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Of All Trades
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None of the above. The iOS version is based on Comixology which is basically your standard "buy individual comics" app. The subscription service is Flash-based and therefore completely inaccessible on iPad. The subscription service requires a computer to use but is still a great deal (especially if you can find a coupon for the full year at around $40) if you're interested in comics more than a year old or so.glaringradio said:
Justin Timberlake
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Thank you for linking me to this, you beautiful human being!
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Sho_Nuff82
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$40 for their entire library? Sort of want...Of All Trades said:
megashock5
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Awesome - thanks, OP!
DonasaurusRex
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im in this is great!
if you wanna see what the wolverine movie WAS going to be like with D.A at the helm you should check out the wolverine 4 part mini series that ultimately became his ongoing series, available in the origins and amazing events section.
if you wanna see what the wolverine movie WAS going to be like with D.A at the helm you should check out the wolverine 4 part mini series that ultimately became his ongoing series, available in the origins and amazing events section.
VGChampion
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Am I the only one who has trouble navigating the site? I tried typing in Ultimate Spider-man in the search and got info about the character, then I browsed for comics and clicked Spider-man and got a list of a bunch of single issue comics. I just want to start with USM 01. Maybe I'll check out the iPad app. Scratch that. Just saw it doesn't work up above.
Edit: Er, okay. I clicked series title and can only see 2-23. :/
Edit: Er, okay. I clicked series title and can only see 2-23. :/
iNvid02
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VGChampion said:
http://marvel.com/digital_comics/browse/character/1011010/spider-man_ultimate
release date old-new from the dropdown menu
VGChampion
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iNvidious01 said:
Ah, thank you very much. Don't know what I was looking at.
the_log_ride
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OP BE PRAISED!
Marty Chinn
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Of All Trades said:
Ohhh so this might actually work on a Honeycomb tablet?
goldenticket
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thanks iNvidious01 i just signed up
ive never really bought comics so i dont know whats good. can anyone mention some key things to check out?
ive never really bought comics so i dont know whats good. can anyone mention some key things to check out?
Of All Trades
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It's not the entire library and every now and then there'll be a missing issue, but there is a LOT of content and I know some runs are complete. Basically, if you're a tpb-only reader then, particularly at $40, you're getting more tpbs than you could read in a year for the cost of 3-4 physical books, and at roughly the same release rate since trades tend to be 6-12 months behind the current books.Sho_Nuff82 said:
Don't you have a Transformer? Give it a shot. I think there are sample comics on the site.Marty Chinn said:
Oh this is fucking awesome. Always wanted to give Marvel Digital a try. Now I can finally read Morrison's New X-Men run!
Sadly no matter how awesome this might turn out to be, I know I won't re-up. Not until they do day & date releases on new issues, and they let me carry the subscription over to an iPad/Android tablet.
Sadly no matter how awesome this might turn out to be, I know I won't re-up. Not until they do day & date releases on new issues, and they let me carry the subscription over to an iPad/Android tablet.
JeTmAn81
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I've been checking out the available free issues lately and really been liking the interface and the available selection. I've been thinking about subscribing, so I'll definitely use this free month to investigate further, maybe track how many comics I end up reading during that time.
I am the kind of person who prefers subscription services for my media (I already use Rhapsody and Netflix), but I really wish there was a service that gave you access to comics from all the publishers, much the same way other media services do. People wouldn't like Netflix nearly as much if they only let you watch ABC shows. Unfortunately the history of rivalry between Marvel and DC makes this unlikely in the near future, but a guy can hope.
I am the kind of person who prefers subscription services for my media (I already use Rhapsody and Netflix), but I really wish there was a service that gave you access to comics from all the publishers, much the same way other media services do. People wouldn't like Netflix nearly as much if they only let you watch ABC shows. Unfortunately the history of rivalry between Marvel and DC makes this unlikely in the near future, but a guy can hope.
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Of All Trades said:
Yep, I'm in the middle of something at the moment so I don't have time to bust it out to load up. I'll give it a shot as soon as I can and report back if nobody else has.
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Snaku said:
Wasn't there some announcement about this?
Dan said:
Tons.
- Captain America (2004-2011) by Ed Brubaker. The First 2+ years are must reads and are basically one big standalone arc.
- X-Force 116-128 by Peter Milligan. Very loosely connected to the marvel U. Does its own thing.
- Immortal Iron Fist as mentioned above
- Marvel Knights Daredevil. The first 80 issues of that are worth reading. Most are from Brian Bendis, and his run on that book was some of his best work
- Marvel Boy by Grant Morrison
- If you read/liked Kingdom Come, check out Earth X. I really liked that series and the follow-ups Universe X/Paradise X.
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Do they have MAX titles?
Of All Trades
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That's DC comics. As for the idea, I don't think it's realistic to expect Marvel to offer a subscription service for $5/month that includes day and date comics, even with advertisements.Duane Cunningham said:
What's up with all the issues missing. First USM 2009 #5 and #6, and now Deadpool #24 (no read online button available?!?!). Are they somewhere else on the site, or are they really not there? Don't get why they would leave out single issues in the middle of a run like that, what's going on here...
edit: Ah, Deadpool #24 isn't there yet apparently - stops at 23. Got confused with the digital and normal comic book lists. 24 was published exactly a year ago, why is it not on there yet then? Not the most straightforward site.
edit: Ah, Deadpool #24 isn't there yet apparently - stops at 23. Got confused with the digital and normal comic book lists. 24 was published exactly a year ago, why is it not on there yet then? Not the most straightforward site.
Maleficence
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Always wanted to try out comics, will definitely check out the recommendations in this thread. In fact a list of all recommendations would be welcome, maybe with votes for how many people recommend each one. You know for us newbies. 
