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Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine2216
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So for the "May the 4th Be With You" day I got an e-mail for a free month to try marvel unlimited and my initial judgement is that its good to find series to go out and buy but not really to read comic series... is that a fair statement? It seems like you have access to a lot of first issues but thats about it. I was wondering what you guys think about Marvel Unlimited? Is it worth it? Any tips for a new user? Thanks!
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MU works for me, because I don't collect. I'm just reading a bunch of comics. It's well worth my $70 a year.
If you are only seeing a selection of first issues only, you probably haven't given them your credit card info yet. Even to do the free trial you need to do a full sign up. After that you'll have full access, just be warned, it will auto renew and you'll have to cancel before you get charged...
If you are unsure I would suggest just paying the $10 for one month to try it out. However you do have to make sure you cancel it at the end if you don't wont to go on with it. They will auto renew if you don't.
One thing that is cool is that if you want to search an event you can and all the main and tie-in issues will be listed in order.
They are also adding stuff rapidly, filling in series as there is demand or digital files available. I'm guessing a lot fo the Atlas stuff is on there because they digitized it for the Masterworks.
There is a way to "side load" the app on the Kindle but I found it to be extremely buggy when I ran it.
No, wait -- I had the Vic-20, not the 64.
Now if DC would just do the same thing!!! 'fingers crossed'
I've been reading the heck out of Valiant Comics on there. Looks like they are about 5 months behind on current issues of Valiant (I haven't checked other publishers). The image quality (resolution and compression) doesn't compare to Comixology, but for $9 a month I think I'll keep it for a while.
Doesn't sound like you can go wrong either way but MU seems to have the edge on newer titles.
I'me not 100% sure but Scribd looks like it's got digital trades, not really any single issues. So it sounds great if you are looking for stuff that's been collected, but if you want to read individual issues, or something that hasn't been put out in trade form you aren't going to find it there. I probably wouldn't use the service for Marvel, but I have seriously considered it for Boom, IDW, Valiant and some Archie stuff that I probably would have only read in trade anyway (and, y'know, books). I just can't afford another subscription service right now, it's getting crazy.
Besides the other publishers mentioned, they also have Top Cow, Top Shelf, Zenescope, and a few others.
The reading experience (comics or books), isn't quite as good as Amazon or Comixology, but it's definitely acceptable. The syncing between my phone, iPad and computer weren't 100% accurate. It was usually a few pages behind. I haven't tried their audiobook feature, yet.
It's certainly worth the free month trial period.
For iPhone/iPad users, you plan ahead, you can save 20-25%. Buy an iTunes gift card when they go on sale on ebay. Then sign up for Scribd via your device. After the first free month it will charge your iTunes account.
I sold my Vic-20,with the box with the K-mart $100 price tag still on it, a few years back. Had 5 games on carts,plus the cable to connect a cassette player to it. With 4 games on cassette tapes.