Marvel comics coming to PSP

Gamer Limit writes "Another piece of news from Sony's Gamescom presser that is bound to please comic book fans.

Literally hundreds of Marvel comics will be available for download on PSPs, coinciding at the same time as the launch of the PSP reader software. Click on to find out when you can read Spiderman on the subway or the Punisher on the plane."

[AcesAndEights]

Only Marvel? Would love to see a greater variety come to it before it's worthwhile, and I don't just mean "gimme DC", I want to see lots like IDW and Image

[OSIRUSSS]

Marvel Has the hottest Comic book character out right now. DeadPool!!!

[FarEastOrient]

With DC Universe coming out I'm actually surprised that Marvel beat them to the punch with this content. I also want Dark Horse to release content too!

Welcome to TGS, Japan will probably be announcing a flood of manga for the PSP...

[TheGameLlama]

Deadpool has been canceled for a while now, though...

[Ziriux]

hey I'll take marvel over not having any buddy. any day.

[Ziriux]

Shizzy the PSP is getting a lot of hype these days.

[Elven6]

Call me traditional but I like the feeling of traditional comics, books, etc over the electronic counterparts. That doesn't mean I won't check this out though.

[fossilfern]

i know what you mean. its a nice idea but id rather have a paper copy

[swiftshot93]

I agree, but this is just another reason to always have my PSP. Anytime Im in the mood, and on the go, comics will be at my disposal :D

[chrisjc]

I love digital books: I've been buying E-Books for years.

[DangerCurtis]

Pretty cool concept. Integrating comics into gaming devices.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I want to see the original transformers and silver surfer series

[Miraak82]

they need mangas, currently reading the berserk mangas as we speak as there are 32 volumes, so far am at book 17 . I DLd them but I'd like to be able to carry them around on a psp or w/e as sitting in front of my comp screen can be quite tedious ... I wouldn't mind some graphic novels either..

[Baka-akaB]

I prefer digital comics , hell i've redone all of my legit paper collection in cbr-cbz scanned files collections .

Wich is a pretty universal standard for digital comics users working with many viewers .

So given Marvel's usual refusal to do the right thing i'm very skeptical about this psp , ps3 service . Like that weird idea of only adding 4-6 months old issues to their current digital services (with exceptions like a few digital only comics) ... and their ineptitude with stupid flash inefficient viewers .

Marvel was so adamant against using rar , zip , cbr , cbz files , even with a few drm , that they at first used said flash app viewer , only to find out the very first day , that their stupid viewer allowed people to save each picture as A jpg file .

This was even more pathetic considering they themselves sold the entiere run and collections , up to date to a certain points , of heroes like spiderman , xmen , thor , cap , iron-man , fantastic four , hulk etc on commercial cd and dvds with remastered scans in PDF format .
Wich while not perfect , was a very good thing .

So again i'm very skeptical about the portability , quality and ease of use of this digital comics service , when usually Marvel would only sign up with oppressive , cumbersome and outdated means .

Of course if finally done right , kudos and hallelujah .
i and many others been advocating for years to Marvel and publishers to fricking let us buy and store digital copies freely .

I just wont commit to some kooky format only usable on psp and ps3 . if i buy digital reading material , it's meant to be use forever .

[jessfams]

I think this was a nice move on Sony's part. Yet another reason to want a PSP.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

BUT THE KIDS LIKE MANGA...>>??

[Baka-akaB]

well it's obvious it will be for manga too .

Hell didnt they start this already in japan ?

[bjornbear]

F-u-Kc yeah!

[PirateThom]

I actually read War of the Worlds on my PSP (the image section is awesome) and, honestly, a dedicated programme to deal with eBooks would be great due to the image folder sometimes losing the place. The PSPs screen though is really good for text though.

[AriesFury]

I hope that the prices are right and the selection, too.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I wonder what the prices will be, i hadnt considered that too much.

[JQ]

Depending on the cost, this could be interesting.