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Besides the fact that the iPad is a closed system, this app is a bit of a joke. 500 comics? Seriously? Marvel must know that thousands of its comics are available online completely for free without hassle. This just echos the attempts of other media like those of film and music trying to monetize a portion of its offerings for more than it's worth in the current market place. If Marvel makes enough money off this to make it worth while to them, then more power to them, but I think ultimately it will prove to be another fruitless attempt to sell a digital medium in a way that is far less convenient than digital piracy. Good luck. Marvel needs to make their offerings at least more like digital music subscriptions, in which people can download albums the day they come out. Great, Marvel is offering 500 back issues for a monthly subscription. The question consumers should be asking themselves is "so what?"
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