CBR: Marvel Offers Retailers Comics for DC Comics

[CBR News]

Full article here.

[StoneGold]

Kind of a dick move, although that's the intent, so kudos!

[Paradox]

It wouldn't be a dick move if they took ANY comics from that month, but, yeah, limiting it to those six DC comics qualifies.

[fin5]

It makes you think what Marvel really thinks of DC

[Justin D.]

Am I the only one confused about how this helps Marvel? Because they're asking for 50 stripped covers, it seems like it may end up encouraging some retailers to buy a lot more DC comics to get one Marvel variant cover comic.

How is this helpful to Marvel's sales now?

[Brandon Hanvey]

Am I the only one confused about how this helps Marvel? Because they're asking for 50 stripped covers, it seems like it may end up encouraging some retailers to buy a lot more DC comics to get one Marvel variant cover comic.

How is this helpful to Marvel's sales now?

Yeah. It seems more likely that retailers would want to order more of those DC titles in order to get the Marvel variant.

Unless Marvel is trying to prove some weird point about their power in the market.

[Expletive Deleted]

Am I the only one confused about how this helps Marvel? Because they're asking for 50 stripped covers, it seems like it may end up encouraging some retailers to buy a lot more DC comics to get one Marvel variant cover comic.

These six comics all came out in November (give or take), as part of the toy power ring promotion. I don't think retailers can order any more.

How is this helpful to Marvel's sales now?

It's a stunt.

[Brandon Hanvey]

These six comics all came out in November (give or take), as part of the toy power ring promotion. I don't think retailers can order any more.

It's a stunt.

Ah I forgot those were the ring books.

[Justin D.]

These six comics all came out in November (give or take), as part of the toy power ring promotion. I don't think retailers can order any more.

Ah, if that's true, then I get why Marvel's doing it.

It's a stunt.

Knew that, but just didn't know what for until now.

[Brian Hibbs]

These six comics all came out in November (give or take), as part of the toy power ring promotion. I don't think retailers can order any more.

4 of the 6 are still in stock at Diamond.

-B

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

So retailers didn't make buying the books a condition of getting the rings?

ie. You buy the book, you get a ring?

I think that's their own fault for getting stuck with books then.

But geez, Marvel really are a bunch of dicks determined to dominate the market by killing it, aren't they?

[sneggz]

Now THAT is how you troll. Is the cover going to be Wade holding a white lantern?

[StoneGold]

So retailers didn't make buying the books a condition of getting the rings?

ie. You buy the book, you get a ring?

I think that's their own fault for getting stuck with books then.

But geez, Marvel really are a bunch of dicks determined to dominate the market by killing it, aren't they?

It's a dick move pointing out a dick move. But do you think any retailer is going to complain? I mean, other than the remaining fanboy retailers who root for one side over the other?

[Brandon Hanvey]

It's a dick move pointing out a dick move. But do you think any retailer is going to complain? I mean, other than the remaining fanboy retailers who root for one side over the other?

Or complain that they actually sold their copies already and can't get the variant.

[howyadoin]

But geez, Marvel really are a bunch of dicks determined to dominate the market by killing it, aren't they?

Hey, it worked for them in the mid-90s.