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Originally Posted by Parademon1

"Nothing wrong" you say? Have you read the latest statistics that have been printed on the reading levels of kids in America today? Most teens are reading at a 3rd-4th grade reading level. Kids today prefer to spend their time playing Xbox/PlayStation, texting, hanging out rather than order an online subscription of Marvel comics & spend their valuable time "reading".

Not sure why you turned a conversation about kids not reading comics to the education system but that's your loss. Low reading levels are not the result of video games and smart phones. The teens reading at 3rd and 4th grade reading levels come from homes with low income, meaning their parents never had enough money to buy them books and rarely read to them when they were toddlers. Because of this, these kids enter school with a limited vocabulary and are academically behind the students who grew up in families that could provide them with these resources. This problem compounds over the years, putting them further and further behind other students. This is why programs like Head Start are so important because they work to close that ability gap before students enter school. Also, a comic book isn't going to increase a kid's reading level. Comics are 22 pages and are written so that they can be enjoyed by a broad spectrum of people at different reading levels. If you want to increase reading ability, then students need to read books at higher difficultly levels. And how do I know this? I know it because I'm in a Master's program studying Elementary Education and have had several discussions with professors about children's literacy and early childhood development and education over the past year and a half.

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Originally Posted by Parademon1

If all those options are available and "cheaper" options than traditional comic shops, then how are comic stores still even able to stay in business?

Your comic shop has stayed in business because the owner knows what everyone is purchasing and isn't ordering extras of books. The owner of the comic shop I used to go to once told me that he basically knew what books people would be interested in and would only order just enough to meet demand because he was loosing money on back issues. If you want to splurge, go ahead. It's your money.

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Originally Posted by Parademon1

Another thing, unless the marvel female character is on the movie screen, these kids ain't buying the female comic based figures either. I just hit TRU/Target & Walmart today & the pegs are saturated with tons of White Tigers, Misty Knights, Hellcats, Angelas & I'm even starting to see a bunch of Phoenix figs on the pegs. Why is that, cuz these kids don't read the comics so have no idea who they are. It also doesn't help that those stores don't put these figures on clearance & still have them up for $14.99-$19.99.

So the kids who aren't buying comics are buying the male comic figures but leaving the female comic figures? More like they just didn't want those figures.