DC Entertainment Issues Press Release, Images For New DC Nation App And Magazine
Continue below for a the press release and a selection of images promoting the recently released DC Nation app and the forthcoming DC Nation Super Spectacular one-shot magazine. The DC Nation app is now available for the iPad, iPod and iPhone. The DC Nation Super Spectacular magazine will hit shelves on May 30th, 2012 for the cover price of $4.99, and will feature 64 pages of exclusive content.
DC Entertainment announced today that it has released a new family-friendly DC Nation app offering instant access to the best in all-ages content from DC Comics. Based on the popular Saturday morning programming block from Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the free app features thousands of pages of kid-safe content including free, first issues of three of the all-time greatest kids comics Batman Adventures #1, Superman Adventures #1, and the multiple Eisner Award-winning Tiny Titans #1.
The app will also offer several Super Hero Origin mini-comics and the first six installments of the ever-expanding DC Nation Secret Files, an encyclopedia of the coolest characters from DC Comics. A monthly DC Nation mini-mag will highlight the latest happenings with the Cartoon Network TV programming block. In addition to the wide-range of free comics in the app, more than 100 all-ages DC Comics titles will be available for purchase at $.99 each, with more titles added every week.
On the heels of the app launch, DC Entertainment will also release a new DC Nation Super Spectacular magazine in May. The 64-page magazine will be on newsstands and in comic book shops for $4.99 throughout the summer, offering kids a collection of new comics based on popular DC Nation shows including Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series. The magazine will also include exclusive versions of content that extends from the DC Nation app programming, including special versions of DC Nation Secret Files and a DC Nation Sneak Peek. The magazine is sponsored by LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, an upcoming game from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment,.and will include an exclusive game code for its readers.
DC Nation has already proven to be an extremely popular kids franchise, stated Hank Kanalz, senior vice president of digital, DC Entertainment. The new app and magazine will extend DC Nations reach while also delivering fresh content to core fans of the TV programming block.
Other comic book titles available in the DC Nation app include: Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice, The Batman Strikes!, Krypton the Superdog, Teen Titans, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!, Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade and Young Justice: Classic Series, among others.
The DC Nation app is now available for the iPad, iPod and iPhone. There is currently no official details released by DC Entertainment concerning an Android version of the app. More details on the upcoming DC Nation Super Spectacular magazine, hitting shelves on May 30th, 2012 for the cover price of $4.99, are available here.
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