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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5063429" data-attributes="member: 8158">I've had this for a couple of years, almost since it started. I posted my rave review way back then here, mostly to a lukewarm reception IIRC. I think it's a pretty amazing deal considering the price point for comics, especially since I'm trying to ramp down the amount of clutter I have. I got introduced to a lot of comics I wouldn't have given a second glance otherwise, like Runaways, Exiles, and Agents of Atlas. You have way more options to sample here than you do at the shop where Comic Book Guy is constantly directing your attention to his "this is not a library" sign. There's also stuff you can't find at your local retailer. I went to Amazon looking to see if Jim Starlin's Infinity Abyss is available in TPB, only to find out that it was, but only through third-party outlets that want $100 new and $40 used. Also, Marvel doesn't pull the same shenanigans that Hulu and Netflix do where they offer a lot of stuff, but much of it's on a limited-time-only basis so you have to cram it all in at their pace, not yours. I haven't seen Marvel pull any titles back. They just grow. Isn't that nice? I can go months without checking out MDU, no harm done. But there is one major catch: they leave lots of holes. By that I don't mean to suggest that they ought to have every title they've ever published online, but they do seem to exhibit a bad habit of publishing just enough of a series to get you interested (and mentioning between issues that there's a TPB for sale), then they leave you hanging. Off the top of my head, Ultimate Power seems to have hit a hard stop at issue #6, and that last issue of the Sentry limited series seems not to be forthcoming after a year and change. They don't have to have everything, but once they start offering up issues from a limited series, they ought to be pretty consistent about getting the entire series out there.I should also point out that they auto-renew subscriptions, so don't be surprised to see that $60 charge recurring annually.As with most cloud services (where you have to be online to use them) it would be great if they'd offer a way to access issues with mobile devices. Marvel did recently make a deal with four companies to sell individual digital comics through iTunes, but that's all the progress they've made in that direction. Still, it's something that lets me hold out hope.EDIT--Oh yeah, just remembered another great discovery: Mike Allred's X-Force/X-Statix. Complete run of a wonderful title.</blockquote>

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