Trying to find specific comic books

[BlaqueKatt]

Ok So Mr. George Romero has started a comic book series "Empire of the dead", which almost no shops carry(seriously I found a single shop* 30 miles away), I can't order it from Marvel because they don't *sell* comic books online for some reason, comic pull doesn't carry it and they require a subscription to at *least* three comics(as do some of the stores around here, if you want an issue held)anyway.

I JUST WANT A SINGLE TITLE DAMMIT!

I had to order the first two off amazon for cover price($3.99+$3.99 shipping-yeah $8 for a single comic book, not happy )

*on the bright side said single comic book shop is AWESOME! IMHO-Boxes of back issues organized by release date and alphabetically, boxes of " bargain comics for $1(buy 10 get 5 free, buy 20 get 10 free), he gave us a discount for "dealing with the chaos"(we were waiting for it to open), and because he didn't have the back issues I was looking for, he told me to see if I could locate them myself but if I couldn't he would find a way to get them for me. only open 4 days a week, 6 hours a day, but still.

[Bloodsoul]

Hell, I considered myself lucky when I was able to order the first issue of the Ultimate Warrior's comic book "series" for the cover price (excluding s&h), considering that it's been out-of-print for nearly twenty years.

I have it up on display as a reminder of how not to do comic books.

[anakhouri]

I'm pretty lucky we live in a good place for comic geeks. We have a great store nearby and a couple more within driving distance. When the great store sold out of a couple titles (I think it was X-Force or Avengers AI, something the husband wanted- it was weird, they said they got only very limited shipments for some reason) he just stopped by the other store on the way home from work and got them.

I don't read any current ongoing series (well, just a limited 10-issue one, The Wake), just because it gets so expensive and I have trouble keeping up with release dates etc. I wait for the graphic novels, which I also find cheaper and space-saving.

That would frustrate me too though, if there was something I really, really wanted to the point of having to buy the issues as soon as they come out. Weird how Marvel doesn't sell direct, but I guess it would more hassle than it's worth for them to sell to individuals.

[Jetfire]

Well if you don't mind virtual copies, there's always Comixology.

For me, the only reason I'm still buying paper books is to support my local shop. I don't buy backissues any more (Which is good since neither of the stores in my city really carry backissues). So I have my weekly sub, that Ipick up. Most of the time I just enter Marvel's digital code and read online afterwards, never to open the paper book again.