The argument over variant covers vs reading the actual story

I spent $80 last month grabbing exclusive variants for a new run, but my buddy read the whole thing on digital for free and says I'm missing the point. He tore through the plot in two days while my books are still bagged and boarded on a shelf. So do you buy comics to collect or to actually read them, and which side is more valid?

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wyatt86219d ago

Man I feel this so hard. I dropped like sixty bucks on those connecting variant covers for the current Spider-Man run and they're still sitting in their polybags. Meanwhile my buddy read the whole first arc on his tablet during his lunch breaks at work and told me the story was kind of mid anyway. I think we both know we're buying these to display and feel like we own a piece of something cool, not to actually sit down and read. There's something about having the physical object with the shiny foil cover that just hits different than a digital file. But at the same time I do feel a little guilty when I realize I spent more on the cover art than the actual story.

eva_lewis18d ago

Wow, this actually made me rethink my whole setup. I used to be all digital and thought people buying polybagged variants were wasting money, but now I get it. You're paying for the object itself, not just the words inside, and that's a valid way to enjoy the hobby.