Marvel Comics has put an archive of back issues online. For those of us (like me!) interested in catching up on the stories but not willing to spend a fortune collecting back-issues, it’s a godsend. I hope they expand it to include special editions, short-run canceled comics, and the like.
For a limited time they have several hundred issues available for free. They’ll be publishing a library of thousands of comics initially, with 20 more being added every week. The price is $60 a year to subscribe, and there will be a 6-month delay from press to online versions… but for the comic aficionado, it’s totally worth it.
I’m catching up on Astonishing X-Men (Joss Whedon’s take on X-Men) right now. Cool stuff.
What a great idea
How far back do these things go? Like, say, if I wanted to browse through the entire history of the X-men, would that be possible?
If so, I’d totally shell out $60 a year for that. It would be unlimited reading.
Uncanny X-Men… not yet
They haven’t done the Uncanny X-Men yet that I have found, but they are putting up thousands upon launch and then adding 20 a week forever.
You’ll be 6 months behind the stories forever, but at that rate, who cares? 20 comics a week for $5 a month? Yeah, I think I’d be up for that…
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Matthew P. Barnson
Astonishing..
I have continued collecting.. and Whedon’s Astonishing is fantastic.. (Kitty as Buffy.. which is interesting.. cuz Buffy was inspired by Joss’s love of Kitty)
And it is ripe with Whedony dialogue.
Here’s another fun bit.. AND ITS BY JOSS! http://creative.myspace.com/groups/_mh/mdhp/pages/issue01/sshock.html
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