Comixology And Marvel Team Up To Offer Over 700 Free Comics, System Overloads

Just yesterday, digital comics distributor and app developer, Comixology, announced a new initiative which would offer over 700 free comics, many of them first issues and Marvel Now! comics, via their iPad platform. We were excited to share the news with you this morning.

Once we started looking, though, at the Comixology site, we found out that the huge demand for the comics has caused some technical difficulties over on the server side of things. The Comixology CEO, David Steinberger, wrote on the site, "We expected a high degree of excitement for the Marvel initiative – and had believed ourselves prepared – but unfortunately we became overwhelmed by the immense response. We’re still struggling to keep our systems up."

Seems like a lot of folks were trying to access the free comics, and weren't able to get their stuff. Steinberger continued, "To that end, we’re pausing the Marvel Comics #1 promotion for the time being. For those of you that want to take advantage of the offer – you will get your comics! Until we are able to reinstate this program in our systems, please click here and fill out (a) simple form, so you can be informed as soon as there is an update."

The link to the submission form is here, so head on over and add your email to the list. We'll keep an eye out, as well, and let you know when we see that the system, and offer, is back online.