VIZ Media Digital Manga Service Adds Marvel Comics Titles

VIZ Manga adds Marvel Comics to digital subscription service

Fans can now check out acclaimed manga including Deadpool: Samurai, Spider-Man: Fake Red, and more!

And starting today, VIZ Manga and Marvel Unlimited subscribers will receive a special offer!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — When Marvel Comics and VIZ Media joined forces in 2022 to combine the popular characters from the Marvel Universe with Japan’s rich, unparalleled form of storytelling - manga, it became a global success. Today, VIZ Media is thrilled to announce these super hero stories have a new digital home on the VIZ Manga digital service.

VIZ Manga subscribers can look forward to reading stories featuring fan-favorite characters from popular titles, including Deadpool: Samurai, Wolverine: Snikt!, Spider-Man: Fake Red, and Marvel’s Secret Reverse. And coming Fall 2024, readers can catch up on Spider-Man: Octo-Girl, and the highly anticipated manga adaptation of X-Men: The Manga: Remastered.

To celebrate, VIZ Manga and Marvel Unlimited are offering a special co-promotion for exclusive, limited-time one-month gift subscriptions to each other's service for current subscribers. Marvel Unlimited subscribers will be able to complete their fandom by reading new stories set in the Marvel Universe featuring their favorite characters. And VIZ Manga subscribers will be given a rare opportunity to explore Marvel's vast library and go deep into the epic adventures of iconic heroes they know and love. Subscribers to each service will receive a unique code delivered to them via email. The limited-time offer will last from April 16, 2024, to May 16, 2024. This offer is restricted to customers in the United States only. Additional terms and conditions apply. 

VIZ Manga’s digital service is optimized for Android and iOS and is available in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. As part of the service, subscribers will have access to more than 10,000+ chapters of VIZ Media’s manga, including hit titles from such legendary creators as Junji Ito, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others.

There are strange and compelling worlds out there waiting to be explored. Download VIZ Manga now to start reading! For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/

About the Titles:

Deadpool: Samurai: Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool to join the Avengers' new Samurai Squad? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money…and the trip to Japan. This is fine, right?

Wolverine: Snikt!: From renowned mangaka Tsutomu Nihei. WOLVERINE is the lone hope of the last remaining humans in a ruined dimension as they fight to survive against robotic organisms. Will he manage to save the day and keep his own humanity, or will he lose himself to the berserker rage deep inside him?

Spider-Man: Fake Red: Yu’s new high school is kind of awful. He’s failing his classes and striking out socially. Everything changes when he finds one of Spider-Man’s costumes abandoned in an alleyway. At first, it’s fun to put on the costume and play the hero, but when powerful enemies appear, Yu quickly realizes he’s out of his element. Still, with the real Spider-Man nowhere to be found, the city needs someone to save it…

Marvel’s Secret Reverse: In Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi’s epic team-up between Iron Man and Spider-Man, Tony Stark travels to Japan to attend a gaming convention. Awaiting his arrival is Reijiro Kaioh, the CEO of a world-famous card game company. Kaioh plans to unveil an amazing new gaming machine, but the inventor and his device are not at all what they appear to be…

Spider-Man: Octo-Girl: After a battle with Spider-Man, the evil genius scientist Doctor Octopus falls into a coma. When he wakes up, his consciousness is in the body of Otoha Okutamiya, a middle school girl in Tokyo! Thus begins the strange school life of Spider-Man’s biggest rival…as a regular Japanese girl!

X-Men: The Manga: Remastered: The much anticipated manga adaptation of the global sensation X-Men: The Animated Series. The classic manga adaptation, unavailable for years, now finally returns to print and will come to VIZ Manga’s digital service. Newly remastered and presented in a deluxe edition, the print and digital formats will be in high demand for all ultimate X-Men collectors.

*Auto-renewal and other terms and conditions apply. VIZ Manga subscription required to redeem offer. Please see marvel.com/mu-24viz for more details.

About VIZ Media: 

An international authority on manga for more than three decades, VIZ Media is leading the way in what’s now, new and next. Reaching one in four millennials and half of all GenZ manga readers, VIZ is at the forefront of America’s Japanese pop-culture phenomenon, which today dominates multiple industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming.

