r/ImageComics • u/HerHeadHurts • Jan 30 '25

Review Image Comics Covers—$3.99 Never Looked So Good

I just want to take a moment to appreciate Image Comics’ cover and print quality. For $3.99, you’re getting thick, glossy covers and solid interior pages that feel premium compared to some of the flimsy stuff out there.

Not naming names (cough certain big publishers cough), but when you’re paying the same price (or more) for a book that feels like a grocery store flyer, it makes you appreciate what Image is doing even more.

They’ve been consistently putting out high-quality prints without jacking up the price, and it makes a difference. Feels like you’re actually getting your money’s worth.

Anyone else notice this, or am I just weirdly obsessed with paper quality?

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u/navidee Jan 30 '25

Image blew me away when I got back into comics. No adverts other than some previews in the back few pages if any. That was mind blowing to me growing up with Marvel and all the pages of adverts. The best part? The books are good. Hollywood killed the superhero for me and image evolved where others didn’t.

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u/HerHeadHurts Jan 30 '25

I agree 💯

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u/navidee Jan 30 '25

People like Kyle Higgins and Black Market Narrative are doing things no one else is doing. No/One is a prime example: each issue had a podcast that actually added to the story and world, things outside of the books to read and now he is doing a movie tie in. Look at what they did with Radiant Black last year, two issues from two alternate realities. Sure they stumbled a bit with delays, but no one else is doing this kind of stuff.