It has been almost exactly a month since I posted about how the "Battle Beast" blind bags were a hit. I suspected other publishers would poorly copy them, of course. Well, DC has announced that the upcoming relaunch of, "Batman," will feature polybags for $9.99 with various variant covers. The regular comic will be $4.99. I would like to point out I wrote, "I don't look forward to DC or Marvel trying to do a blind bag variant themselves for a character nobody cares about and asking $9.99 for it, only to be surprised when it flops." I was half-right as Batman is a huge name, but I nailed that $9.99 and want my bonus like when you're right on the money at, "The Price is Right."
Due September 3rd, I'm excited for this relaunch as an actual comic series--it has a stellar creative team in the form of Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez. I'd even be intrigued by DC doing these blind bags, but at double the cost of the regular comic (compared to how, "Battle Beast," priced everything the same), I'm going to sit out any mystery bags this time. I guess we'll see how they do at the higher price point!
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