Newsstand ASMs ???????????

[John Asperger]

Recently , I bought an issue of ASM - I think that it was #558 . - at a Border's store .
It cost $3.99 , and only had the standard 22-ish pages of story .
Is Marvel attempting to charge more for newsstand copies , as they did a few?? years back , with a $2.25/$2.99 split ???????????
And , oddly enough , lower down the left of the cover , near the UPC code ----- was an abbreviated legend for " Friendly Nighborhood Spider-Man " , abbreviated perhaps something like:
" FRENNEIGHSPIDER-MAN " ..
Sor , is Marvel , ALREADY :eek: , planning to end the 3-monthly publishing approach and return to three seperate monthlies ???????????:biggrin: :frown::rolleyes:

[Cody H]

Recently , I bought an issue of ASM - I think that it was #558 . - at a Border's store .
It cost $3.99 , and only had the standard 22-ish pages of story .
Is Marvel attempting to charge more for newsstand copies , as they did a few?? years back , with a $2.25/$2.99 split ???????????
And , oddly enough , lower down the left of the cover , near the UPC code ----- was an abbreviated legend for " Friendly Nighborhood Spider-Man " , abbreviated perhaps something like:
" FRENNEIGHSPIDER-MAN " ..
Sor , is Marvel , ALREADY :eek: , planning to end the 3-monthly publishing approach and return to three seperate monthlies ???????????:biggrin: :frown::rolleyes:I imagine the specific issue you picked up is probably just still using the old Friendly Neighborhood UPC designation or whatever it's called. I imagine one of the other Amazing titles
has the Sensational designation. I don't think it has anything to do with an end to the thrice monthly publishing of Amazing Spider-Man.

[StumboTheGiant]

Yeah Marvel charges a $1 more for news stand issues. It wont be long before they charge the same at comic shops.

[Mystique25]

Yeah, I have noticed they have been doing that for a while, I know when I went out, and bought Mighty Avengers #2 last year it was 3.99. Last time I went out and bought an issue at Border's unless I really could not find it anywhere else.