I have a MMU problem...

To those unfamiliar with my blog, MMU stands for Marvel Movie Universe - my name for the MCU.

My wife and I were out and about yesterday with Adorkette getting school related stuff and I was killing time in another aisle when I saw this:

the Black Widow Strikes trade that includes her first appearance in Tales of Suspense #52.

It was roughly $4, so I put it in the cart.

Then the ladies told me they were going to be a while with the trying-on-of-clothes-thing, and let me take the car to another store.

Which was a mistake, 'cause then I saw this:

the GotG trade for $9.

But that wasn't the big one...

this was the big one.

I had not heard of this book's existence, and there was nothing about it on the back. Just an image of the HYDRA symbol emerging from under the S.H.I.E.L.D. image. It was less than $40, so I bought it.

In less than twenty minutes, I spent roughly 50 bucks.

I'm glad I got the prelude trades, especially for less than cover price, but the AoS was a splurge. A big one.

I mean yeah - it has the slipcover case, and fits in line with the Art of... Marvel movie books. And it has pages dedicated to every episode. Which I couldn't delve into because I was exhausted from the shopping spree.  

But still...the impulse.

I'm a dork...with (boxes of) issues...but I cope.