Marvel Unlimited Is Shutting Down in December as Webtoon Takes Over Marvel's Digital Library

Marvel is pulling the plug on Marvel Unlimited, the publisher's longtime digital reading subscription, in favor of a new app called Marvel Comics Powered By Webtoon. New sign-ups and Annual Plus memberships closed as of October 5, and the existing service shuts down for good on December 7, with the app disappearing from app stores entirely by December 28.

The Webtoon-powered replacement launches November 16 with more than 35,000 titles spanning Marvel, Star Wars, and other Disney-adjacent comics, and it supports both traditional panel-by-panel reading and a vertical scroll format. Pricing splits into two tiers: a $9.99/month base plan with new issues delayed three months, and a $12.49/month Ultimate tier that cuts the wait to 30 days, with a $59.99 founding-member rate for Ultimate's first year.

Current Marvel Unlimited subscribers keep free access through the December 7 shutdown and get automatic, prorated refunds, but they'll need to set up a Webtoon account to keep reading afterward. Marvel says comics already purchased or unlocked will carry over without a new subscription once that account is linked, though the switch still means re-registering and picking a new plan before the old app disappears for good.

Original reporting: Bleeding Cool.