The Amazon subsidiary will offer titles from Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom! Studios and other indie publishers for $5.99 a month.

Finally, the long-awaited "Netflix for comics" seems to have arrived in the form of ComiXology Unlimited, a new subscription service that will offer content from Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios and other publishers for a $5.99 monthly fee.

Announced Tuesday, the service follows the model of ComiXology's parent company Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, with critically acclaimed titles including Hellboy, Love & Rockets and Scott Pilgrim available to read on- or offline.

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