Something strange afoot at the Circle K

While picking up milk this morning, I noticed a stack of CD-ROMs for sale on the counter: each was the first 10 issues of some seminal Marvel comic.

I hate CD-ROMs. I've started to refuse to buy them for the library--especially since they've chosen a dedicated workstation approach instead of networking them to all public workstations. And besides--they're nearing the end of their useful lives.

But this comic thing. This is interesting. The covers indicated that the original cost of the comics were $.12. The CDs were $4. That probably amounts to about the same amount of money with inflation. CDs have been throw-aways (think AOL coasters) for a few years now--but I never equated them with pulp fiction or comics.