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The I-Comics Store

    Hey, everyone. You may be like me and have a lot of fond memories about comic books. This genre is perhaps the earliest form of escape reading in many young lives. I remember stuff like Turok, Son Of Stone. Earlier today, a picture of a grotto on my PC reminded me of an old Batman comic where he battled a guy called Clayface. I was very young when Marvel Comics burst on the scene with Jack Kirby on illustrations and Stan Lee as the storyteller. Until that time DC and Dell ruled the roost. Marvel was a little less stuffy and a trifle cool and quickly grabbed a nice segment of the market. I had the Spiderman series from the start, as well as most of the other newcomers.
       At one time I had about 10 or 12 subscriptions to titles like The Atom, Green Lantern, The Flash and Batman. Like everything else, when I'm into it, I'm absorbed with it. But all this is just a little background for my idea.
     I'd like to see Apple, Amazon or Google open a web site where you could buy a digital edition of any comic ever published, for the princely sum of 99 cents each. If I wanted to read the previously mentioned edition of Batman vs. Clayface I could go to the I-Comic store and buy it in it's original form, artwork and story, for a dollar. The original issue of Spiderman? Or perhaps the first time he battled the Scorpion? 99 cents and it's yours.
    First off, would it ruin the vintage comic business and send collectors into a snit? I don't think so. I think it would enhance the antiques, similar to the way that I-Tunes has failed to damage the preciousness of the vinyl records of yore. As millions of new readers experience that golden era, there would be a greater and more widespread appreciation of those times. When Stan and Jack were young and ready to rock.
    Secondly, it would take someone with some real vision, massive capitol and the ability to close deals to bring this idea to fruition. No, I'm not talking about the NFL here. But I bet Steve Jobs could get it done.
    What sort of money are we talking about here? I would spend several hundred dollars on opening day, I'll guarantee you that. What a sweet walk down memory lane that would be!
    Just one more thing. If such a thing already exists, please don't tell me. It would make me feel really bad. I had a couple of comic book apps for the I-Pad but there didn't seem to be anything near the scope of what I envision.
    You might say to yourself, "I really can't see Marvel and DC on the same site." Let's face it, money is the greatest helper to detente. Look at all the record labels on I-Tunes. All of them raking in the dinero.
    Well, I thought I'd toss the idea on the web and see if Google or Amazon would hash it out. Have a nice day.
    From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
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