{"id":3217983,"date":"2010-10-08T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidepulse.dev\/?p=217983"},"modified":"2010-10-08T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T14:04:00","slug":"marvel-comics-to-follow-competitors-lead-and-also-drop-prices-to-2-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidepulse.com\/2010\/10\/08\/marvel-comics-to-follow-competitors-lead-and-also-drop-prices-to-2-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Comics to follow competitor&#8217;s lead and also drop prices to $2.99? But only on &#8220;some&#8221; books."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/insidepulse.com\/2010\/10\/07\/dc-comics-lowers-prices-to-2-99-cancels-co-features\/\">DC&#8217;s earlier news and drop to $2.99 pricing<\/a>, comes Marvel&#8217;s news:<\/p>\n<p><em>During the ICv2 Conference On Comics &#038; Digital \u2013 a Thursday afternoon industry pre-event to New York Comic Con \u2013 Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales &#038; Circulation David Gabriel confirmed <strong>that new books launching in January 2011 will not debut at $3.99<\/strong>. &#8220;A lot of talk I&#8217;ve heard [today is] about the pricing increases overall&#8230;because of the digital comics sales, prices will decrease,&#8221; he said as part of a panel whose focus was &#8220;Print Vs. 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