Found out most comic fans skip the letters pages and I'm shook

I was flipping through an old issue of Amazing Spider-Man #300 I grabbed at a con last month. Decided to actually read the letters page for once instead of just looking at the art. Turns out there's a stat online from some fan survey that says over 70% of readers never even glance at those pages. I always thought they were a big deal for the community back in the day. Has anyone else actually read through those old letters or am I just weird?

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elizabetht561mo agoMost Upvoted

Oh come on, is this really something to get shook about? Letters pages were always more of a novelty than some sacred part of the comic experience. I mean, sure, they were fun to flip through back when comics cost a quarter and you had nothing better to do, but most people just want the story and the art, not fan mail from some guy in Ohio arguing about who would win in a fight between Doctor Octopus and a wet paper bag. The survey says 70% skip them, so what, that just means the other 30% are the ones with too much time on their hands. It's not like missing those pages ruins the issue or anything, they're just filler between ads for toy soldiers and X-ray specs.

jade2711mo ago

For real though @elizabetht56 I gotta back you up on this. People act like losing the letters page is some huge loss but honestly half the time it was just printed typos and people complaining about the coloring being off. I remember one issue where someone wrote in to argue that Spidey's webshooter sound effect was spelled wrong and the editor actually printed it. That's not sacred thats just... space filler.