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MARVEL OFFERS CLASSICS FOR A BUCK

Posted by kgcarini on April 22 2005 – 00:57:38

Taken from Newsarama Marvel Comics already has a successful high-end Masterworks program and an affordable phonebook Essentials program for fans of their classic early stories. But now readers on a real tight budget can get in on the action too.

In July Marvel is offering………

Extended News six new dollar digests to the direct market with a suggesting retail price of $1.00. These b&w, newsprint 4-7/8 x 6-9/16 are not Marvel’s standard digest format. Each volume is 64 pages and according to the publisher contains approximately three classic Marvel Comics stories, some perhaps abridged to fit the format. Offered to retailers as a “Previews Plus” item, the special digests all go on sale July 6th and are as follows SPIDER-MAN: AMAZING FANTASY DOLLAR DIGEST Collects AMAZING FANTASY #15, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1, #2 FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST FAMILY DOLLAR DIGEST Collects FANTASTIC FOUR #1-#3 AVENGERS: ASSEMBLE DOLLAR DIGEST Collects AVENGERS #1-#3 SPIDER-MAN: DOCTOR OCTOPUS DOLLAR DIGEST Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3,#4,#5 HULK: HULK SMASH DOLLAR DIGEST Collects HULK #1-#3 X-MEN: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM Collects X-MEN #1-#3