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According to an article on British news website Guardian Unlimited, Marvel will soon allow users to, for a small monthly fee, have access to hundreds of issues of their most popular titles.
The article can be found here.
This is a fantastic idea.
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Marvel’s comics are all about continuity, which can be alienating to new readers, especially if they don’t have access to old issues. They rectify this problem by reprinting black-and-white Essential editions that contain their characters first adventures, but still, they can be expensive after a while (trust me I know).
For a $10 (£5) monthly fee children can introduce Marvel’s 5,000 characters to their lifestyle space by logging on to Marvel.com, where the original runs of several of the most iconic of superheroes are available. Dominant among them is Spider-Man, the superhero who saved the company. The site features the first 100 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man, starting with Peter Parker’s solo debut in 1963. The front page of the original Spider-Man comic features Spider-Man swinging on his web before onlookers and the words: “Freak! Public Menace!”
That episode, as well as 250 others, is being offered free as part of an introductory promotion. Other free features include the first 100 issues of the Fantastic Four, the first run of the Uncanny X-Men and the first 50 issues of the Avengers.
Visit the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited website to view 250 limited free comics here.
Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
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My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
Capes & Cowls » Blog Archive » “CU ComiCon”: Reflections (Capes & Cowls » Blog Archive » “CU ComiCon”: Reflections) says:
(Posted March 3rd, 2008 at 1:30 am)
[…] few years for free if you registered on the website. Now, for a monthly fee, you can have access to Marvel Unlimited, a service that has thousands of issues at your fingertips. You can’t own the issues, but you […]