How many comics do you buy?

[Iron-boy]

Just curious. :)

Also if you may post how many book a month? :o

[Dustin]

I spend about $12 and I buy about 3 a month. *I know. Not much.*

[Capta]

44 titles a Month......around $200.

[Iron-boy]

I spend about $12 and I buy about 3 a month. *I know. Not much.*

That how i started, i began reading transformers comic then Marvel and DC.

Also what are your favorite top 3 pull?

Mine was:

1.Iron Man
2.Captain America
3.GLC

[Christopher O]

I spend anywhere from $80 to $120. I know: it's a dirty, filthy habit, but I just can't kick it!

[Armless Penguin]

Way too much.

[Jeff-E]

$160-$200 a month

[Dustin]

That how i started, i began reading transformers comic then Marvel and DC.

Also what are your favorite top 3 pull?

Mine was:

1.Iron Man
2.Captain America
3.GLC

Wow we have a lot in common considering comics. Here is mine.

1. Spider-Man
2. Iron Man
3. Captain America

[Sparda]

For me probably around $65 bucks for now cause of adding the civil war tie ins but probably less when it's all over.

[Iron-boy]

Wow we have a lot in common considering comics. Here is mine.

1. Spider-Man
2. Iron Man
3. Captain America

Is that AMAZING SPIDERMAN? LOL I HONESTLY prefer AMS then GLC, i only putted GLC because i didnt want everybody to think im a marvel freak :p GLC goes 4th

So

1.Iron Man
2.Captain America
3.Amazing Spider Man

This was my pull list:(now i dont read anything)
Marvel:
Iron Man
Captain America
Civil War
Amazing Spider Man

DC:
The Flash(#1+)
Wonder Woman(#1+)
Green Lantern Corps
ION

IDW:
Transformers Evolutions: Hearts Of Steel

[Dustin]

Yup Amazing Spider-Man!:cool:

[Iron-boy]

Iron Man current arc IS AMAZING, it suck i i wont see who is controlling him :(

[kel25]

Varies from month to month but I'd say $80 is average. The most I ever spent in a month was $400. I don't smoke or drink so I need to have a different addiction than most. ;)

[Mark (nonick)]

You know I was just thinking about this. First, I spend about $30 if you factor in the occasional TPB:

Punisher MAX
Powers
Daredevil
Captain America
Ultimates 2
She-Hulk
Civil War

But note that I said these are the titles I "collect." What I've been thinking about lately is that I would like to READ several more titles a month, but I just don't care to collect them. Don't have the space, don't care that much about the creators, etc. If Marvel offered some kind of electronic subscription service (perhaps $30-40 per month) where I could log in and read anything published in the last 30 days - I would be all over that. I'd still collect the hard copies of my favorites, but for the X-Books, or the Avengers stuff - I would love to tune in and read a few books a week.

Granted, in some cases they may lose money on people who traditionally buy their entire catalog each month, but it would almost triple what I give them, and might even get me to buy more hard-copy titles.

Of course, there's the issue of piracy. But their Electronic Comics engine is pretty good as is, and it wouldn't take much to build one that prevents easily copying high-res books.

I know it will never happen, but it would tickle my fancy if it did.

[CaptainAwesome]

Right now around $45-$65 I guess. I never really keep track because if I do I know I would be ashamed.

Ive honestly lost track of how many books I get each month because Im always getting something new.

[EyesWideOpen]

i spend anywhere between $30-50 a week so $160-200 a month.

[The Shadow]

Right now around $45-$65 I guess.

Ive honestly lost track of how many books I get each month because Im always getting something new.
Same here.

[overcomebyfumes]

Including trades and HCs, about $300 to $400 a month.

I really need to cut down.

[Siddon]

I don't keep track

I have my 11 issues at my LCS to keep the 15% discount ( though thanks to delays and minis this is only 8 thank you Wolverine vs Hulk and Daredevil Father)
my 30 dollar a month credit at work
and my subs which is a 30-40% discount

but I also do Ebay, Mycomicshop and Amazon when I have extra money

[Meta 05]

well my collection is a shared habit with those i live with, I also need to budget in the fact i am gay under 30 an going off to clubs 40 mins away from me at least so i have really been cutting down.

