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Few things are so well-suited to mobile devices lush color and displays as comics, and forward-looking publishers are fast ushering out the age of Mylar polybags.

While virtually every comic publisher has a standalone app, ComiXologys overarching reader has become the dominant force in the field. With dozens of publishers and same-day releases, its an apt competitor for your local shop; with navigation that lets you effortlessly zoom in and pore over one panel at a time, its enough to go digital and never look back.

WIRED Search by creator to dive down the rabbit hole.

TIRED Notable publisher omission Dark Horse means no Mind MGMT, B.P.R.D., etc.

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Most manga readers scrape scanlation sites, which offer free Japanese-only works that fans have translated to English. But that presents a murky copyright situation. Manga powerhouse VIZ rises above the fray with its huge library of translated titles, unflopped (reading right-to-left, as in the Japanese originals).

WIRED Same-day-as-print, as well as some digital previews up to three months before publication. Huge archives include full runs of classics.

TIRED Lack of auto-resume forces you to set a bookmark before you close the appor lose your place.

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