Marvel Entertainment And iVerse Announce The Release of Marvel Global Comics APP

[ENGLISH] New York, NY—February 6th, 2014—Marvel Entertainment, one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, is excited to announce the release of the MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App. Marvel will distribute single-issue and collected edition translated digital comics worldwide with iVerse, an innovator and unique voice in the CMS, translation, and mobile publishing arenas.

This multi-year agreement reinforces Marvel’s position both as one of the leading global entertainment brands and as the premier comic book publisher in the world, while also bringing its unparalleled library of popular characters and acclaimed stories to the widest possible global audience. The MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App launches in the Apple Store February 6th with additional platform releases tentatively scheduled for later in 2014.

“Marvel has incredible fans all around the world, and we’re excited to bring digital comics to their mobile devices in their native languages, » explains Kristin Vincent, VP of Digital Products. “This partnership with iVerse allows us to introduce Marvel’s rich history of action-packed stories to new audiences worldwide who want to know more about the Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine and the rest of the vast Marvel Universe.”

« At iVerse, we believe that there is an unprecedented opportunity to expand readership by providing content in readers’ native languages,” says Michael Murphey, CEO, iVerse. “We are lifelong fans of Marvel – their characters and their content. It’s truly an honor to be able to partner with them to bring this spectacular content to the world on as many platforms as possible. »

For the first time ever, in the digital realm, you can experience the greatest comic books featuring the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more worldwide in twelve languages – Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Russian, Hindi, German, Italian, Portuguese and Hebrew!

Once again, the MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App will be available for download starting February 6th in the Apple Store and will be having fans saying “MAKE MINE MARVEL!” across the world!

ABOUT MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC:
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information, visit marvel.com.

ABOUT iVERSE MEDIA, LLC:
iVerse Media is a leading global provider of content management with a robust CMS that has unique capabilities in translation, digital content presentation, distribution and management.   The “iVerse CMS Engine” is so graphically rich, it enhances the comics viewing experience; so sophisticated, it can translate apps; and so secure it can handle medical records and imaging.  Founded in 2008, the company was one of the first to launch digital comics on mobile devices. With millions of iVerse powered products having been downloaded, the iVerse App Platform continues to be one of the most popular and widely used platforms for reading digital comics in the world.