This is the same thing that happens with every brand once something pops off. They get one hit and then panic, so they just keep throwing more stuff at it (grandma, dance, rapper) instead of letting it breathe. It is like when a band has one huge song and then every follow up tries to be that song but louder. The magic is usually in the first dumb idea, not the third version of it.

How many of those 22 issues did you actually need for your run versus just grabbing because they were a buck? That is the real test here. If 18 of them were filler you will never read again, you basically paid gas money to haul home clutter. But if most of them filled actual gaps in your X-Men run, then yeah, a 40 minute drive for 31 bucks beats waiting on mail and paying shipping on trades. The dollar bin thing only works when you go in with a list and stick to it, otherwise it turns into a cheap excuse to buy junk. Do you keep a want list on your phone when you hit those long boxes, or do you just dig and hope?