I’m going to have to be brief this week as we’re crazy busy here trying to bring you more content and more publishers. However, we still have a bumper crop of comics for you. In fact we’ve now broken the 800 comics mark!
This weeks highlights
IDW are changing the price of three of their comics to FREE! The first issues of Nanovor: Game Day, FX & Star Trek: Assignment Earth can now be found in the Free Comics section of the store.
IDW are also releasing a personal favourite of mine: Groom Lake. Written by Chris Ryall and illustrated by Ben Templesmith we’re thrown in to world of UFO abductions, painful probing, smoking aliens and an exploding crotch. Groom Lake comes with some very revealing audio commentary from both Chris & Ben.
Marvel introduces 12 issues of Wolverine to the store, with plenty more to come over the following weeks. We also have loads more X-Men & The Incredible Hulk.
I know a lot of you downloaded the first free chapter of Insomnia’s Burke & Hare. Well, today you can download the second chapter of the ghoulish story about the Irish serial killers.
Here’s the complete list:
- 2000AD Prog #1665 - 2000AD 18+
- Astonishing X-Men (1995) #1-#4 - Marvel 9+
- Burke & Hare: Part 2 of 4 - Insomnia 18+
- Daredevil (1998) #94 & #95 - Marvel 12+
- Donald Duck and the Decisive Penalty - Disney 3+
- Donald Duck in: “Gulliver Duck’s Travels” #2 - Disney 3+
- Groom Lake #1 & #2 (includes audio commentary) - IDW 17+
- Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #6 - IDW 17+
- Scrooge McDuck and the New Old High Fever - Disney 3+
- Star Trek: New Frontier #1-#5 - IDW 9+
- Superduck #6: In a Galaxy Far Away - Disney 3+
- The Incredible Hulk (1999) #89-#94 - Marvel 9+
- Transformers: All Hail Megatron #10 - IDW 9+
- Transformers: Animated – Arrival #1 & #2 - IDW 3+
- Transformers: Spotlight: Arcee, Blaster & Grimlock - IDW 9+
- Uncanny X-Men (2003) #480-#482 - Marvel 12+
- Wizards of Mickey #3: The Secret of the Great Crown - Disney 3+
- Wolverine (2003) #20-#31 - Marvel 12+
- Wormwood: Gentlemen Corpse #1: Calamari Rising #2 - IDW 17+
- X-Men (2004) #175-#180 - Marvel 12+
Free Comics
- Nanovor: Game Day #1 - IDW 9+
- FX #1 - IDW 9+
- Star Trek: Assignment Earth #1 - IDW 9+
To see the prices in your currency please visit www.playstationcomics.com
See you next week..
32 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:11 pm by Alcest-Wizard
any news about digital comics in spain?
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:25 pm by Pete Stott
We have a date range, but we are waiting for a concrete date before we communicate it. We’ll let you know here on the blog when we know.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:13 pm by Ravenblade86
Very, very nice store update this week and I imagine it’s going to continue like that with more chapters from Insomnia in the new few weeks, plus iVerse content coming along and then we have the new publishers to look forward to at some point aswell!
Today’s shopping list for me? Well the normal 2000AD Prog, Wormwood and Locke & Key (which has turned into a fantastic book now!) and on top of those Burke & Hare chapter 2 which I’ve been waiting patiently to read. Oh and Groom Lake, can’t wait to listening to the audio commentary on that!
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:18 pm by Pete Stott
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:15 pm by Swoofah
This looks awesome.
But news of expansion of the store would be even more awesome!
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:18 pm by rospondek
Neozoic? Won’t be any more episodes?
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:22 pm by Pete Stott
I’m sure there will be, we are just waiting for them to be delivered.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:26 pm by cmanspite
Awesome!!!
i got the free 1st chapter of Cancertown and loved it. any news if the remaing chapters and even the second series will be added??
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:35 pm by Pete Stott
Yes, the next chapter of Cancertown should be out next week and Cages will be out the following week.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:35 pm by ik00R
pete stott: you mention date range, but that is a very loose statement, are we talking weeks, months, years??
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:16 pm by Pete Stott
It was loose on purpose as I don’t want to over promise. We are doing all we can to push the stores live across more regions.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:46 pm by newsky87
New publishers you tease!
