{"id":51657,"date":"2013-03-11T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T10:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51657"},"modified":"2013-03-11T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T10:57:01","slug":"marvel-unleashes-digital-first-issues-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51657-marvel-unleashes-digital-first-issues-for-free","title":{"rendered":"Free comics: Marvel unleashes digital first-issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel has announced that it is giving out digital versions of over 700 first issue comics for free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the perfect way to show everyone how much we believe in our material by letting them try the first issues for free, because we\u2019re sure once they start, they won\u2019t stop,\u201d said Marvel SVP \u2013 Sales, Digital &amp; Print David Gabriel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeek in and week out we ask fans to come check out our new releases\u2014both in print and digitally\u2014with the promise that we\u2019ll bring them the best comics made by the best talent and managed by the best editorial team in the industry. Now, existing and news fans [alike] can discover the heroes they know and love\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0learn about new ones all at the same time,\u201d added Gabriel.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel explained that allowing readers to get hold of the first issues of their favourite comics, it allows them to be introduced or re-introduced to new stories or re-live their favourites respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, Marvel #1 is all about bringing new readers into the fold,\u201d explains Gabriel. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t just mean fans who have never read a comic, but [also] longtime fans [who want] to jump into books they may have been waiting to try. With a plethora of great content and digital devices\u2014be it tablets or smart phones\u2014in more hands than ever, there is no better time to launch an initiative such as this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The free issues will be available at no charge until Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 11PM Eastern Time (5AM GMT+2)<\/p>\n<p>Downloads are available via the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.com\/mobile\" target=\"blank\">the Marvel Comics app<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/comicstore.marvel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Marvel Comics Digital Comics Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.com\/news\/story\/20260\/sxsw_2013_marvel_1\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More superhero news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/50479-spider-mans-dark-secret-and-other-weird-superhero-facts.html\">Spider-Man\u2019s dark secret, other weird superhero facts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49500-injustice-gods-among-us-release-date-delivered.html\">Injustice: Gods Among Us release date delivered<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/42526-lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes-review-ps3.html\">Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes review (PS3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41195-rocksteadys-next-batman-game-to-be-a-prequel.html\">Rocksteady\u2019s next Batman game to be a prequel?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/40044-stan-lee-playable-character-in-amazing-spider-man.html\">Stan Lee playable character in Amazing Spider-man<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your hands on the digital version of Marvel&#8217;s first issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":51658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,9223,9226,9225,4193,4083,5538,9224],"class_list":["post-51657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-comics","tag-david-gabriel","tag-free-comics","tag-free-stuff","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-comics","tag-marvel-first-issue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}