt 90% completed, I sure 
would'nt make the effort to go for it.Time was, a price increase would 
be 2 or 3 cents, then 5 cents, then a dime, then a quarter. Now, 50 
cents is more like it.Back in the 70s, every 14 months was seeing 
another price increase.concevably, by ten years from now, a 36 page 
comic could go for as much as ten bucks a shot.  Oh, they would still 
last even if 50 bucks an issue was being asked, but the print runs would 
be 5 thousand or less, for the sons of the very wealthy. Heck, a hundred 
bucks a shot could be asked for snazzy covers and print runs of 500 
copies.In the very end, a thousand bucks an issue for 100 copy print 
runs will be asked. Such money is nothing to the children of the Bill 
Gates of the world. 
 
 
 
 
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