App Profile: DC Comics

$impsons100

Rating: 4/5

...and that’s not a jab at DC. IDWs comics app is hard to understand and has no separate listing for freebie comics, which would be a dealbreaker as DC and Marvel have been offering loads of feee comics as of late. All the buttons are the same, so if you are comfortable with either and like me you like more than just DC books, then you’ll be able to navigate with ease. My only complaint is that the Superman sale has disappeared for me, even though I know it’s still going on. Apple doesn’t allow me to attach photos, but basically what I mean is that my app still shows the MEMORIAL DAY SALE. The Superman sale did show up right on the home screen (as it should) for a little bit at the start, but is now gone. Please fix this issue DC.

DarnellJoy

Rating: 2/5

All right. Let me start by saying I've been a HUGE DC fan since 1973. I didn't even read my first Marvel until the 1980s. Even then DC was always number one in my heart. So as far as the content goes and the readability of the comics, I couldn't love this app more. I LOVE LOVE LOVE being able to see each panel much larger than it is on the printed page – it makes good art especially enjoyable! But I also have the marvel universe app and for about $70 a year I get thousands and thousands of comics. It's just an unbeatable value. As far as monetary value, the marvel app just blows DC out of the water! I have downloaded about 2000 DC comics, the vast majority of which cost $.99 each but a significant number were $5.99 or more. In the past three years I've spent about $2100 on DC Comics and $210 on Marvel comics. 10X more on DC. What? And what I've got to show for it is about 2000 DC comics at my fingertips and about 20,000 marvel comics at my fingertips. OK, if I accept that injustice as being the price I have to pay for being a DC fan, couldn't they at least mitigate the pain by offering a sale every week? Why doesn't DC Comics offer a sale on digital comics every single week???? It would cost them Jack squat and they would garnish some goodwill in addition to beaucoup bucks! Just a quick complaint that they only put Vertigo comics on sale maybe twice a year if you're lucky. Again, costs them nothing/beaucoup bucks.

Beaniebeji8

Rating: 3/5

This is a fine app. It does what it says it does, and the organization of the library is great. There isn’t anything wrong with the app, and if you want to read a comic or two from DC, go ahead and get it. The issue is that there’s a much cheaper and better alternative in the DC Universe app. It’s a subscription fee so you should only get it if you plan on reading quite a bit, but it’s much cheaper than buying a bunch of individual comics that end up stacking up in costs. It also has a lot of other features.