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Marvel and Webtoon to launch Marvel Comics app on November 16

Marvel and Webtoon will launch a Marvel Comics subscription app on 16 November 2026, with more than 35,000 digital comics and two pricing tiers. A beta will be shown at New York Comic Con.

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Centre · 2Marvel and Webtoon are launching an official Marvel Comics app on 16 November 2026 as the new digital home for Marvel's comics. Centre · 2The app will carry more than 35,000 stories, including Marvel titles and comics based on Star Wars and 20th Century Studios properties such as Alien, with Walt Disney Pictures material expected to follow. Centre · 2Webtoon is building and operating the app, which will be available on mobile and on the web or PC, as Marvel Unlimited was before it.

Centre · 2Readers can choose traditional page-by-page reading or vertical scrolling. Screen Rant adds a smart-panel mode that zooms into individual panels on mobile. Centre · 2Discovery tools include a cover-scroll interface, character and creator pages, search and personalised recommendations. A Pull List lets readers follow series and add upcoming releases ahead of time. Centre · 2There are two subscription tiers. Base costs $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, with new issues arriving about three months after print. Ultimate costs $12.49 a month or $99.99 a year, with new issues about one month after print. Prices are before tax.

Centre · 2Before launch, a founding-member offer gives the first year of Ultimate Annual for $59.99, renewing at $99.99 a year unless cancelled. Marvel Unlimited subscribers will be able to transfer their reading history, according to Collider. Centre · 2A beta will be demonstrated at New York Comic Con, where the first 2,000 fans to claim the offer receive a limited-edition Marvel Comics print ID card. The outlets give different booth numbers (#2453 and #2435), and Screen Rant gives the dates as October 8 to 11. Centre · 1David Abdo, General Manager of Marvel Comics and Franchise, said there is a large audience wanting to read comics digitally and called Webtoon an industry leader. Webtoon Entertainment president Yongsoo Kim called the app a new chapter for fans.

Centre · 1The app follows a deal announced last year giving Webtoon access to Disney characters, which has already brought titles such as Amazing Spider-Man (2022), Avengers (2012) and Alien: Bloodlines to its platform. Collider says Webtoon has over 155 million monthly active users and that a joint Deadpool Webtoon panel is set for October 9.

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Framing
Both outlets present the launch as a consumer-service announcement, covering features, pricing and the NYCC preview. Collider adds Marvel's wider October slate and the Webtoon partnership; Screen Rant is a feature-and-price rundown.
Emphasis
Features, subscription tiers, founding-member discount, and Marvel and Webtoon executive statements (Collider).
Leaves out or plays down
Neither outlet offers independent analysis or critical comment, such as the three-month delay for Base subscribers, or how the app relates to Marvel Unlimited. Screen Rant carries no executive quotes.
Charged language
“official home”“House of Ideas”“enormous comics catalog”
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“will be the official home for digital comics from the superhero giant” — Collider
“Marvel is preparing to make its enormous comics catalog easier to access digitally” — Screen Rant

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