Older series sometimes had more issues available, but even a title from 2008 didn’t have its full run on offer. In general, expect a lot of first volumes of ongoing series to get new readers hooked. Vaughn’s popular Saga was available for download, though the subsequent four volumes were not. In Marvel’s case, it’s generally about six months after an issue is released, and new content arrives on Monday every week, along with plenty of new archive titles from the publisher’s massive backlog.Ĭomixology Unlimited doesn’t quite live up to its moniker yet.

For another, you need to merge your Comixology and Amazon accounts for reasons only described as “ really boring tech mumbo jumbo.”Īlso, what’s less clear on Comixology Unlimited than its Marvel counterpart is the rubric for when new items appear. There are, unsurprisingly, a few caveats: for one, Comixology Unlimited is currently U.S.-only, though Amazon says it plans to expand in the future. I couldn’t easily find out from Comixology’s site whether there was a limit on the latter-Marvel Unlimited, for example, only lets you have 12 offline issues at a time.

As with Marvel Unlimited, there’s no limit to what you can read, and you can download titles for offline reading, too. The service integrates with Comixology’s iOS, Fire Tablet, and Android apps, as well as its web client. That leaves the home of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman as the remaining major publisher not to offer a subscription service. Not present, though are titles from Marvel, obviously, or from its chief rival, DC. Unlike Marvel’s offering, there are a lot of different publishers here, such as heavy hitters like Image and Dark Horse, and other popular houses like Dynamite, Oni Press, IDW, Valiant, Fantagraphics, and way, way more.

The idea of Comixology Unlimited is exactly what you’d expect: for a monthly fee-in this case, $6-you get access to a library of titles that you can read at your leisure. Still, the popularity of the service has clearly not gone unnoticed, as Amazon’s Comixology service announced today that it’s rolling out its own subscription offering, the creatively-titled Comixology Unlimited. But the biggest downside to Marvel Unlimited is right in the name: it’s Marvel-only. Since I signed up for Marvel Unlimited a while back, I’ve really gotten back into comics. Note: This story has not been updated for several years. Amazon takes a chip off the Marvel block with Comixology Unlimited

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