Instead, readers are given a rotating list of content. But Marvel does at least frequently add plenty of full stories to the app. Reading comics in the app is mostly smooth regardless of if you choose to swipe through pages and manually zoom in on panels, or instead tap on the bottom right of the screen and allow the app to flow through each speech bubble and panel.
The Dark Horse app makes straying from well-known series full of tights and capes easy: It gives readers access to over individual comics from Dark Horse and over issues from indie publisher Dynamite Entertainment, with new titles added to the library every week. The flow from page to page is seamless when reading an issue. You can choose how the app zooms in on the panels as you turn the page, or instead opt for an entirely different view style.
The app can show the full page before or after transitioning through the panels, or display a letterbox view that darkens the rest of the page as each panel is read.
Occasionally, downloading an issue can slow the app down, making it unresponsive until the issue is on your bookshelf. The bookshelf can be organized in a number of ways: by release date, download date, or when each issue was last read. It can also show only downloaded books available for offline reading and hide books that are stored online from view. Without an extensive menu or store to purchase titles from, iComix is refreshingly streamlined.
However, since sorting issues in this way has to be done manually, it can be quite tedious, especially if you have a huge collection. You can access your issues by loading them on your device or logging into a cloud service from within the app—iComix supports Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and Box.
The only problem is you can't buy comics in the app itself; you need to add them to your Wish List and buy them from the comiXology website instead.
If that sounds like an inconvenience, consider signing up for comiXology Unlimited instead. The most exciting feature in Madefire's digital comic reader is its flagship "Motion Books" reading experience. This makes full use of the iPad to bring comics to life with interactivity, sound, and animation. But you can also buy well-known series and one-off issues to start building your collection. Most major publishers offer their own apps for reading comics on your iPad.
Many of these are extremely competent readers with built-in stores for purchasing new issues. However, you don't usually get much in the way of organization options for your library, since the publisher organizes all the comics for you. Unsurprisingly, Marvel's app is one of the most popular. You can also sign up for Marvel's subscription service, which gets you instant access to tens of thousands of comics, although there's a separate app for that.
You might want to look at our comparison of Marvel Unlimited versus comiXology Unlimited to help choose the best subscription service for you. If you only read comics from a certain publisher, you'll probably get a kick out of using its dedicated app.
You might even gain access to exclusive issues that aren't available elsewhere. But most people probably don't want this limitation because it means splitting your comic collection across a range of different apps. If you read comics from a lot of different publishers, you should probably build a collection of CBR or CBZ files to use one of the iPad comic readers listed above, or stick to buying comics from a third-party store like comiXology instead. Luckily for you, there are lots of places to read comics online for free.
That might mean hunting down giveaways from the big-name publishers or indulging in classic issues that now belong in the public domain. Either way, there's plenty to sink your teeth into. Comic books aren't cheap! You can save a lot of money by using these sites to read comics online for free. Dan writes tutorials and troubleshooting guides to help people make the most of their technology.
Image Gallery 2 Images. Share Share Tweet Email. Dan Helyer Articles Published. Subscribe to our newsletter Join our newsletter for tech tips, reviews, free ebooks, and exclusive deals! The The inch model is a completely different aspect ratio, plus it has the curved corners and Home indicator.
The whole point of reading comics on these new iPads is to take advantage of those screens, and the good news is that most apps have been updated for the new hardware. However, some quirks remain. DC Universe does the right thing and displays the pages top to bottom and fades out the Home indicator. I like the larger screen for multitasking, for reading, for watching video, and for reading comics.
The size is especially great for reading two-page spreads, which are too small to be readable without zooming on smaller displays.
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