Amazon has become so much a part of our lives that when you say the word, people think of the online retailer and not a warrior woman or river. I do not understand why they do some of the things they do but I do know a bargain when I see it.
Last August, Abrams ComicArts brought out this neat little boxed set of the six Marvel Mini-Books of the sixties, reprinted in larger, hardcover format and including a seventh book in which a Noted Expert explained the history of the original six. The Noted Expert was, of course, me. The set got great reviews and praise and Amazon is now playing games with its price.
It was originally thirty bucks and well worth that. Lately, they've been lowering the price and raising the price and lowering it and raising it and I have no idea why. It's like someone on The Price is Right playing The Clock Game: Higher! Lower! Higher! Lower!
The cost briefly got as low as $8.95 and as I write this, it's a tad under twelve dollars — still a great price. By the time this is posted and you click on this link, only God and Jeff Bezos know what it'll be and I'm not so sure about God on this one.
I was thinking of writing here, "If you've been considering purchasing one of these, it'll never be cheaper" but I'm not sure that's true. It might be free by now or they might be paying you to take one off their hands or one could cost thousands and thousands of dollars, none of them trickling down to the Noted Expert. I have no idea. Just thought I'd mention it is all. Thanks to the very talented Terry Beatty for taking time out from producing the Rex Morgan M.D. newspaper strip to keep me apprised of the latest price fluctuations.