I spend about 40 a month usually alittle more alittle less
Marvel I have droped to just

Uncanny X-MEN
X-MEN
NEW AVENGERS
MS MARVEL

They start going above the three dollar mark an I am done.There getting to be way to much to justify throwing away money on.

[Nesteaman]

I'd ball park 100-300... I buy TPB, so sometimes I don't even buy any, and then other months I fork out big cash. I sometimes pick up random mini series to keep myself busy.

1)Cable Deadpool
2)X-men
3)Amazing Spidey

[Venom65437]

If I add it up, I'll only feel bad about it.

Needless to say, it's gone up... A LOT in the past two years. Partly because of increase in price, partly because they keep increasing the Spider-Man and X-Men lines which I read a lot of, and partly because I am not longer in absolute finanical crap so I can afford more books.

[Dustin]

Iron Man current arc IS AMAZING, it suck i i wont see who is controlling him :(
Yeah I see what you mean there. Same problem.

[Darkwave]

I have to confess -- $70-80 a week. But I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford it, and I don't see anything wrong with dropping that sort of money to promote an industry I love.

I do the same thing with music.

[Jake V]

I spent around $140 in July.

I should probably be spending less.

[david r]

Now consider that 20 years ago, most comics were .65 cents. Now tally up all the books you buy right now and make them .65 cents. Look at the difference in how much you'd be spending.

Someone somewhere is making way too much $$$$ off us. :(

[Will.S]

One hundred billion dollars

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/rbotoole/2005/09/25/dr_evil_pinky.jpg

[90'sCartoonMan]

i spend anywhere between $30-50 a week so $160-200 a month.

Yeah, me too. I just wrote everything down, I read 57 ongoings and over 10 minis. Luckily I have some subscriptions...

[Young Avenger]

I spend about $60-$70 a month

[moon knight]

$30- $40 a month

[KittyPryde]

Somewhere around 60 individual titles a month (depending on the # of minis at the time, crossovers, and skip months). After discount, bags/boards, and sales tax, it's usually around $170 a month on those normal issues. The occasional trade, back issue, bust, figure, etc is above & beyond (but only every so many months).

[ultramandingo]

about 70$ a month...whatzat ? 12 months in a year...dang ! i couda spent all that on lucky strikes and at least looked all cool and stuff

[ednemo]

About $60 or so. All on trades and hardcovers. Except during the brief period when I was helping Dan pull his Thing.

[melike2]

Currently aroun d 100 Aus dollars a month on the new stuff..maybe another 100 or so on trades... (prob about 60-70 US?)

[Deadpooligan]

Probably around 80 bucks... the checkout comes to around 20 bucks each Wednesday, sometimes 30 for two slow weeks.

I am shocked and appalled at myself.

[BeastieRunner]

Pull List: Ion, Runaways, Hellblazer, Annihilation, Ultimate Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Spider-man Loves Mary Jane, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, JLA, Eternals, Green Lantern Corps., Creeper, Legends of the Dark Knight, Dr. Strange, Criminal, Agents of Atlas, & Blade.

Minus the ones not out yet . . . about $50-$60 because I'll pick up random comics from time to time as well.

[FlameOn4]

average of $20.

[jpk]

About $140 a month.

I'm in the process of pruning my pull list because that is...

Way.
Too.
Much.
Money.

:eek:

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

i spent about 20-30 dollars a week so it makes anywhere from 80-120 $ a month

[UnjustChaos]

Right now I`m spending about $80 a month due to Civil War. After the war is over I`ll be back down to 10 ongoing titles but 2 of them are on an irregular schedule.(Ultimates2 and All-Star Superman.) So probably $25 to $35 a month when theres not a big event going on.

Marvel: Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, Ult. Spider-Man, Ultimates 2, Ultimate Fantastic 4, Ult. X-men

DC: Detective Comics, Batman, JLA, All-Star Superman

Minis: Civil War, CW:Frontline, CW:X-men, Wolverine CW tie-ins. Ult. Wolverine Vs. Hulk

The rest of the Civil War tie ins I buy as I can afford them.

[steve2275]

.......200 300
and before u ask
i dont drink smoke(or any other drugs)and no gf to take my money

[Buddahbelly]

Average of $80 a month from internet discount service. 40 comics on pull list, but with bi-monthlys or delays it's shorter each month. Before I went with the service it was around $200 a month with gas to drive the 50 miles one wat to the nearest LCS. Thank god I switched before gas really jumped. And it's sad, but I've been in there a couple times to pick up boxes or something when I'm in that town and there a55h0les to me now. So I get the boxes online now too.

