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Originally Posted by KTrain
I definitely get it for the old stuff but when I see a comic from the last couple decades in one it makes my heart ache for the industry.
The problem isn't preserving a book though. Seeing a 9.8 next to a marked up price on a book that came out last year gives me in flashbacks of the idiocy of the late 90s that caused the market to crash.
As with a lot of media these days, it seems like collecting comics is pricing out kids. Getting a new audience for the medium is tougher and tougher.
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I do know what you are saying, but I disagree that this is being caused by grading though.
If anything grading alleviates a lot of the upward pressure on the rest of the market. A non-graded or sub-graded copy for a kid is still going to be very cheap. Meanwhile the rarer pristine copy appeals to the collector.
The rise of the collected storyline in graphic novels also makes it a lot cheaper to read the good stories. As a non-collector, this is now primarily what I do.
Even then, at the end of the day, the kids can always read the online versions. Doesn't appeal to me as much, as I still like the physical pages...although I should get over this from both a cost and environmental point of view. However, it's not like in the past, where I would just never get to read certain issues. The subscription services are pretty insane for content.