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Original Marvel Comics Going Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-up-true-believer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a tentative move onto the internet, Marvel is putting some of its older comics online Tuesday, hoping to reintroduce young people to the X-Men and Fantastic Four by showcasing the original issues in which such characters appeared. The publisher is hoping fans will be intrigued enough about the origins of those characters to shell out $9.99 a month, or $4.99 monthly with a year-long commitment. For that price, they'll be able to poke through, say, the first 100 issues of Stan Lee's 1963 creation "Amazing Spider-Man" at their leisure, along with more recent titles like "House of M" and "Young Avengers." Comics can only be viewed in a Web browser, not downloaded, and new issues will only go online at least six months after they first appear in print. Dark Horse Comics now puts its vibrant and large images of 'Dark Horse Presents' up for free viewing on its MySpace site. DC Comics has also put issues up on MySpace, and recently launched the competition-based Zuda Comics, which encourages users to rank each other's work, as a way to tap into the expanding Web comic scene."

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  1. No downloading? by HalifaxRage · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Comics can only be viewed in a Web browser, not downloaded" - except for the fact that they have already been downloaded. Print screen, anyone?

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    bomb the us up set someone
  2. Re:Comics will be on Bittorrent anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but what will make Marvel stand above the bittorrent traffic is that you can view comics in mint condition whereas you can only get good to fair condition comics from bittorrent.

  3. Human Torch, meet Server Torch by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, True Believers, the response to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited has been so overwhelming, we're just doing a bit of routine maintenance to make sure you have a great experience! We'll be back shortly. Thank you, Marvel.com.
    Flame on!
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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
  4. Re:Can't Be Downloaded? by Sciros · · Score: 4, Funny

    The comics sucking too much for anyone to bother.

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    I like basketball!!1!
  5. Re:Can't Be Downloaded? by Funkcikle · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's to stop people from screenshotting the pages and placing them into a pdf?
    A visit from Dr.DMCA and his sidekick Kopyright Kid, of course.
  6. Re:Comics will be on Bittorrent anyway by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comic book guy, is that you??!

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    which is totally what she said