[Steven F.]

I would guess I spend close to $200 a month, which make me think I need to knock myself in the head.

That's it..I quit!

Yeah, right.

[Dustin]

I would guess I spend close to $200 a month, which make me think I need to knock myself in the head.

That's it..I quit!

Yeah, right.
That's insane that you spend that much on comics in a month. I just find that a little sorry.

[Gilda Dent]

I spent $271 last month on comics, mostly trades, hardcovers, and back issues. I'm gradually moving away from buying any new individual issues, and I'm liking the storage convenience much, much better with books.

GILDA

[ednemo]

That's insane that you spend that much on comics in a month. I just find that a little sorry.

It all depends on how much money you have available to put towards your hobby. I work two jobs and have two expensive hobbys. One is comics and the other is guns. Of course my wife and I are both competitive shooters. And we are both avid comic readers...well, she reads Wonder Woman and a Hell of a lot of Anime and I pick up everything else. We both work corporate jobs and we both work in a bar. It leaves us very little time to do anything, but a lot of extra money at the end of the month. So, we hit car shows and buy cars, gun shows and by guns and Comic shows and buy lots of comics. We hit Charlotte's Heroes-Con a little bit ago and in September we will be going to the Baltimore Comic-Con. So, it's all subjective to a person's financial situation. In June I spent about $900 on comics. In July I spent about $60. This month I spent about $60. In September I will probably spend around $1000 or so. Or I'll buy a new motorcycle. I haven't decided yet. It's early and I'm tired and I don't feel like I am making much sense. My point is; if you have the money and the inclination to buy comics. Buy whatever you want and spend however much you want. This has been a long-winded public service announcement from Nemo. If it makes no sense, please chalk it up to me being supremely sleepy.

[Gilda Dent]

That's insane that you spend that much on comics in a month. I just find that a little sorry.

That depends on your income level and how you spend your money. My wife makes a very nice salary, enough to pay all our expenses entirely on her own, and I've never had one of those expensive gourmet coffees in my life, so there's $100-150 a month right there, and neither of us drinks alcohol or smokes, so we lack expenses others take for granted. With no car payment that leaves a good amount for hobbies, artwork, concerts, etc.

It's about what you can afford, and what your interests are. Some people spend $1000 a month eating out. Others stock a wine cellar or a liquor cabinet and drink every night. My father in law collects vinyl record albums. My brother has four season tickets to both a pro baseball team and college football team.

It's just about what interests you. There's nothing wrong with any hobby so llong as you're not spending money needed for necessities.

GILDA

[Violently Apathetic]

If trades don't count then about 40 bucks a month. If we are counting trades then anywhere between 60-150 bucks.

[david r]

I used to spend roughly $1000 a month on comics, music and DVDS. That has dropped dramatically since the economy has snapped.

[Mariah]

hmmm...lemme see Pull list:Unc. X-Men, X-Men, Ast. X-Men, X-Factor, Eternals, Civil War, Ms. Marvel, Capt. America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, CW:X-Men, CW:Runaways/Young Avengers, Runaways, Young Avengers, New Avengers, Moon Knight

Upcoming:Heroes for Hire, Iron Fist, Doc. Strange lmt. series....

Too damn much.

[JCurwen]

About $200 to $250 for me.

[DDM]

I spend between $10-$30 a week. However, lately I have been buying lots of backissues at my LCS.

[christoph68]

Just curious. :)

Also if you may post how many book a month? :o

about $200.00 on new books.:evilsmile

[Eliseu Gouveia]

50 euros.

i only hit the bookstore for my standing orders every two months, though....

[Steven F.]

That's insane that you spend that much on comics in a month. I just find that a little sorry.

And you are in charge of my finances? With the money I bring home, I can afford to spend this much. I also support someone else besides myself, I pay rent, I pay bills, and I live a very comfortable life and buy pretty much what I want. I have the latest greatest electronics, and a nice ass car too.

In other words, get a life and stop worrying about mine.

And I am only 27 too.

By the way to other posters, I apologize if this sounds like bragging, you won't find me saying stuff like this about my life normally, but when someone tells me I am sorry, or something I do is sorry, I will stand up for myself. I just hope Dustin reads this.

