Marvel Comics Come to the iPhone

1.99 per issue? Why bother. They should make em cheaper for the end user than buying the graphic novel collections. No paper, No distributor costs, No retail markup. No way 1.99 will stick...unless these are motion comics? I see Marvel announced Motion Comics for iPhone as well.

Finally, I've been waiting for what seems like forever for this. $1.99 is more than what I was hoping for, but at least one of them, Panelfly, is selling issues for $.99 (Just got Amazing Spider-Man #1 for $.99!!! how sick is that).

To be honest I'm a little surprised they are selling them for less than the others when I think they are prolly better than the other two. I mean iVerse cuts up everything and doesn't provide much functionality. Panelfly and comics are much better. While similar, I like how Panelfly does the panel by panel better than comics, and Panelfly is just so much more visually pleasing to the eye.

So excited the big boys are finally jumping on board! Can't wait for the others to follow suit.

Can some developer please make ONE reader app. I dont want 1000 reader apps for all the different sources oh and please also make ONE tuner app for all stations on the world.

1.99 per issue? Why bother. They should make em cheaper for the end user than buying the graphic novel collections. No paper, No distributor costs, No retail markup. No way 1.99 will stick...unless these are motion comics? I see Marvel announced Motion Comics for iPhone as well.

Well, the distribution cost is the 30% off the top that Apple takes for in app purchases. The retail markup is the percentage the app makers take for offering Marvel comics through their apps. You're right about no paper though.

Can some developer please make ONE reader app. I dont want 1000 reader apps for all the different sources oh and please also make ONE tuner app for all stations on the world.

Subject line says it all! One thing we don't need is less choice.

By the way I have to agree with others here $1.99 is way to much for an electronic copy of a comic. That would be good pricing for six issues, not a single issue.

Dave

A 1.99 per issue is a joke considering you can get the TPBs on Amazon for cheaper.

Heck, I have many of the official Marvel cd-rom collections and those have *entire* runs of Uncanny X-Men, Astonishing, Avengers, Fantastic Four, etc. Those ran anywhere from 35 to 45 bucks a piece.

A 1.99 per issue is a joke considering you can get the TPBs on Amazon for cheaper.

Heck, I have many of the official Marvel cd-rom collections and those have *entire* runs of Uncanny X-Men, Astonishing, Avengers, Fantastic Four, etc. Those ran anywhere from 35 to 45 bucks a piece.

I was just going to post that. You buy the collections on Amazon (produced by GIT Corp). Then you import the PDFs into something like MyComics on the iPhone for viewing on the go. MyComics has a standalone tool to allow you to import PDFs, CDRs, CBZs, ZIP, etc, etc into the app.

Done and done.

:cool:

--DotComCTO

"There's an app for that". :rolleyes:

Maybe I'm just a purist, but when I read a comic, a big part of the enjoyment is actually holding it in my hands, smelling the paper and ink, etc. It lets me truly appreciate the artist's renderings.

I mean, think about it. If price weren't an issue, would you rather have a giant digital rendering of the Mona Lisa, or the actual painting?

IMO, some things should stay in paper format...comic books being one of them.

Maybe I'm just a purist, but when I read a comic, a big part of the enjoyment is actually holding it in my hands, smelling the paper and ink, etc.

What we need is the iPhone 4g... with Smell-o-Vision.