Gadgetory

people love reading comics on tablets but the medium hasn't changed much in the transition to digital publishers have tried to add motion and sound to comics before but it's an expensive process that never really took off anyway now Marvel is betting big on its adaptive audio technology which enhances comics with dramatic music and sound effects that may sound cheesy and it's dangerously close but it kind of looks like Marvel could maybe pull it off the feature is called adaptive audio because the sound changes depending on the readers pace linger on a page and the music will loop tap forward and you'll be segue into the next mood you can also turn the sound off if you want the first adaptive audio comics will be Captain America the Winter Soldier story by Ed Brubaker issues 8 9 and 11 through 14 which are available exclusively through the subscription app Marvel unlimited audio will be added to comments in a back catalogue on a case by case basis Marvel has been playing with other enhancements to its comics including behind the scenes video and motion comics neither of which have really caught on but this is the first feature that seems to actually enhance the comic reading experience at least for me the music isn't disrupted it feels like the opposite it draws you into the story and helps you understand what's going on I even slowed down my normal rapid pace of reading and absorb more of the story and other people I showed it to seem to like it right away but I'm still skeptical the publisher drafted an emmy-nominated composer to score the seats for the features big debut but his Marvel really committed to handcrafting sound for each of its storylines