Marvel Comics Online

November 15th, 2007

A few days back I saw rumblings of Marvel Comics releasing their catalog online. I must profess I still have probably 2,000 or so comic books under the stairs at home. I even have some original page masters from Strange Tales. While an avid reader of science fiction, I went through a 2 or 3 year spread where I consumed as many comic books as possible. It all started on a road trip across the states one summer. I bought 5 or so comics in a truck stop and was dying for us to run out of gas so we could stop again and get more.

While I am disappointed that Marvel has chosen to make this pay service, I am delighted to see them get digital. Someday perhaps they will learn about online community and see that giving away the digital version might actually make the paper version sales explode. Anyone else out there ever enjoy comics? If so, what were your favorite titles and what do you think of Digital Marvel?