Marvel has its Marvel Digital Comics Annual Subscription for $47.90 after the timely coupon code SDCC201020. The lowest price by $12, the Marvel Digital Comics Annual Subscription gives you unlimited access to an extensive listing of both classic and recent comic books from the powerhouse publisher.
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Does anyone know if you can download the comics and read them later? I've missed out on 15 years or so because I just didn't want to spend the money and store them.
On a side note, I think the industry can make a huge comeback if comics can be a bit less expensive than their current $3-$4 average and accessible on an iPad-like device. Actual comic book store owners may suffer less traffic, but I also believe that there will always be those that want to own the actual book. I personally would probably buy the first 10 issues and then read TPB or digital afterwards.
Machine514
Shopaholic Member
posted: Jul. 31, 2010 @ 7:24a
$47.90/year ($4.00/month) is amazing for this service!
I wonder what this looks like on an iPad. I read the Iron Man 1 preview, awesome!
Any idea on the expiration date of the coupon?
buzz86us
New Member
posted: Jul. 31, 2010 @ 8:51a
its a nice deal but it leaves you tethered to an internet connection so unless you wanna sit in starbucks or at home just to read comics this deal isn't for you. Since they took away spectacular spider-girl I quit my subscription.
jaymez619 said: Does anyone know if you can download the comics and read them later? I've missed out on 15 years or so because I just didn't want to spend the money and store them.
On a side note, I think the industry can make a huge comeback if comics can be a bit less expensive than their current $3-$4 average and accessible on an iPad-like device. Actual comic book store owners may suffer less traffic, but I also believe that there will always be those that want to own the actual book. I personally would probably buy the first 10 issues and then read TPB or digital afterwards.
The price of comic books nowadays is ridiculous. How do they expect to get the amount of readership they had in the late 80s/early 90s with that sort of pricing. Plus, what they've done to their characters is atrocious. How many times has Marvel stopped and then restarted their series now of all their characters?
If I'm not mistaken, this Marvel Digital Comics subscription service uses a flash website, and therefore won't work on an iPad. There's a Marvel app for iPad made by Comixology, but there's no unlimited subscription like this, you have to purchase each issue.
mchael
Member
posted: Jul. 31, 2010 @ 11:40a
It appears that it only works with an internet browser. I tried the free sample and it also doesn't allow you to zoom very much. I had a hard time reading the text. It has a text zoom feature, but it is more like a little magnifying glass that you move around the screen. For me it would be better to be able to zoom in more. See more detail etc. Maybe it would look better on a large 24 inch monitor?
Deckard26354 said: lilstabber said: Does this look good on an IPAD?
If I'm not mistaken, this Marvel Digital Comics subscription service uses a flash website, and therefore won't work on an iPad. There's a Marvel app for iPad made by Comixology, but there's no unlimited subscription like this, you have to purchase each issue.
I guess Marvel didn't get Steve Job's memo that all websites would be switched over to HTML 5 by now which should eliminate all need for Flash.
That being said... Such a service would be pretty sweet for ebooks/ipads (when available).
riznick said: I guess Marvel didn't get Steve Job's memo that all websites would be switched over to HTML 5 by now which should eliminate all need for Flash.
I imagine Marvel would rather leave the subscription site inaccessible to iPad, so they can try to sell a-la-carte instead. In any case, there's no reason to make the site iPad compliant, when they have a specific iPad app already.
I have a 22 inch monitor. Having read some of these on computer, even on a 22", i still find it annoying. So i would welcome an ipad type subscription (if i wasnt to cheap for a subscription and actually had an ipad )
owenscott said: I have a 22 inch monitor. Having read some of these on computer, even on a 22", i still find it annoying. So i would welcome an ipad type subscription (if i wasnt to cheap for a subscription and actually had an ipad )
Did you try rotating your monitor 90 degrees to view one page per screen? But yeah reading it on a monitor isn't even close to reading it on a personal device.
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