[Silverinferno]

Its awlays random each month but i guess like 21 dollars

[Iron-boy]

And you are in charge of my finances? With the money I bring home, I can afford to spend this much. I also support someone else besides myself, I pay rent, I pay bills, and I live a very comfortable life and buy pretty much what I want. I have the latest greatest electronics, and a nice ass car too.

In other words, get a life and stop worrying about mine.

And I am only 27 too.

By the way to other posters, I apologize if this sounds like bragging, you won't find me saying stuff like this about my life normally, but when someone tells me I am sorry, or something I do is sorry, I will stand up for myself. I just hope Dustin reads this.

What car brand is it? :p

[chickrockguitar]

Something between $25-$30 a month. - not counting the occasional trade... I hardly buy trades, perhaps one every 3-4 months. *shrugs* I just don't seem to collect them, prefure the comics.

[Dustin]

And you are in charge of my finances? With the money I bring home, I can afford to spend this much. I also support someone else besides myself, I pay rent, I pay bills, and I live a very comfortable life and buy pretty much what I want. I have the latest greatest electronics, and a nice ass car too.

In other words, get a life and stop worrying about mine.

And I am only 27 too.

By the way to other posters, I apologize if this sounds like bragging, you won't find me saying stuff like this about my life normally, but when someone tells me I am sorry, or something I do is sorry, I will stand up for myself. I just hope Dustin reads this.
Don't worry I read this post. Sorry to have hit yor nerve.

[Golon9977]

It varies but it is usually $60-$80 dollars a month. And thats with a 40% discount.

[Dustin]

And you are in charge of my finances? With the money I bring home, I can afford to spend this much. I also support someone else besides myself, I pay rent, I pay bills, and I live a very comfortable life and buy pretty much what I want. I have the latest greatest electronics, and a nice ass car too.

In other words, get a life and stop worrying about mine.

And I am only 27 too.

By the way to other posters, I apologize if this sounds like bragging, you won't find me saying stuff like this about my life normally, but when someone tells me I am sorry, or something I do is sorry, I will stand up for myself. I just hope Dustin reads this.
I guess so. I wasn't worrying about your life either.:rolleyes:

[Hippy-san]

somewhere between 40 and 60 bucks a month, not counting trades. some of the best months are the slow ones though, cuz then I have an excuse to go get some cheap comics from a place that sells year old comics for about 50 cents, regardless of rarity.:p

[streator]

usually between $15.00 to $30.00 dollars a month.

so, about 7 or 8 titles including shipping and handling (i pre-order my comics online).

[Cephus]

If you count my wife's manga, we probably spend around $200 a month, sometimes more, sometimes less. The number of comics has taken a nosedive in recent months, we'll have to see if anyone puts out anything worth reading.

[Agentum]

I spend about 200 dollars a month right now but this is mostly trades and used comics.
Sometimes i don't buy anything for month but suddenly i just have to have some books, seems to be going on forever.

[Sam T.]

I spend about 50 bucks on comics a month, but I do get a discount on my books. Back about 12 years ago I was buying alot more though!

[K'Nort]

About $100/month. About 23 monthly titles and then assorted minis, one-shots, and things that come out pretty much at random.

I'm trying to think of a way it's appropriate/polite to criticize other people's spending habits when they're not in your household, and drawing a complete blank.

[Rich L]

At the moment probably $120-$150 per month - but that is way down on what it has been previously and I should think it will drop even more once we're through the Civil War.

[shadowraven]

How much I spend depends on my current financial situation really. I'm currently in Grad school, and have just finished off paying a rather large debt (for my income level anyhow), this hasn't left me with much disposable income, so I spend maybe $30-40 a month on comics. In the past I've spent up to $300 a month on comics.

If you don't eat out too often, don't smoke and don't drink (or only drink on occasion), you'd be surprised how much extra cash you have to put to other uses. Three hundred dollars a week on a hobby isn't much if you're making 50K+ a year (and don't have a family to support).

[saintsaucey]

now its about 180 i devided my marvel and dc between two stores and it = about 90 per store. Just curious whats the most desperate thing you have ever done to get comics. I used to sell plazma and a couple of times i have walked about ten miles to get them. anyone do anything just as crazy.