VIZ is proud to be the #1 destination for manga in America and home to some of the most prestigious anime brands driving the industry. Combined with a market share footprint larger than household names collectively, VIZ has pivoted from a localization company to a market leading pop culture publisher and producer.

VIZ Media is proudly certified as a Most Loved Workplace® in America and Inc Magazine’s Best Workplaces.

For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/

About VIZ Manga:

VIZ Manga is a leading digital manga subscription service, with over 10,000 chapters featuring legendary manga creators across a wide range of interests. The latest chapters are free and published simultaneously with Japan. The app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android devices, and at viz.com/vizmanga. Territories include the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

About Marvel:

Marvel is one of the world’s most prominent entertainment brands, built on an unparalleled library of iconic characters and stories that have shaped pop culture for 85 years. The Marvel brand spans entertainment, including film, television, publishing, licensing, games, live events, digital media, and more.

For more information, visit marvel.com. © 2024 MARVEL

About Marvel Unlimited:

Marvel Unlimited is a one-stop destination for over 30,000 comics spanning the entire Marvel Universe. The app is available for iPhone®, iPad®, Android devices™ and on web. For more information on Marvel Unlimited comics, please visit: www.marvel.com/unlimited.

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Comics Review: "REDCOAT #1" - Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind

REDCOAT #1

IMAGE COMICS/Ghost Machine

STORY: Geoff Johns

PENCILS: Bryan Hitch

INKS: Bryan Hitch and Andrew Currie

COLORS: Brad Anderson

LETTERS: Rob Leigh

EiC: Brian Cunningham

COVER: Bryan Hitch with Brad Anderson

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Ivan Reis and Danny Miki with Brad Anderson

48pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (April 2024)

Rated “T+/Teen Plus”

Redcoat created by Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch

Redcoat is a new comic book series from writer Geoff Johns and artist Bryan Hitch.  The series is part of the “Ghost Machine” shared creator-owned universe, and Redcoat is one of the group of mysterious, secret heroes known as “The Unnamed.”

Redcoat #1 opens in 1775.  Paul Revere is announcing the coming of the Redcoats when some Redcoats (British Army) set upon him.  He is saved by John Hancock who uses some of the “magicks” of the “Founding Fathers” that he possesses.

This brings us to the story of Simon Pure, a Redcoat, who isn't much of a soldier.  By his own admission, he is a coward, cheater, absconder, and deserter.  He isn't a virtuous soul who will face insurmountable odds with conviction, courage and honor.  Still, his lousiness is why he has a fated meeting with the founding fathers, and that leads to the curse of his immortality.

He can't die, but he's broke and hungry all the time.  Still, over a century after he met his magickal destiny, Simon finds himself caught between mysterious, dark forces and one of the world's most famous geniuses – as a boy.

THE LOWDOWN:  I was able to procure a PDF review copy of Redcoat #1.  Thus, I decided to review it for you, dear readers.

I didn't expect much from it.  After all, to of DC Comics' twenty-first century stalwart writers, Geoff Johns and Scott Snyder, have consistently delivered underwhelming creator-owned comic book series or at least, mediocre individual issues of their creator-owned titles.

I didn't expect much, but I got a little more than I expected.  Is that enough to keep me reading past this first issue?  Read on.

Early on, Johns was laying an egg with this first issue of Redcoat, but it picks up at about the halfway point.  Honestly, its late improvement isn't enough to get me to come back for more Simon Pure.  Pure is a type – the hapless hero who falls into a great event because that's what the writer wants.  We're supposed to see ourselves in him as well follow him to greatness or to at least the winning side.  Truthfully, Simon Pure is the same kind of white guy I've been reading and watching in fiction for decades, and at this point in time, I'm not as willing to follow him as I was decades ago.

The main reason I gave this first issue a try is because I'm a big fan of Bryan Hitch's work on comic books like The Authority and The Ultimates, but Redcoat #1 is generic Bryan Hitch.  I don't see any reason to come back for more of that.  But Brad Anderson's colors are quite spiffy.

Yeah, there's something here.  Maybe, it will get better, but I, for one, don't have the time to suffer average work from a “superstar creative team.”

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch will want to check out Red Coat... maybe.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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