1977: The year I stopped reading comics
from 'Berry's Pearls of Comic Book Wisdom'
An interesting post made last year at the Barry's Pearls of Comic Book Wisdom website. His observations about the impact in '77 of Marvel's price increases, the constant recycling of reprints, the steep drop in the quality of the art and writing, and the poor caliber of the black-and-white magazines, are spot-on.
Marvel's current editorial and business office staff would do well to read this article..........