The cat so fast he's a streak 
TLDR: to avoid "spoilers" marvel is now locking the final page of each x-men issue behind a QR code which you scan and pulls up the final page. The final page is just a normal static image which serves as the cliffhanger or shoe drop hook for the next issue as is common in most comics. Luckily though these pages will be printed in future printings of the issue telling customers to just not buy your new comic until well after its released.
Drama has emerged as comic Pros and shills come to tow the line:
"Ur a weird incel if you dont like DRM in physical media"
https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1816253266604482675
"What if it was the editorial content which has just always been a page in comics?" (It isnt even that its a page of story content)
https://twitter.com/FabianNicieza/status/1816259222285201454
Like here are the pages they are clearly normal butt comic pages:
so all the cope about it just being an AD or editorial stuff is a lie.
Still not gonna stop shills from just spewing the company line:
"its just a BONUS page!" well if it is to prevent spoilers how can it be just a throwaway ? Again its all very clearly content which would be a last page hook in any other comic.
https://twitter.com/cthulhu_queef/status/1816158104272396799
"its super cool and unique to read the last page on a 6 in screen instead of a normal comic!"
https://twitter.com/BrightShirtOne/status/1816176157525712988
Again my own take is that this is just some misguided DRM trying to stop piracy kiddies who read comics and manga on they phone "hey kids cant scan a qr code with a phone if its own your phone" and I guess to prevent spoilers if an issue leaks early since the server hosting the qr codes only launches on release day, which will just fail in the long run as people either just wait for the trade lowering sales, or pirate the book since pirates will just download the bonus page and bundle it in.
!comicshitters new marvel editorial frick up
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The MCU and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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I'm praying it's bait but I can't even tell anymore
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Wdym, I LOVE watching the whole credits with all my FAVORITE names to see an extra scene.
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Nobody knows why western comic sales have gone down while manga is still stable
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WES
S LOST
CAPESHITTERS LOST
WOKEANDA LOST
GENDERBLOBS LOST
XITTER LOST
TUMBLRINAS LOST
MANGARYANS AND ARYANIME WON
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I love how unapologetically racist the second Hokage was.
I want those eye BIPOCs put in a ghetto.
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Kill Uchihas. Behead Uchihas. Roundhouse kick a Uchiha into the concrete. Slam dunk an Uchiha into the trashcan. Crucify filthy Uchihas. Defecate in a Uchiha's food. Launch Uchihas into the sun. Stir fry Uchihas in a wok. Toss Uchihas into active volcanoes. Urinate into a Uchiha's gas tank. Judo throw Uchihas into a wood chipper. Twist Uchihas' heads off. Report Uchihas to the Wizards' Council. Karate chop Uchihas in half. Curb stomp pregnant non-human Uchihas. Trap Uchihas in quicksand. Crush Uchihas in the trash compactor. Liquefy Uchihas in a vat of acid. Eat Uchihas. Dissect Uchihas. Exterminate Uchihas in the gas chamber. Stomp Uchiha skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate Uchihas in the oven. Lobotomize Uchihas. Mandatory abortions for Uchihas. Grind Uchiha fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown Uchihas in fried chicken grease. Vaporize Uchihas with anti-matter. Kick old Uchihas down the stairs. Feed Uchihas to alligators. Slice Uchihas with a katana.
TUD (TOTAL UCHIHA DEATH)
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People of Doujutsu, PoD.
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Anime and manga suffer from some pretty fricking awful problems themselves so it says something when Western comics have managed to be even worse. Capeshit is like if anime and manga actually was nothing but isekai.
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Dont worry im sure the yapanese will take notes on this due to their love of draconian copyright law
THIS ART IS NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION ON ANY OTHER PLATFORM ANY COPYING AND PASTING OF THIS ART IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW 
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they're funny
people
went to the JP jump website and there's banners talking about how they shut down some pirate
site and also how people are misidentifying titty kubo on twitter 
and they will take action 
against further shitposts
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you brought great shame and dishonor to your ancestors, reader-san
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Jump tried this in the past, but they had the decency to make the manga optionally interactive.
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Koji Kumeta used to threaten people over copyright because people kept posting old nudes of him he put into one of his early series.
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Racist
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Sorry I don't speak unga bunga click click
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Why didn't you upmarsey me?
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Sorry fixed
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I know why. It's because women.
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There are many great women manga artists in Japan, so s*x is definitely not an issue here.
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Yeah s*x definitely isn't an issue with manga
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any cute ones?
