The first issue of Alan Moore's Providence was $3.99 when it came out. The eleven other issues of the series were $4.99 apiece. I bought them all hot off the racks, so forgetting the The Great Escape Holds Customer Discount...which I appreciate, but which really doesn't do a whole lot more than negate the tax...that means I spent almost $59 on that series. And you know money is a little tight for me. And I tend to shy away from comic books that cost $3.99, much less $4.99. But you know what? I was happy to pay full price for Providence, because it was that good. I'll even be tempted to buy it again when (someday) they release it in one big fat volume. Especially if it's fancy. All of which I say just to give some weight to this statement: This is a truly superb comic book. This is something very special.
And Avatar has a killer sale going on on Comixology right now, and if you get over there before it ends, you can purchase all twelve issues of Providence for a mere $11.88. That's right. 99¢ per issue. A savings of about $47.
And did I mention that this is a superb comic book? I'm talking one of the best comic books I've ever read...and I've been reading these fuckers for fifty years. Literally. (Literally literally.)
While I'm here, I also want to mention that there's a Rich Tomasso sale going on as well, and you can get most of his brilliant books for 89¢ a pop. I'm particularly fond of Spy Seal, but all of his books are worth reading.
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