@sakic92710
Not intending to be a wet blanket, but one of the problems may simply be Marvel "overexposure."
During Stan Lee's reign at Marvel, everything seemed to be done in a HUGE manner -- everything was "collectible," and Marvel filled the marketplace with way too many comic-related goodies.
I worked in a series of comic book stores from 1988 through 1993, and the level of "Marvel-mania" was just off the charts -- every week, there seemed to be a new, high-level, adrenaline-popping, "hold the presses" major release from Marvel -- and, after a while, it just seemed like so much overkill.
Too many of my younger customers were marching in every week, to purchase every new Marvel comic off the newsstand shelves, while always asking "How much do you think this one will be worth next year?"
A friend of one of my employees came in one day with two long-boxes of exclusively Marvel comics which he'd been collecting for the past several years (mostly X-Men related comics), hoping to cash in his collection in order to pay for his first year in college. The staff buyer offered him only $50.00 -- why offer big bucks, when there was so much inventory available, not to mention all the excess inventory previously unsold?
So maybe the problem is simply "too much available product, and just not enough interest."
