I've been making a pilgrimage to the Rospetchati kiosk every two weeks, and for that, I'm willing to shell out the hard-earned 600 rubles for a comic book I'd never buy otherwise.

It all started innocently enough. My mother-in-law bought my son's first comic book, which cost just 99 rubles, and presented it to him with a big smile. She said, 'I got you some comics with your favorite superhero, Spider-Man!' My son was over the moon. He's been into Marvel lately, and Spider-Man is definitely his favorite hero.

The comic book is 176 x 266 mm in size, with a hardcover binding.

We liked the book (of course, for 99 rubles, it was a no-brainer!). The illustrations are vibrant, the pages are glossy, and the design is beautiful. Plus, the story is interesting and engaging.

These comics come out every two weeks. Our favorite grandma saw how excited her grandson was and brought him the second book. The second installment is about the Avengers. But, of course, the price was higher - 600 rubles.

Grandma didn't hesitate for a moment, got her grandson hooked on these comics, and then promptly dumped the financial burden on us. She told him, 'Now it's up to your parents to buy them for you.'

So, I went along with the two of them and bought the third book about the Hulk. And that was a total disaster. The story is not suitable for kids, and, to be honest, these comics have an age restriction of 16+.

I decided to wrap up this project and started negotiating with my son. And he burst into tears, because the next book is with Iron Man, and he likes him too. So, we ended up with the fourth book.

I wasn't impressed with the Iron Man comics, to be honest. They were just okay, without the psychedelia of the Hulk comics.

The fifth book is about Wolverine. Honestly, I don't even want to tell you how I came up with this idea.

The sixth one is about Daredevil.

We decided to stop there. And, in total, we have 100 of these books in our collection.

Pros of these comics:

- it's a collector's edition. Anyone who's into comics and Marvel will love it

- colorful pictures

- glossy pages

- the comics themselves (although I didn't enjoy all of them)

- these are comics for adults, not kids (18+ rating). There are scenes of violence

- I guess I'm not a Marvel fan, and these comics just aren't that great to me. And 600 rubles every two weeks? That's just crazy. To collect the whole series, you'd need... *gulp* ...59,500 rubles!!!! (moms, maybe I'm just bad at math, but that number scares me). I could spend that much on a 5-star hotel in Turkey.

Honestly, if you're a collector, this thing's for you. But if you're just your average, everyday Russian, trust me, don't even think about it.

All in all, I wouldn't recommend it.