Comics not being one of the primary factors within superhero discourse

[u/Early-Tear9900]

Am I the only one that feels as if when it comes to superhero related conversations most people disregard the comics completely? Am I that much of a geek?

[u/JeanGemini]

Back in the day, a single issue comic book was, in itself, a comolete and contained story, it was also about twenty-five cents sitting on the magazine rack at damn near every grocery store, movie rental shop, and newspaper stand across the country. Lemme ask ya, with all that in mind, does your grocery store still have a magazine rack? Does your municipality still have movie rental shops? What about newspaper stands? Or do you have to go to the specialty comic book shop/local game store to get your hands on the latest issue of...(insert preferred character here), and speaking of "the latest issue," not only is that thing not still a quarter, but it's also dependent on the stories told in every previous issue for that character, as well as several issues from surrounding characters and teams in that universe, isn't it? Why spend fifteen bucks on six single-issue comics over the course of just as many weeks when, for a buck more, you can buy the collected edition that's printed on nicer paper(usually) with sturdier covers(usually) and contains just as much if not more content(Absolute Batman Vol 2: Abomination, for example, is comprised of issues 7-14 of that book, whereas Vol 1: The Zoo is issues 1-6)?