Please say one of them is DC!
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:49 pm by MEGA11BEN
How come the digital comics are not sold in Canada? I mean we are next to America and lots of Canadians have PSPs and we almost all read comics so why not here in Canada?
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:14 pm by Pete Stott
We are asking the same question! Unfortunately it is out of our hands. Be assured that we will not be happy until our Canadian buddies have comics too.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 2:54 pm by djdustb
Sorry to be a pain but my weekly question is back (after a break last week) “Any news on the next Warriors episode?”. However now that I am looking at more comics you can also add to that “Cages”.
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:12 pm by Pete Stott
We’ve had a nod from the publisher for more Warriors issues, not sure when they’ll be live though. The next issue of Cages will be up in a couple of weeks.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:13 pm by acridweasel
I’m interested in the next Warriors too and Templesmith is a genius so will take a squizz at Groom Lake.
Good update again, although you don’t don’t get half as much stick as Mike does, Pete.
That’s not fair so I shall start the angry “Where is the Final Fantasy VIII comic, hmmm?” complaints now!
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:28 pm by Pete Stott
I saw Mike earlier crying and shaking in the corner of the canteen moaning about all the horrible comments
Nah, he loves it. I’m grateful that the comments here are generally favourable!
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 11:15 am by Mike Kebby
I asked you not to tell people that Pete
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:25 pm by Stegofreak
Nice update and the Star Treks will be a definate download for me. And you’ve already answered the two questions I wanted to ask (Neozoic and Cancertown) so I guess that all I’ve left to say is lovin’ the comics.
Also, they’ve made me a Fantastic Four fan. I feel all confused now.
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:33 pm by Pete Stott
Don’t be confused, just go with it
Thanks for the feedback.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 3:44 pm by englishgolfer
silly question, but when you plan to expand into other countries (sweden for my part) will the comics still be in english or will i have to read them in swedish. i just can’t see 2000AD in swedish….
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:13 pm by Pete Stott
We are still looking in to this – we want to be able to offer both English and local content. We just don’t know if this is possible yet.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 4:31 pm by Zoibie
Definitely going to check out Groom Lake, big fan of Ben Templesmith after reading the Wormwood comics that are currently on the Store, especially his audio commentary in the first couple of episodes.
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:13 pm by Pete Stott
I don’t think you’ll be disappointed
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 4:33 pm by Braccalone
i hope the store comes to germany soon.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 4:50 pm by Cringles88
I have never looked into the comics store before, is it only on PSP?
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:14 pm by Pete Stott
Yes, it’s for PSP
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 4:54 pm by HazelAM
and i already bought issue one of nanovor, still nice to see publisher giving some free stuff to entice you into buying further issues.
still waiting on those idw transformers g1 issues as they apparently come before the all hail megatron storyline, just wish titan would do a decent edition in the uk in the style of the batman and superman comics they put out, minus the jumping back and forth in the continuity that plagued those books.
have to check out those spotlight books, got a few of those and they’ve all been pretty good.
just want to remind you that if it’s possible i’d love to see the new warriors vol4
i’ll give you a big marvel style no prize of you can make it happen
you’re gonna get a big head with all this praise but i still have to say, keep up the good work.
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:18 pm by Pete Stott
We’ll try and get them for you. Can’t promise anything!
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:04 pm by Toy_brain
Looks like Ben Templesmith has found a new little following on the PSP comics store, and I’m one of them! Downloading the latest Wormwood, as well as Groom Lake 1 and 2.
I assume then,that Choker will be PSP-bound in the fullness of time? (probably too early for the publisher to say, but I figure I might as well mention it).
This does raise one little question though.
Once the Comics store has caught up on all the Templesmith offerings, what is out there that can step in and fill the gap?
Hmmmmmmm…..
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:16 pm by Pete Stott
Yeah, I would love it if Choker is released on the store some time soon, but it’s not even out in print yet. Do you know who will publish it?
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:08 pm by taurus82
How is the PS3 service coming along?
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:40 pm by Toy_brain
Choker’s Publisher?
