BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The German publishers of Mickey Mouse and Batman – Egmont Ehapa and Panini – have jointly launched a fee-based flat-rate app for comics. The app is called Swoosh and is available now. Egmont Ehapa Media announced on Monday in Berlin that “Germany’s first “All you can read” comic offer” will initially offer access to more than 50,000 comic pages. “New comic issues are added every week,” advertised the publisher.
“Panini is one of the market-leading comic publishers on board, so that in addition to Egmont titles such as “Micky Maus” magazine, “Lucky Luke” and “Walt Disney’s Funny Paperback”, more than 900 comics from series such as “Batman “, “Superman” and “Star Wars Comics” can be found in the Swoosh portfolio.” However, “Asterix” comics are not yet available in the app./bok/DP/men