Marvel’s New Digital Comics Initiative

Have Mar­vel found a way to bridge the gap between phys­i­cal and dig­i­tal comics with their Infi­nite initiative.

It’s cer­tainly more inno­v­a­tive than pre­vi­ous adap­ta­tions of paper copies. And by giv­ing free copies of the dig­i­tal ver­sion to peo­ple who buy phys­i­cal comics, it may keep the direct mar­ket happy in the short term at least, while get­ting peo­ple used to an inevitable dig­i­tal future.

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That Nova Dig­i­tal Comic – Avengers Vs X-Men Infi­nite #1That Nova Dig­i­tal Comic – Avengers Vs X-Men Infi­nite #1
So I was slightly con­fused by the announce­ments at SXSW, con­flat­ing cer­tain aspects of Mar­vel AR and Mar­vel Infi­nite Comics into each other. Hand­ily, Mar­vel have just made it a lit­tle clearer. So, Ave…

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4 thoughts on “Marvel’s New Digital Comics Initiative”

  1. Stuart Duncan
    March 12, 2012 at 11:27

    Inter­est­ing, Wolver­ine is on the side of the Avengers on that cover.

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  2. Eoghann Irving
    March 12, 2012 at 11:29

    Well he doesn’t like Cyclops very much these days.

    Mar­vel are drop­ping hints that we may see both Avengers and X-Men tak­ing the wrong side dur­ing this.

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  3. Danny McCaslin
    March 12, 2012 at 11:30

    Logan and Scott haven’t been get­ting along these days…

    I’m okay with gim­micks like this. I have to say that the twit­ter feeds for the Jean Grey School make me chuckle daily.

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  4. Jenny McDonnell
    March 12, 2012 at 11:30

    That is a smart idea to give a free dig­i­tal if you pur­chase a phys­i­cal copy. I hope Dark Horse comics will do this too.

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