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I've been getting the McKeever NOMAD mini and it is very "meh". If it is the same artist as the mini, it will be a bit of a mish-mash of styles. The Bru part will have that darker art with a more adult theme while the Nomad mini thus far seems to be aimed at appealing to the younger crowd (teen rebellion, rebelling against authority, high school angst).
I don't think, long term, that this will last. It might be more to compete with DC whom also took the $3.99 jump but gave the readers backup stories for their extra buck. My worry is, for both Marvel and DC, is that after a year, they will drop all books back to 32 pages but keep the price at $3.99.
Now I love Cap and probably will always buy the book but the $4 comic book is killing their market for any new readers and just smacks of squeezing more money from the hardcore readers (i.e.-not expanding the market but just wringing more money from their already shrinking base).
I've already cut back on the number of titles I buy and won't try any new comics other than the titles I know I will like. So I'll always buy my comics, only less of them. And I do get a good discount through mail order. But after going into Barnes & Nobles yesterday and seeing some rather nice art books knocked down in price to $7-$15, it is hard to justify $4 for 32-42 pages as a good value.
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