[Iron-boy]

now its about 180 i devided my marvel and dc between two stores and it = about 90 per store. Just curious whats the most desperate thing you have ever done to get comics. I used to sell plazma and a couple of times i have walked about ten miles to get them. anyone do anything just as crazy.

You go to 2 stores for your comic book? :confused:

[saintsaucey]

for two months only i am doing that basicly what happened was i was switching from my lcs of about two years and the shop i switched to was dropping some titles so i went to another comic shop to get themn and the clerk was really great and I just desided to split my marvel and dc orders, but since i currently have no car i am going back to just one store.

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

Today i spent 1000$....my parents won't be to happy lol..but i am :D

[Nesteaman]

this should have been a poll.

interesting to have seen.

Today i spent 1000$....my parents won't be to happy lol..but i am :D

so let me ask what you spent a 1000 on? couple first issues from the '60s? hehe or you basically bought out the store, because 1000 would get you about 200 issues, so please share? sounds funny :p

[Iron-boy]

for two months only i am doing that basicly what happened was i was switching from my lcs of about two years and the shop i switched to was dropping some titles so i went to another comic shop to get themn and the clerk was really great and I just desided to split my marvel and dc orders, but since i currently have no car i am going back to just one store.

Oh okay. :)

Today i spent 1000$....my parents won't be to happy lol..but i am :D

WOW :eek: .How come? What you buy?

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

lol...sorry i was bored...i only spend about 20-30$ a week :D lols...sorry to lead you on

[Iron-boy]

lol...sorry i was bored...i only spend about 20-30$ a week :D lols...sorry to lead you on
:o eh im to naive :o

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

lol....i wish i could spend that much :D

[jam37wcc]

I spend about $130-$150 a month currently and thats $60-$70 books, bags and boards for all also. I have been as high as $300 a month but right now alot of books from DC that I was getting got bad, so DC lost about $100 of my money every month. If the books ever become good again I will go up to $300 or more if need be, just whatever I need to pay to get the books I want to read.

[Chachi]

Around $30 I would guess. Average about 10 books a month at $2.99 a pop.

[Pwood]

I started out at just one here or there. The numbers began to grow, slowly, but surely. I even eBay for back issues of my favorites. Sigh...I spend exponentially now and it doesn't seem to be getting much better.

[TinMan]

I typically spend right around $80 a month, give or take depending on delays or mini series. Right now I'm getting:

Marvel:
X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, New Excalibur, X-Factor, Wolverine: Origins, Civil War: X-Men, Civil War, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, U. Wolverine vs. Hulk, Annihilation

DC:
Green Lantern Corps., Batman, Ion, 52, JLA, Allstar Batman & Robin

Wildstorm:
Skyerunner

Other:
Mouseguard, Ant

Future titles:
WildCATS, Hero's for Hire, Ultimate Power, Phoenix Warsong, Ultimate Wolverine and I can't think of any others but I'm sure theres more.

Read but do not buy (my brother collects them):
Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, F.N. Spider-Man, Civil War Frontline, Green Lantern

[daveo123]

How many titles do you buy monthly? Do you subscribe or do you get them at your comic shop? Lately I've been getting pretty much all the civil war tie-ins, all the non-ultimate spider-mans (just for the first few "unmasked" storylines), and ghost rider. My girlfriend gets uncanny/astonishing x-men. It seems like a lot to me. After civil war I'm going to have to decide which comics I want to subscribe to, and how many I should get. What's normal for you guys?

[Blackcat]

Since I live in Amsterdam, I don't have any subscribtion at Marvel itself, but you can take subscribtions from the store itself. When you take a subscribtion on a series, you'll get a 20% discount at our import comicshop.

So far I have subscribtions on:


X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
New X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
X-Men: Warsong
Excalibur



Civil War, including sketsbook, the files and Warcrimes
CW: Frontline
CW: X-Men
CW: T-Bolts
CW: YA & Runaways
CW: Cable & Deadpool
CW: Blackpanther (just subscribed yesterday)
CW: Ms Marvel


I cancelled my subscribtion on X-Factor


.

[daveo123]

I think after civil war is over I'll probably get:

-Whatever Avengers title comes after CW
-Astonishing X-men
-Uncanny X-men
-Amazing Spider-man
-Cable & Deadpool (or, if something happens in CW, whatever comic Deadpool is in)
-Captain America
-Ghost Rider (if I still like it by then)

Subscriptionwise, that would come to around $140 USD, but I guess it's not that bad when you consider it's for the whole year, right?

