The Cost of a Crossover

I think I’ve reached the point where I am crossovered out. I’m excited for the premise of the Skrull Invasion and I love the creative team on Final Crisis but a big part of me is crying “ENOUGH!!!”.

So I’m going to toy with myself and show me just how expensive these crossovers are.

Marvel and DC often say that you don’t need to buy every issue of the crossover but that argument rarely sticks. It’s almost impossible to create a crossover event where you don’t need to read at least one tie-in and the amount of success these events have, it’s obvious people buy a lot of, if not all of the tie ins. Plus, why would a publisher put a product they really don’t want you to read?

Anyway, every now and then I will take a look at just much these events would of cost you when it first came out. Of course, there is a good chance you’d have to pay more for these now or in the future…

So without future ado, the real price of Civil War.

Prologues New Avengers Illuminati Special: 3.99 Fantastic Four #536-537: 5.98 Amazing Spider-Man #529-531: 8.97 Civil War Opening Shot Sketchbook: Free Marvel Spotlight Millar/McNiven : 2.99

Total: $21.93

Civil War Civil War #1-7: 12.96 She-Hulk #8: 2.99 Wolverine #42-48: 17.94 Amazing Spider-Man #532-538: 17.94 Civil War: Front Line #1-10: 29.90 Thunderbolts #103-105: 8.95 New Avengers #21-25: 14.95 Fantastic Four #538-542: 14.95 X-Factor #8-9: 5.98 Civil War: X-Men #1-4: 11.96 Cable & Deadpool #30-32: 8.97 Black Panther #18, 21-25: 17.94 Young Avengers and Runaways #1-4: 11.96 Daily Bugle Civil War: 0.50 Ms. Marvel #6-8: 8.97 Heroes for Hire #1-3: 8.97 Civil War Files: 3.99 Captain America #22-24: 8.97 Civil War: Choosing Sides: 3.99 Iron Man #13-14: 5.98 Punisher War Journal #1-3: 8.97 Civil War: War Crimes: 3.99 Iron Man Captain America: Casualties of the War: 3.99 Winter Soldier: Winter Kills: 3.99 Moon Knight #7-10: 11.96 Ghost Rider #8-11: 11.96 Blade #5: 2.99 Civil War: The Return: 2.99

Total: 269.30 Prologue + Civil War: 291:23

Epilogues Civil War Frontline #11: 2.99 Captain America #25: 3.99 Civil War: The Confession :3.99 Civil War: Battle Damage Report: 3.99 Fantastic Four #543: 2.99 Marvel Spotlight Civil War Aftermath: 2.99 Wolverine #48: 2.99

Total: 23.93 Civil War + Prologue + Epilogues: 315.16

Unmasking Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #11-16: 14.95 Sensational Spider-Man #28-34: 20.93

Total: 35.88

The Grand Civil War + Prologue + Epilogue Total: 351.04

Three hundred and fifty one dollars, four cents… Three hundred and fifty one dollars, four cents… Three hundred… really, do I have to sum up this staggering price or does it speak for itself?