New comics store takes aim at Amazon as ex-Comixology duo launch Neon Ichiban

For decades, comic book fans have had only one option for getting digital editions of Spider-Man, Batman, the Transformers or many other colourful characters on the same day they hit comic book shops.

That platform, Comixology, was acquired by Amazon in 2014 and eventually absorbed into its Kindle service. The takeover left some fans grumbling that comics shouldn’t get the same treatment as eBooks.