Infinite Comics was an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics and hosted via the online service Marvel Unlimited, featuring original, made-for-digital stories about the company's superhero characters, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Silver Surfer, the X-Men and the Avengers. Infinite Comics, which ran from 2012 to 2017, were designed for horizontal, on-screen reading.
The imprint was launched on the online service Marvel Unlimited in 2012 with the publication of Avengers vs. X-Men #1: Infinite featuring Nova. Infinite Comics were designed for horizontal, on-screen reading. Rather than telling a story over a series of static pages that are divided into panels, Infinite Comics presented screens of content that "take advantage of the digital format with techniques that would not be possible in a print comic, like dynamic panel transitions and captions or dialogue boxes that appear sequentially on an image at the prompting of the reader." The user retains control over the pace of the reading experience, advancing the story with each swipe â sometimes staggering elements into the existing screen (for example, a new word balloon) and at other times revealing an entirely new screen.
This narrative technique was inspired by the work of a French comic book artist, Yves Bigerel (alias "Balak"), who was recruited by Marvel as artistic consultant, story boarder and artist.