What's the cheapest amount you've paid for a comic book?

[saildog]

I remember a few 20¢ ones. Definitely remember 25¢ to 60¢ years.

Once they started going up, the price increases seemed to happen frequently. I even remember a kid in the neighborhood referring to the phenomenon as "a price explosion".

Here's a link to the years that correspond to each price phase.
American comic book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[fallensaviour]

I remember a couple at 25cents,most were at 35 cents and then they climbed and climbed like almost every month right up until now...LOL

[ThatBatmanGuy]

When I started all were 20¢. I'm sure within a couple months they jumped to 25¢. Then it wasn't long till 30¢. Then 35¢. You get the picture.

I use to buy my comics at a small mom & pop store. It was called Carl Robinson's 5 & Dime. I can remember it just like yesterday: I would go in the store. Turn left. Take 3 steps and plop down on the floor in front of their magazine stand. The upper held magazines and the lower WAS comic book heaven. It had 3 or 4 shelves of comics and was about 4' wide. I'd scan them over till Dad said it was time to go. Grab afew and it was time to read.

I also remember the day I came in and plopped down to see a metal cabinet had replaced my beloved comics stand. I was puzzled and asked Mrs. Robinson what happened to the comics? She told me they didn't carry them anymore. Boy, talk about a heart breaker. I didn't cry in the store, but it was all I could do not to. There were other places to buy comics, but nothing could match Carl Robinson's 5 & Dime. I still many of my comics that were purchased there. They maybe dogeared and have a loose cover or two, but they came from Carl Robinson's 5 & Dime.

Bob

[thunderbolt]

20 cents for me. And those huge treasuries for a buck.

[Riffster]

in '78 a toy store near me had some comics from 72 in the rack and sold em for cover price 20 cents

[Bionic Joe]

My first comic book was BATMAN 251 the classic Adams cover of the Joker my aunt brought it for me when my mom told her she couldn't get me to read , I rember seeing X-MEN 94 on the racks for a quarter and i didn't care for it at the time

[kingdom warrior]

20 cents for me. And those huge treasuries for a buck.

Ditto!.......God I miss those days!!!

[knight errant00]

.20, but it seems like it went to .25 pretty quick.

I also remember the $1 treasuries. How about the "60-cent 100-page Super-Spectaculars" though? Those were my first serious introductions to golden- and silver-age reprints. And something you'd *never* see now . . .

[Marvelmania]

When I first started collecting comics they had just went up in price from .20 cents to
.25. I usually bought them at a 7-11 store. My mom or dad would give me $2 and I'd go in get 4 comics and a slurpee in a superhero cup and give them the change back. Man are those times gone forever but I'll always remember them.

[palitoy]

I think I just skirted in at $0.20 before the change. I remember the big deal Marvel was doing for a while with "STILL ONLY $.30" on the cover, I even knew at 7 that meant they'd be going up soon.

[kryptosmaster]

Well I remember my Grandfather taking me for walks down to Tom's newsstand. It was a tiny little hallway-size newsstand in between two stores near the corner of Grant and W. Ferry in Buffalo. Eventually this burned down and they relocated but I remember comics being 20 cents or 6 for $1.
MY gramps used to always give me money for comics when I came to visit and I remember the first time I bought a Dollar Comic (Five Star Superhero Spectacular) and he couldn't believe a comic cost a whole dollar. He used to read this one old copy of Dc's Shazam that seemed to always be in the magazine pile. I remember he said he liked Captain Marvel.

Rich

[cjefferys]

I remember as low as 25 cents. I remember at that time, a comic book, a chocolate bar and a small bag of chips were all 25 cents each. I can still buy a chocolate bar or bag of chips for under a buck (of course, they are a bit smaller now), but in comparison, look how much a comic book is now, it's insane. The price increases that happened with comics was crazy, how long were they 10 cents for? Decades. The increases just seemed to grow exponentially. That's why I stopped buying individual issues many years ago (well, that, plus it became more difficult to find one to read that interested me). They are a complete rip off, paying that much for something that takes me 20 minutes to read.

So looking at the above Wikipedia link, a regular comic is now three dollars??? Between that, and a distinct lack of titles for young kids, I can't imagine much of a new young audience discovering comics and growing up with them. So after the current audience dies off (or loses interest) who will replace them? It seems incredibly short sighted of comics companies to not do anything to make sure they cultivate new audiences for their product.

[DC_Guy]

Comics were 20 cents when I first started getting them, but that was the very tail end of that particular price point - they went up to 25 cents almost immediately.

I'm so very old....

[mitchedwards]

paying a quarter for a book, and 50 cents for the annuals or double sized books

[Wee67]

20-cents for me, but they quickly went to $.25.

I remember when they shot up to 60-cents and I thought that was outrageous!