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Not in the US. AT&T charges $10/mb for ad hoc data use. One of the few cheap plans is Boost, which will charge you $10/month for unlimited data. That's $120/year, which is almost the same cost as the Kindle itself.
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The potential comics lover customer in question is most likely already using some kind of data plan. For him the additional cost would be zero. You can swap SIM cards between different devices, you know.
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So, as I've mentioned previously, for some of us paying for data is a losing proposition and an unwanted complication.
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Don't worry. =) I am only proposing more choices unlike the current dictator system.
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And, as I keep telling you, no one is going to pass the proposed cost savings on to consumers. No one, nobody, personne, it's not happening. It didn't happen when Amazon boosted the royalty rate on magazines from 30% to 70%, and it won't happen if you put your own SIM into your Kindle.
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You are in denial. At this moment it is not even the question of lower prices but the possibility of a publisher even considering Kindle as a platform for comics.
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By the way, I suggest you read Daniel Ariely's Predictably Irrational to figure out another reason why Amazon and B&N will resist dropping the free (to the consumer) downloads. Believe it or not, most people would actually rather have "free" over paying $0.02 per mb.... 
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Sure, Amazon can focus only on this group but I feel that in this way they will miss a lot of opportunities. I have read about Amazon plans to sell Kindle apps (as Kindle is a really nice hardware, perfect screen, long battery life) but nothing has come out yet because their projections that bandwidth use can be kept at minimum are not realistic.
It can be used is some many innovative ways that no one could imagine
before.