They went up toe 35 cents at one point and I think they were 75 cents at the end of the run. It’s been said Star Wars saved Marvel at a time when superhero comics were in a bit of a sales slump.
I’m fearful of handling my original issues too much these days. Why they can’t keep the original colors in the reprints I have no idea. Would be nice to see them beyond the limitations of cheap newsprint.
The recolored CGI enhanced versions of the movie adaptation from a few years back are an abomination worse than the Special Editions.