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Maybe it's because a bunch of magna readers are pedos who need new content for their next goon sesh
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I'm not into comic books but
1. Can't read entirely offline: lol
2. In 20 years when the URL goes down you now are missing the last page: lol
3. You can't resell a comic with a missing page and I thought being a (((collectible))) was part of the marketing: lol
4. Your comic can be changed by a woke corporation at any time: lol
5. Want to read the last page? Better accept our tracking cookies. Oh and later we might make you make an account. And after that when we're in crisis mode it will be a SaaS account: lmao
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It might also be to get a better estimate of how many people actually read comicslop, since everyone reading it has to visit that site, even if they just borrowed the comic. Plus, with ad-IDs on the phones its probably their attempt to include comics into that ad environment
Maybe also to test the waters if its possible to go fully digital with comics (do i hear a subscription model?) To save costs since comicshit isnt selling for some inconceivable reason.
Down the road i bet it will be used for DRM.
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https://www.marvel.com/xmen-bonus?cid=PR_XLaunchStinger_20240710_comics_XMen1
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The actual url
https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.marvel.terrigen/prod/xmen1-comic-desktop.png
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It's more to stop pre-release leaks. Since even if someone gets their hands on a comic before the release they wont be able to read the qr code page since the servers wont go up until Marvel wants
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If there is nothing worth spoiling in your comic except for the very last page imo that's shit writing
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Its comicshit. Of course its bad writing.
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Yeah, it's not even a signed URL. Watch them wait a few months before adding video ads before you can view the page.
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It's a comic. Just release it. If people are getting hung up on spoilers, call them fags
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I agree I dont care about spoilers and DRM in physical media is a new low but disney is appealing to the soys with the spoilers claim
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Wait, are we at the stage where zoomzooms (derogatory, younger than me) don't know how to use a printer? Holy shit, this has immense job security implications
Current hyperfixation:
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You think it's zoomers who read marvelslop?
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Broader society is more incompetent than I previously assumed
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These are western superhero comics so it's 35+ year old men reading these.
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I want to make a joke about the pages at the end of pirated comics I used to read, but I can't even remember their gimmick. It was a few different guys with logos and phrases and most would have some variation of "Like it? Buy it!" And like "King Tut Scans!" Or something like that.
I get that Marvel and DC cause the most drama, but even when you do an neurodivergent efortpust you hover around them too much, when there's so much weird good shit out there. I'm going to knock your socks off with some Goon posting when I get back and balanced.
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Those little images are called scanner tags. I made one when I scanned an old comic and uploaded it to libgen.
I know about the Goon silly
my favorite comic is Cerebus the Aardvark. I also like madman comics, the tick, flaming carrot head, and herbie.
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People haven't been scumbagmaxxing
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One piece doesn't do this shit. They just release a full comic with cool fights and big tits. Then they wonder why their industry is failing.
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Not enough small tits
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P-do
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Another day, another kick in the fricking nuts to avid comic book readers like
@Grue.
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Multipanel art is okay sometimes
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I'm confused. Are they worried about counterfeit comics?
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No its mostly leak protection like a reviewer leaks review copies or an employee at a distributor or comic shop leaks an issue online before release. Ergo the biggest spoilers will be locked behind the qr code and only reveiwable when Marvel Turns on the servers.
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Because people are definitely going to buy a physical copy of you protect the last page.
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When I used to read comics, I'd often do it because I was away from electronics. When I was out in the woods at the cabin, if I didn't have access to a PC, if I wanted to kill time on a roadtrip, whatever. So the idea of needing something digital for a physical medium seems grating.
Less personally, it seems like it just incentivizes suspense and a cliffhanger as an ending, as opposed to something that has substance and ties up that story neatly. Which works if it's a run or some saga like Annihilation, but on its face it's gimmicky. However, reflecting on comics I look back on fondly as good stories, early Hellblazer coming to mind, the best ones would tie things up with the final page in a way that could make the issue standalone if it wasn't intended to be already. It allows the story to poignantly say what it needs to with a meaningful image and concise dialogue in the final panels. From what I know, comics don't do that anymore really. But by doing this specifically with the QR codes is like an extra step to make sure you can't get a solid ending, and it incentivizes only suspense or pushing for elaborate interconnectivity. Sales over story, which sucks and also doesn't make sense when story is the only way you can get real long-term sales.
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The editor explicitly compared it to the claremont x-men issues from the 70s-80s which were just an endless churn of cliffhangers and events.
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Buying new mags has always been the wrong
choice 
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Right click save as
It didn't protect NFTs
Marvel wants it so they can retcon unpopular reveals by changing the jaypeg
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This is literally muggamisia...every single printed QR code page on a X-Men book is, like, worse than 50 mutant genocides!!!
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QR codes make me angry 99% of the time
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You could probaly get some argument like that "X-men is for poor queer BIPOC trans youth who are so poor they cant afford a phone to read the last page
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Snapshots:
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-x-men-bonus-scenes-qr-codes-explained-tom-brevoort/:
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https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1816253266604482675:
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https://twitter.com/FabianNicieza/status/1816259222285201454:
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https://twitter.com/cthulhu_queef/status/1816158104272396799:
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https://twitter.com/BrightShirtOne/status/1816176157525712988:
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