Back when P33pub reported that the Japanese PSP was offering digital manga downloads, we figured it was only a matter of time for the Western market to start getting some Marvel and DC digital downloads. It’s a perfect time to start checking out what’s going on in the current comic book world.

Over the past 10 or so years, it’s become quite staple for the 2 major publishing houses to have “summer events” to compete with each other, much like summer blockbuster movies. For instance, Marvel began a long journey starting from the break-up of the Avengers in “Avengers Disassembled”, to the near mutant extinction in “House of M”. Kotaku checked out the superhero “Civil War”. After that event, the Hulk rampages the planet in “World War Hulk” and the Skrulls invade Earth in “Secret Invasion”. This year, a group of super villains led by Norman Osborn (The Green Goblin) masquerade as the Avengers in “Dark Reign”.

So if you’re still not the type to walk in your local comic shop, but have an interest in the characters’ goings on, the PSP downloads may very well be the perfect thing for you.