Image comics according to the website http://www.chokercomic.com/
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:51 pm by Pete Stott
ah ok thanks! I could have Googled that myself, but I am very lazy! I’ll start banging on their door now.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:51 pm by Tonks01
Hey Pete,
Thanks for the update and your enthusiasm!
With Marvel on board, could they put forward comics from one of their (I’m not sure of the exact name) But like Marvel owns a number of other smaller publishers?
Case in point I was watching the recent trailer for the up coming ‘Kick-Ass’ movie and I thought I would like to read it before it came out, more importantly I would like to read it on my PSP. I noticed it was published by ‘Icon’ and a google search lead me to the Marvel website, it appears they are under the same umbrella?
Man, I’m sure theres a question in that mess somewhere.
Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:54 pm by Pete Stott
Hey Tonks01, I’ve read your comment a few times. Do you mean they publish books under a different name like DC and Wildstorm? If you can point me to the comic in question I can check it out and put in a request.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 5:57 pm by OttoT
I would buy a lot if I could watch the commics on my PS3.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 7:15 pm by TobiUchiha
I know this is sort of a taboo, but I am interested in knowing if you will be adding the Mass Effect Redemption series anytime soon? I would really like to know this as I would prefer to buy (and read) it on my PSP rather than a physical comic.
Also do you have any popular manga’s such as Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, etc?
Thx in advance.
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:10 am by Pete Stott
Why is it Taboo? Unfortunately Mass Effect Redemption is published by Dark Horse who are not on our publisher roster.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 7:56 pm by Toy_brain
I randomly came across Kick-Ass while browsing through the ComicVine website. Seems hyper-violent, but probably nothing that would worry lawyers provided it was age-rated appropriately.
10-year-olds and violence might seem like a dicey mix, but my guess is (I haven’t read it) there are many tabboos it does not touch.
ComicVine series info page:
http://www.comicvine.com/kick-ass/49-20680/?sort=-issue_number
And G-Man’s review of the final episode – he seems to like:
http://www.comicvine.com/kick-ass-8-review/112-698/
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:14 am by Pete Stott
It does look fun! I’ll ask Marvel
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 9:02 pm by marcoalisanchez
PETE STOTT please can you tell me when will be available in mexico.
greetings
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:14 am by Pete Stott
You’ll have to ask Grace on the US Blog. I do not know what the plans are for Mexico
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 10:03 pm by BlueFlameSkulls
Please tell me you’re getting DC comics soon.
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 11:02 pm by nickjd331
I’ve never really read comics, (other than an odd couple of Simpsons,) but I have been following this comic store since it was announced and downloaded all the free comics. Quite a few of these have been rather interesting.
I wanted to congratulate you all on the whole store/reader and constant stream of comics. It’s an impressive seamless experience!
I’m now even tempted to buy some of the subsequent episodes! but first it would also be nice to view them on the TV on my PS3!
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:11 am by Pete Stott
Thank you for your kind words. In the absence of a PS3 reader you can always plug your PSP in to your TV
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Posted on 4 February, 2010 at 11:05 pm by nickjd331
Another question before I forget…
Once comics are on the store will they stay there forever, so I can re-download them whenever. Or will it be like the video store where I hear lots of videos are being removed.
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:12 am by Pete Stott
No, you can redownload comics from the store if you delete them from your memorystick
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Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 1:37 am by Tonks01
Hey (again) Pete,
Heres a link to Icon Comics page, It’s certainly owned by Marvel -
http://marvel.com/comics/icon
Kick Ass was written by Mark Millar, the same chap who did the excellent Civil War series we got on PSP Comics not too long ago.
seemed like a great opportunity for both Marvel & yourselfs to take advantage of the buzz surrounding the upcoming film.
Anyway, just something to look at if nothing else
Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 10:13 am by Pete Stott
great, thanks. I’ll have a word with Marvel to see if they’ll be up for putting it on the store.
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Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 3:19 am by ik00R
gary laron would rock man!!!!!!1
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Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 3:19 am by ik00R
*larson
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Posted on 5 February, 2010 at 5:56 pm by Shadowdragoon
And where is the comic store for Norway? Can’t you just give us the same one as UK? we are not picky and don’t need any stinking translations.
or at least some way for my dummy UK account to gift buyings to my account? 
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