Of All Trades said:
Why not? There will always be collectors of physical copies, and that will remain to be their core business for the foreseeable future. A digital subscription service with a low buy in similar to Netflix that's available across all popular platforms (PC, iPad, Android) is the key to growing their business. But such a service must provide day and date comics, otherwise all of these publishers talk about bringing in new readers will amount to nothing. Your average Joe isn't interested in reading old shit, he wants to read the current stories. And expecting him to pay the same price for some 1's and 0's as he would for a single physical issue is absurd. Collector's pay that premium price because they are collectors.
Maleficence said:Always wanted to try out comics, will definitely check out the recommendations in this thread. In fact a list of all recommendations would be welcome, maybe with votes for how many people recommend each one. You know for us newbies.
Top 100 story arcs according to 700 voters. List is a few years old now, but many of these are on Digital Comics Unlimited. Just look for the Marvel stories:
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/04/18/the-top-100-comic-book-runs-master-list/
Snaku said:
Netflix is mostly just old movies. If you are not expecting day and date Netflix releases of new DVD titles, why are you expecting that of comic books?
EDIT: Also, if you are new to comics, what does it matter if there is a year delay on the stories being released to the Digital Unlimited store? They are new to you.
Of All Trades
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I don't know how you can promote a Netflix model, which specifically does not provide day and date but rather a library of older content, and then demand that comic publishers provide day and date, at least not at the current pricing. Maybe for $15-20/month, and that would be Marvel only.Snaku said:
As for Average Joe, Average Joe isn't reading ANY comics right now so the notion that they only want to read what's on stands now, instead of, say, 50+issues of Brubaker's Cap or Bendis DD, is ridiculous. At best Average Joe reads tpbs, which are 6-12 months old and cost far more than MCDU. Average Joe doesn't care about reading this month's Iron Man because if he did then he'd go buy it. And you're vastly overstating the collector market.
kswiston said:
Different business focus. Most movies, unless they're in a series, are stand alone. Comics are an ever evolving story line.
kswiston said:
Most new potential readers are overwhelmed and intimidated by the superhero comic backlog, and really don't know where to start. So they don't. Which is why these publishers are constantly rebooting/retconning these damn things; starting fresh to attract new readers almost every year it seems. What would be the point of DC's new reboot if you weren't actually able to read those books for another year or more?
Of All Trades said:
I wasn't, only adopting a similarly attractive buy in price.
Marty Chinn
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Welp, I just subscribed and loaded it up on my Asus Transformer. It mostly works. The only issue right now (no pun intended) is that I can't get it to completely fill the screen. It fills a good chunk of it, and is certainly readable, but it would be nice if I could somehow fill it entirely.
I think this pretty much means:
Asus Transformer >>> iPad 2
Edit: Ohh, I figured out how to make it full screen in a different browser since some of the controls didn't show up before and this browser has a full screen mode. Much better.
I think this pretty much means:
Asus Transformer >>> iPad 2
Edit: Ohh, I figured out how to make it full screen in a different browser since some of the controls didn't show up before and this browser has a full screen mode. Much better.
Ivan A Nguyen
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So this won't let me read the comics via the Ipad? Can I cancel my free month?Of All Trades said:
Duane Cunningham
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Huh. I figured I'd just start reading Uncanny from some distant point in the past where I left off (late 90's early 2000's maybe), but I see that there are some huge chunks missing.
Duane Cunningham
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Fezan said:
You're in for a treat. Keep going when it changes to X-Tatix, too. Great stuff.
Snaku said:
You might have a point for DC, but Marvel has never rebooted its continuity. Even when they relaunch the books at #1, the stories are just a continuation of whatever the previous story arc was with rare exceptions. Spider-man's Brand new day might have tried to get spidey back to the basics, but it made tons of references to old story arcs. Hell, they even retreaded concepts like the clone saga.
Most Marvel retcons just complicate continuity to tell a cool story, not streamline it.
So really, starting with last year's books vs this year's books makes no difference to new readers. They still need to take the same continuity plunge, or they need to stick to mostly self contained things like the Runaways or Milligan's X-Force.
Why would it not matter? There's a years worth of comics out already and you're not getting to read it. People always want to keep reading. I see the digital comics more as a manga reader, reading to keep up to date, then waiting for the bigger trades or collections to come out and buy those. If they're always a year behind, digital comics wouldn't be worth the price to me.kswiston said:
Okay so in addition to Immortal Iron Fist, which has already been recommended, click "browse digital comics" and under "by character" here's what you should find under these heroes._dementia said:
Make sure to sort everything by oldest to newest when the search results come up, because it defaults to show the most recent comic first.
THOR: On the left side, under "refine this list", click "Creators" and select Walt Simonson. Start reading at Thor 337. Seriously the most badass Thor stories you will ever read, and one of the greatest single runs in superhero comic history.
HULK: Same process, click Hulk and Creators, then select Greg Pak. Start with Hulk 92. Earth's heroes ship Hulk off to another planet. Badassery ensues.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: Just click Spider-Man (Ultimate) and start reading from issue 1. Fantastic Spidey stories.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Captain America ->Creators-> Ed Brubaker. Captain America #1 (2004) starts off this awesome set of modern Cap stories. They do revert back to the old numbering at some point, but just keep going oldest to newest and you should be fine.
msv said:
If you are so hooked on a series that you can't wait to get the newest 12 issues, you should be buying the monthlies. I agree with you that Marvel should start offering day and date digital copies like DC so that you are not forced to find a comic store. I do not agree that you should be getting their entire current monthly output for less than $5 a month. Especially since you are also able to access their entire digital backlog.
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