[Nesteaman]

X-men
Amazing Spiderman
Cable Deadpool
Marvel Knights: Spiderman

Ultimate Spiderman
Ultimate X-men
Ultimate Fantastic 4
Ultimates

random minis

thinking about grabbing Astonishing and New Avengers... decisions!

[larroca fan]

i buy:
uncanny x
x-men
astonishing x
ult x
ult f4
batman
hunter-killer
x-factor
moon knight
spotlight
justice

[TinMan]

Right now I'm getting:

Marvel:
X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, New Excalibur, X-Factor, Wolverine: Origins, Civil War: X-Men, Civil War, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, U. Wolverine vs. Hulk, Annihilation

DC:
Green Lantern Corps., Batman, Ion, 52, JLA, Allstar Batman & Robin

Wildstorm:
Skyerunner

Other:
Mouseguard, Ant

Future titles:
WildCATS, Hero's for Hire, Ultimate Power, Phoenix Warsong, Ultimate Wolverine, Mighty Avengers and I can't think of any others but I'm sure theres more.

Read but do not buy (my brother collects them):
Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, F.N. Spider-Man, Civil War Frontline, Green Lantern, New Avengers

[PaxHouse]

In addition to the CIVIL WAR & the Tie-Ins......here're my usually choices......

RUNAWAYS
YOUNG AVENGERS
IRON MAN
THUNDERBOLTS
FANTASTIC FOUR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN
NEW AVENGERS
NEW X-MEN
CAPTAIN AMERICA
UNCANNY X-MEN
X-MEN
INCREDIBLE HULK
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
ULTIMATE X-MEN
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR
WOLVERINE
WOLVERINE:ORIGINS

......AND various Miniseries that have any appearances of any of the previous ones listed.......;) :cool:

[Iron-boy]

already a thread about this. But it just is How many do you spend on comics so eh.

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=138783

[daveo123]

Average of $80 a month from internet discount service. 40 comics on pull list, but with bi-monthlys or delays it's shorter each month. Before I went with the service it was around $200 a month with gas to drive the 50 miles one wat to the nearest LCS. Thank god I switched before gas really jumped. And it's sad, but I've been in there a couple times to pick up boxes or something when I'm in that town and there a55h0les to me now. So I get the boxes online now too.

Internet discount service? Please elaborate.

[hippy fascist]

Internet discount service? Please elaborate.

most websites offer up to 1/3 discount if you pre-order/subscribe

[drwho]

most websites offer up to 1/3 discount if you pre-order/subscribe

Freaky avatar.

[hippy fascist]

:cool:

found it doing one of my "insert random animal" google searches

[lcdrifter]

i spend about 25-30 bucks a month

[OutlawJW]

Around $70 a month lately. 50/50 Marvel/Indies with a couple DC titles. Anything Western I can get my hands on.

Top 3 pulls:
Punisher MAX
Jonah Hex
Walking Dead

[Gilda Dent]

Right now I'm down to 23 new titles. Given that I used to be at about 90, that's a very small sub list for me.

However, I do buy a lot of back issues. They're relatively cheap for anything post 1980, and even some 70's stuff. I just recently got the entire original run of Shang Chi (about 120 issues with team ups and annuals) for a little over $100. With that, last month I got about 140. Other months I might get no back issues but spend $100 on hardcovers and another $100 on trades and digests. How do you count those? Is a Showcase 20 comics or one?

So it varies a bit, from 30 to 200, with an average cost of $250-$300.

GILDA

[Ripper]

I spend about $40 a month including odd titles but not including trades.

[scouse mouse]

My regular titles are:
New Avengers
Exiles
Daredevil
Runaways
Young Avengers
Ultimates
Moonknight
Ms Marvel (Might drop soon)
X men
X Factor
Street Fighter
Transformers (Ditto)

Im going to be adding
Heroes For Hire
Iron Fist
Mighty Avengers
SpiderWoman

Think this comes to about £30-£35 not including any minis I might be getting.

