Pre Owned Mass Effect 2 question?

As the title suggests, I've bought a pre owned copy of Mass Effect 2, so I know I'm not going to get my free DLC, but does that include the Mass Effect Genesis comic?
I never played the first one so I've no idea what happens. Don't really want to pay for it unless I have too :P

I'm away from my PS3 for a few days so just eager to know now.

Thanks :)

The comic is part of the Cerberus DLC.

yeah, i did the same thing. you have to get the comic thing from the psn (i think it's $15, but it may be $10). I just went on without it and read about the 1st game online (though I will be getting it for the pc eventually). ME2 does a good job of referring back to previous events that you can pretty much piece together what happened in the main story (some side characters may be harder to figure out, but even then it's not that bad).

Yeah ull have to pay for it since its considered a part of the cerberus network.

You will have to buy the Cerberus Pack which is pretty costly from what I remember ($14.99)?

THe comic will trake you through 6 major decisions Shepard had to make in Mass Effect 1.

I highly recommend playing Mass Effect 1 first (whether on PC or Xbox 360). The comic doesn't do the fiurst game's story justice and the narractive for the comic kinda makes clear which choices are good and bad, while the game blurs those lines for you.

To be honest, I played Mass Effect 2 on PS3 first, and after realizing how incredible the experience could be, I actually bought a 360 just to play Mass Effect 1 and 2 with an imported save. The experience is like night and day. There's a lot of decisions (even in side missions) that transfer over, and it's just incredible. If you have the money to spare, Experience Mass Effect with imported saves. You'll be glad you did :)

Edit: It's also not as costly as you may think. I scored a 360 from Amazon for $200 with a $50 coupon towards future purchases and used the $50 to get both Mass Effect 1 & 2.

So... For $200 you can have the same experience :)