Marvel Requests To Add You As A Friend

Marvel has jumped onboard the web 2.0 wagon and joined Facebook (I wonder where they got that idea! I'm not pointing any fingers or anything...) In partnership with their Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited service (wait a sec! Marvel DCU? Warner Brothers must be PO'd!), the app will allow you to read comics on facebook, provided that you're a subscriber to the DCU (*snicker*) service. But that's not all! Here's what the press release has to say:

New York, NY (March 5, 2008) - On the heels of Marvel Entertainment opening its comic book vault to the masses in November with the launch of its online subscription service Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, today Marvel announced the launch of its first digital comics application on Facebook Platform, Facebook is the sixth most trafficked website in the United States. Marvel's first official Facebook application immerses fans in the world of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the home of the greatest collection of Marvel Comics ever assembled online. This new application page will serve as a hub to the Marvel Universe on Facebook.

With the new Digital Comics application, fans can peruse the entire Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited collection--currently numbering more than 3000 comics, read synopses of many of the titles, pick favorites and share thoughts about the books with all of their Facebook friends.

A sampling of what the Digital Comics- Facebook application offers to fans include:

* Sample FREE Marvel Digital Comics
* Collect favorites with "My Must Reads"
* Browse all Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited titles by series, creators, characters or the newest added to the collection
* Find out what Digital Comics your friends are enjoying

The application can be downloaded from the Marvel fan page on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=10581931929