[Arawn]

I drop 250-350 a month after my 20% discount. More if you add in manga. In Oct I'm gonna hit the 500+ mark

[reta666]

Well i only buy monthly
daredevil 2.2 dollars bimonthly
wolverine 1.5 dollars monthly
gl 2.2 dollars monthly
superman/batman
new avengers 2.2 dollars bimonthly
amazing spider-man2.2 dollars bimonthly
all star superman 2.2 dollars monthly


sometimes ill buy special title or branch out but i have a limit of 3 per month so it would be a total of 20 dolars max per month

[Doombot330]

Well I get everything on my pull list plus some odds and ends, i also get one or two trades a week so I would say I'm probably at 200 a month but I'm trying to cut back and save money :(

[Dipset Byrd Gang]

I go to dcbservice.com and order about two months in advance. and spend 50-60 dollars a month.

[Babylon23]

I'm spending proably $250 a month Australian on comics and trades (around $200 US), more if I want an Archive, Masterwork or Absolute Edition. My regular titles are:

BOOM! STUDIOS
Hero Squared
Stardust Kid
Jeremiah Harm

DC

52
All-Star Superman
All-Star Batman
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis
Blue Beetle
Catwoman
Checkmate
Detective
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Hawkgirl
JSA
JSA Classified
Legion of Superheroes
Robin
Shadowpact
Superman
Teen Titans
Planetary
Ex Machina

DARK HORSE COMICS
B.P.R.D.
Hellboy
Conan

MARVEL

Uncanny X-Men
Excalibur
X-Factor
Captain America
Daredevil

I also pick up assorted miniseries.

[Ikaris]

I buy approx:

1 Marvel Masterworks
2 Tpbs
10-20 older issues from ebay


... each month. but in 6 months I will have all the Masterworks that I want and will probably only buy 1-2 a year when one of the titles that interest med are being masterworked!

[Iron-boy]

I'm spending proably $250 a month Australian on comics and trades (around $200 US), more if I want an Archive, Masterwork or Absolute Edition. My regular titles are:

All-Star Batman

What is this All star batman you speak of? I only heard of All Star Batman and Robin, The boy Wonder

[daletron]

Ongoing
Avengers, Young
Avengers, New
Cable & Deadpool
Captain America
Daredevil
Ghost Rider
Incredible Hulk
Ms. Marvel
Runaways
Spider-Man, Amazing
Spider-man Loves Mary Jane
Ultimates
X-Men
X-Factor
X-Men, Astonishing
X-Men, Uncanny
(Criminal)
(Dr. Strange)
(Iron Fist)
(Mighty Avengers)

Batman, All-Star
Boys
DMZ
Superman, All-Star
Non Marvel
Desolation Jones
Fathom
Shrugged
Soulfire
Street Fighter
(Gen13)

Mini's
A Man Called Kev
American Virgin
Annihilation
Black Gas
Blue Monday (Oni Press)
Civil War
Escapists
Eternals
Street Fighter Legends
Supermarket
Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk
(Any Big Marvel Event)

TPB's
Ex Machina
Exterminators
Fables
Girls
Walking Dead
Y The Last Man

Manga
Old Boy (Dark Horse)

[the eternal]

:eek: that's really many stuff

i read only from marvel: DD, ASM, uncanny x-men, x-men, CW,

and from DC: batman, batman/superman and now JLA :D

[hippy fascist]

My scary scary pull list

Agents of Atlas
Amazing Spider-Girl
Amazing Spider-man
Beyond
Blade
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Cable/Deadpool
Captain america
Civil War
Civil War Files
Civil War Frontline
Civil War X-Men
Civil War Young avengers and runaways
Criminal
Daredevil
Devi
Dr. Strange: The Oath
Fantastic Four
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man
Ghost Rider
Giant Size Wolverine
Heros For Hire
Hellstorm: Son of Satan
Immortal Iron Fist(the)
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Irredeemable Ant-Man(the)
Marvel Previews
Ms. Marvel
Moon Knight
New Avengers
New X-men
Powers
Punisher Max
Punisher War Journal
Runaways
Sahdu, the
Sensational Spiderman
Seven Brothers
Snake-woman
Ultimate Power
Ultimate Spider-man
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk
Ultimate X-men
Uncanny X-men
Union Jack
Wolverine
Wolverine: Origins
X-Factor
X-men
X-men: Phoenix: Warsong
X-Men First Class
Zombie

[david r]

How can you guys spend so much? Don't you think you should save up some money?

