Marvel Wants To Give You $5 In Comics (Sorta)

In celebration of Spider-Man’s 50th and the launch of “Spider-Men,” Marvel is giving away free money…well sorta.

Beginning on June 3 at 12:01am EST to 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, June 10, when you purchase *select* Spidey books on the Marvel Comics app or the Marvel Digital Comics Shop, you will receive an e-mail/coupon (on June 11) good for $5.oo towards any comic book at your local shop. So basically, you buy the latest issue of “Ultimate Spider-Man” and you can get “Spider-Men #1” for free.

This marks the third time that Marvel has done a digital deal like this. David Gabriel, Senior Vice-President of Sales for Marvel Entertainment had this to say regarding the event: “With Spider-Man’s 50th anniversary just around the corner, we wanted to start celebrating early and with the overwhelming success of our previous Marvel Comics app coupon programs – we’re thrilled to do it again in time for SPIDER-MEN #1 driving new customers into comic shops!”

Marvel is smart and knows that this is a great way to not only drive the sales for their digital comics site but it will also help get some new fans into comic shops. It’s a win-win deal. So pick up a new Spidey book tomorrow and enjoy the free money…well, sorta.