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Just found out that the original Spider-Man comics sold for 10 cents in 1962, which is equal to about $1.05 today!
I was reading an old issue at my local shop in Portland and the cover price just hit me differently when I did the inflation math, has anyone else thought about how cheap comics used to be back then?
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grant.nina26d ago
It's wild how that inflation hits differently when you hold an actual old comic in your hands (I have a few beat-up silver age issues from my dad's collection). But what really gets me is how this connects to a bigger pattern I notice everywhere - the way we've just accepted that everything costs way more now without the quality keeping up. Like, comic paper today is thinner and the printing is more mass-produced even though they charge 4 or 5 bucks an issue. It's not just comics either - think about movie tickets or a simple burger, prices went up way faster than wages or the quality of the product itself. We're paying more for less and somehow it's just become normal, you know? The 10 cent comic from 1962 probably felt like a real treat that was worth the nickel and dime they earned back then.
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daniel85725d ago
The real silent killer is that back then, a 10 cent comic was still a luxury item for a kid, not an everyday expectation like buying a coffee now. @grant.nina The quality drop is a feature not a bug, they figured out people will still buy crap if the brand name is attached.
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