What if there is a sudden crisis, and you've blown all your money on.....comic books.

Where do you think this is headed? If you continue to buy like this, what will your wallet and home look like in 5 years?

[Doombot330]

dude...that's alot of comics, how do you store all of those???

[Babylon23]

How can you guys spend so much? Don't you think you should save up some money?

What if there is a sudden crisis, and you've blown all your money on.....comic books.

Where do you think this is headed? If you continue to buy like this, what will your wallet and home look like in 5 years?

I'm fortunate enough to be earning a good wage at the moment. I can afford to spend my $200 a month, plus put a nice sum aside for savings as well.

Also, my spending is higher due to $2.99 comics costing $5.00 in Australia. Our dollar is worth about $0.75US.

A few years ago, during my "lean" years, I was spending maybe $50 a month.

[hippy fascist]

How can you guys spend so much? Don't you think you should save up some money?

What if there is a sudden crisis, and you've blown all your money on.....comic books.

Where do you think this is headed? If you continue to buy like this, what will your wallet and home look like in 5 years?

I work in sales, I should clear the equivalent $45'000 this year, not bad for someone who only got a pass at university ;) . Bullshit just always seemd to come naturally to me so now I do it for a living! I think I'm worth it though, when I arrived at the company I work at they had no sales team and were generating £500'000 per year. So far this year I have booked £600'000 worth of business for them on top of existing income streams and there's still four months to go! :D

[scottv]

I spend way too much each month

[Iron-boy]

How can you guys spend so much? Don't you think you should save up some money?

What if there is a sudden crisis, and you've blown all your money on.....comic books.

Where do you think this is headed? If you continue to buy like this, what will your wallet and home look like in 5 years?

I gave up on comics for that reason, i probably will come back when i get a decent job can afford comics :rolleyes:

[Mystique25]

This is what I usually buy.

Uncanny X-men
X-men
Astonishing X-men
X-factor
New Avengers
Ultimate X-men
Ms.Marvel
New Excalibur
She-Hulk
Civil War
Civil War:X-men
Wonder Woman
Birds of Prey
Fantastic Four
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

[Sonicjuce]

My scary scary pull list.....
Isn't that every book Marvel puts out in a month. Also you guys that have wives that read comics, where'd you find them? I am yet to meet a girl who has any interest in comics.

I subscribe to my books so I don't spend much in a month. A lot of this has to do with insufficient funds, and a lack of a comic store to look around in. When I had a job oh man did i spend way to much on comics, but now i am just a starvin' college student.

[rilokyle]

Being a college student, I have a much smaller pull list. Right now, I buy:

X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
X-Factor
Heroes For Hire (I'm giving it a shot)
Soulfire (from Aspen Comics- where an issue ships like every 4 months)
Fathom (from Aspen Comics)

[Gilda Dent]

How can you guys spend so much? Don't you think you should save up some money?

What if there is a sudden crisis, and you've blown all your money on.....comic books.

Where do you think this is headed? If you continue to buy like this, what will your wallet and home look like in 5 years?

We make enough money, well over six figures combined, to provide us with a nice disposable income. I choose to spend my share of the entertainment budget on comics and related stuff.

We have plenty of savings and investment, and it's steadily growing. We'll be fine.

Also you guys that have wives that read comics, where'd you find them?

I converted mine, at least to some of the non-superhero oriented stuff such and the more complex writers like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Neil Gaiman.

GILDA

[hippy fascist]

Isn't that every book Marvel puts out in a month. Also you guys that have wives that read comics, where'd you find them? I am yet to meet a girl who has any interest in comics.

No I don't buy young avengers because it's dull
UFF because it's crap
Ultimates cause Hitch is a dick (made some ****ed up comments a few weeks ago)
and some of the titles are only there for the tie-ins
(new avengers is crap but I want the full stroy so...)

Also Devi, The sadhu and snakewoman are virgin comics not marvel :p

[Cordelia]

When I collected comics I would buy five issues or more a month. Some of them cost 3.00 each while others cost 10.00 and up. I mainly bought back issues though and the special edition ones with the hologram cards or covers.

[tstrike99]

I pick up about 30 or so Marvel titles a month. (including limited series and one-shots)
I'm really feeling it in my wallet too, since most of the comics are now $2.99 and up! I'm glad that my LCS gives me a decent discount!