WolverineMarvel is bringing its vast catalogue of superheroes to the iPhone. The massive Disney-owned publisher has teamed up with iPhone app developers Panelfly to offer its back catalogue.

Marvel is one of the biggest comic book publishers in the world with a roster of characters including Spiderman, the X-Men and Ironman. All those titles will be offered via the free Panelfly iPhone application, stretching back to their first issues.

The Panelfly iPhone app is free but each comic costs $0.99 to download through the app. It’s currently only available in the US but Marvel and Panelfly have plans to bring the service to the UK.

Marvel’s move to bring its catalogue to the iPhone also follows speculation that the Apple Tablet will be a platform for publishers like the New York Times and various publishers of graphic novels. Is it to much of a stretch to imagine Marvel may be digitising its back catalogue of content for the proposed launch of the Apple Tablet aka the Apple Slate?

TBA | £free | Marvel and Panelfly (via Techcrunch)

3 Responses to “Marvel comes to the iPhone. Apple Tablet next?”

  1. Stewart says:

    Apple copying Sony? Marvel is coming to PSP and PS3 already.

  2. [...] Electricpig says yes… 2010 is going to be quite the year for Google tablets. The first Android tablet is already on sale, but there are plenty more planned, and now another to add to the shopping list, the Vega Android tablet: a giant, 15-inch keyboardless computer with 3G and top graphics shoved in. Who needs an Apple tablet? [...]

  3. [...] with comics already available on the Sony PSP Digital Comics store include superhero stable Marvel (Spiderman, X-Men and the Fantastic Four), Disney (with Micky Mouse and Donald Duck) and IDW [...]

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