Comments on: The Great "You Call This 'Bonus' Material?" Debate

By: Xander

Xander — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:33:26 +0000

The biggest one that caught me was the FCBD X-Men with "bonus material." Who's going to plunk down money for this? Most comic fans already have it for free, and the ones who missed it aren't really going to want to rush to the comic shop just to see the script.

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:48:20 +0000

I don't even consider buying any comic that is trying to sell me something besides pages of comic with maybe some ads in it.

And TPBs are spoiling me when it comes to ads.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:32:43 +0000

And many times the back material is available for free on the internet.

By: Agent_Torpor

Agent_Torpor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:38:59 +0000

I'm getting sick of this myself. Big Hero 6 #3 at 3.99 had some horrible back material. A ridiculous six-page text story and a two page explanation of american football. WTF? Come ON!

By: Paul C

Paul C — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:20:18 +0000

A good piece indeed but I think we can all agree that it's just a sneaky plot by the big companies so that they can justify trying to make some extra cash from us. I hate it myself, the worst one I had to come across though was the 'fact files' in the One More Day issues. Like I give a crap what Aunt May's power levels are and how much she can bench-press.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:35:54 +0000

I'm a TPB man myself, but all the same. Charging $18 (IIRC) for reprinting the 3 issue 30 Days of night mini and trying to suggest that sticking a script in the back makes it okay. Or the Punisher War Zone: Civil War tpb which reprints 4 issues followed by a black and white reprint of the first of those four. Or the two recent Superman TPBs which had 3 recent issues and then padded out the rest of the books with silver age reprints...

Disgraceful behaviour all round!

And don't get me started on the Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four TPB which managed a whole two issues of story!

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:15:58 +0000

I really liked the extras in the Kingdom Come special, so I won't have a negative opinion towards the practice until I feel gipped.