GroupOn has a deal where you can purchase comic bundles through their site at a pretty impressive discount. For $24.99 you can purchase 25 Marvel or DC comics. $1 a comic isn’t too bad. For $39.99 you can get 50 comics, 25 from Marvel and 25 from DC (plus tax). All of this sounds wonderful, but when you start to actually look at claims, things get a bit…. odd and confusing.

The Marvel and DC 25 comic bundles say the comics are worth $100. If you buy the 50 comic bundle, the value is claimed to be $250. If the 50 comic bundle is just one of each of the Marvel or DC bundle, then where does the extra $50 value come from? Pretty sure that’s not how math works. I can maybe forgive the oddness thinking maybe they throw in some more valuable comics in that bundle.

Moving on, the package claims the comics are from the 1980s on from the publisher. That should give us pause even on the $100 value claim. The package contains 25 comics and the value is $99.99. So, according to this, the average value of the comics are $4 a piece. Retail cost of comics weren’t $4 until recently. So, if the package includes comics from the 1980s, how does the value come close to $100? It’s clearly not the cover value they’re going by.

The FAQ doesn’t really answer the questions above. So, I decided to role the dice to see what this package actually gets you, and if it’s as advertised. Stay tuned true believer!