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I've been working my way through old X-Men comics on Marvel Unlimited.

Professor Xavier is just the fucking worst character. He'll disappear for ages, leaving the team to their own devices, and then he'll come back just to fuck shit up. He's basically a McMahon, making decisions on a whim, and expecting everyone else to adapt. I'm just past the point where he's added Rogue to the team, despite everyone else's objections, despite not knowing if he can trust her and despite her not even ASKING to join. It's a pure "I'm Professor Xavier DAMMIT!" power play. He's the worst thing in an otherwise brilliant series.

Marvel Unlimited is so great though. It's a real shame DC doesn't have anything similar.

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38 minutes ago, unfitfinlay said:

Marvel Unlimited is so great though. It's a real shame DC doesn't have anything similar.

Is that where you pay a monthly fee and get unlimited downloads? I got Comixology because I didn't want two separate apps for DC and Marvel, plus you get loads of stuff from other comics publishers.

However, recently, I tried to get Comixology Unlimited, as they're always advertising it on the app, and it seems they don't allow it in the UK. Given how long they've had it for (it's been a few years already), it's a bit shit they haven't rolled it out here yet (or ever), especially when they still have adverts pushing it.

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1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

Is that where you pay a monthly fee and get unlimited downloads? I got Comixology because I didn't want two separate apps for DC and Marvel, plus you get loads of stuff from other comics publishers.

However, recently, I tried to get Comixology Unlimited, as they're always advertising it on the app, and it seems they don't allow it in the UK. Given how long they've had it for (it's been a few years already), it's a bit shit they haven't rolled it out here yet (or ever), especially when they still have adverts pushing it.

Pretty much. It's basically unlimited access to thousands of their comics, dating back to the old 50s horror comics, with the newest releases on a delay. There IS a limit on how much you can have downloaded at one time but I've never really noticed it.

It's cheap too. I was paying around £6 to £8 a month depending on the exchange rate. They always seem to have offers when there's a movie or TV show out as well. I got an annual membership for £55 as part of their promotion for Spider-Verse. That probably paid for itself this week alone.

It's interesting reading the old stuff back. In one of the earliest Fantastic Four comics, they had them break the fourth wall to go "The Invisible Girl isn't rubbish! We're not killing her off! Stop writing in about it!"

I really want them to upload the crazy Captain America propaganda stuff from the 50s but I can't imagine that they ever will.

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I don't read enough Marvel to warrant it on a monthly basis but every now and then I sign up for a month. I binged the entire Civil War on it. Something like 110 issues across most of their titles. Helpfully it had a reading order too. 

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I think that type of stuff is on comixology unlimited but as Carbomb says Its not available in the UK.

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Shame. Could you set up a US Amazon account?

I wait for whatever I fancy to be on sale on Comixology. They have sales every day and swap out new stuff all the time. Makes it easy to build up a collection and doesn't break the bank.

Most DC/Vertigo graphic novels is usually on sale for £3.99 sooner or later. Marvel £2.99 give or take. Same with Indies and Image.

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There's a big Avengers sale over at Comixology. Any recommendations? Weirdly I've read very little Avengers compared to Justice League and don't have the foggiest which are their stand out storys.

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I've just signed up for Marvel Unlimited, but I don't know how to find any comics on there that I won't think are shite. I just started reading Infinity (2013) #1 on there and what a big turd it is. I've no interest in the contunuity porn that seems to make up the majority of the catalogue, where you have to know and care about the backstory of 5000 characters to enjoy the story. So I suppose really I'm after standalone stuff that doesn't tie into the Mega Cross-title Retcon Events. Nothing that, in graphic novel form, would say "originally published as Iron Man #7-10, Avengers #63-64 and Captan America Vol 9 #2-6."

Stuff that you could treat like starting a new series on Netflix, rather than starting to watch Eastenders and having to ask your nan who everyone is. Or rather, stuff that you could treat like the first Guardians of the Galaxy film rather than Avengers Endgame.

I think my favourite Marvel comics ever are the Garth Ennis Marvel Knights Punisher stuff (before the Max Punisher just involved Ennis having big wanks over army stuff), and Thor: Vikings. I quite liked Ultimate Spider-Man for a bit as well, but lost track of it. 

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