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You know how we always wondered what would be the iTunes of comics? It has turned out to be iTunes. Apple has just launched a separate comics/graphic novels section for its iBookstore. It’s a full feature sub-section includes an impressive Marvel bookstore, a “Comics Page” promotions for comic strip books, a Walking Dead section, and most impressively, separate promotions for CLEVELAND by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant and Lela Lee’s FAIRY TALES FOR ANGRY LITTLE GIRLS.

As you can see from this screen cap, it’s a wide ranging bookstore with kids, humor superheroes and more.

We all knew that comics and tablet-like devices went hand in hand, but this is the most significant roll out in a while.

UPDATE: Marvel has released information on its storefront, and more than 80 gns now available on the platform, including bestsellers Civil War Dark Tower and so on.

Only a few comics publishers are thus far available on the platform, including IDW, Marvel, and Image, via The Walking Dead. Disney, Norton and other book publishers are represented, however.

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Marvel announced today that more than 80 of its most popular graphic novels, featuring the Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more of the world’s most popular super heroes, are now available on the iBookstore. 
 
Marvel graphic novels such as Civil War, Avengers, Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm, and Astonishing X-Men can now be read on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, and customers can download a chapter from New Avengers Vol.1. for free.
 
”Marvel is taking the world of comics by storm and releasing a massive selection of our best and brightest graphic novels on the iBookstore,” said Peter Phillips, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Marvel Digital Media Group. “For the first time ever, fans will be able to easily find and enjoy all of their favorite heroes including The Avengers, Spider-Man and The X-Men on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch —  one of the best digital platforms for reading comics and graphic novels.”
 
For the full selection of Marvel Graphic Novels now available on the iBookstore, launch the iBooks app on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch or go to www.itunes.com/marvelgraphicnovels. The list of available Marvel graphic novels can be found at http://marvel.com/help/category/27.

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1 COMMENT

  1. I quickly scrolled through the section and it appears that it’s only “graphic novels” and tradepaperback collections which is, in my opinion, the best move they could have made with establishing this store.

    The Comixology app has quickly become extremely confusing to new (and old) readers with the laundry list of titles the publishers keep dumping into the library. Compounded by the fact that individual issue purchases are tedious.

    Especially on older stories. Who wants 1 issue of a series? Give me the arc. Give me the whole story? Who’s gonna read Crisis #1 and not read 2-12?

    This allows the consumer to purchase a complete story and I think/hope it’ll increase their comic book reading.

  2. Interesting…. “Disney Comics” in the kids section.

    Amar Chitra Katha! 143 titles!

    There are single issues available, such as “Wizards of Mickey #3”.

    “Recent Releases” = 1399 titles

    The only criticism: The layout cuts off most of the title!
    On the Marvel page:
    “Ultimate X-Men Vol. …”
    “Astonishing X-Men …”

    Mousing over the title does not show the full title… one must click the information icon on the cover, or open the page.

    It’s annoying right now, even though there are only ten titles for each Marvel franchise. What happens when there are 50? 100? Like in the “More to Explore” listing?