40 Years of the X-Men
With 40 Years Of X-Men DVD, you've got a full collection of every X-Men story published in the last four decades. Almost 500 issues of the classic X-Men comics are reproduced here, from the very first issue in 1963 to August 2005 -- all in full color, from cover to cover. Explore a world where a small group of people are born with genes that give them super-powers. These "mutants" are hated and feared by humanity at large, and the X-Men come together to protect both mutants and human from prejudice and evil mutants alike. You'll get to follow their incredible adventures as they span four amazing decades.
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40 Years of the X-Men Reviews
But whatever. Your only problem will be the boring and long beginning issues. Flaws: ugly interface, for 50 bucks I could definitely have created a more satisfying menu for the costumers. the cross overs will be tough to follow, since it's techincaly 40 years of UNCANNY X-men.
Really, though. It has all the issues, every page, perfect quality. You cant complain there, the price is low compared to that. Still they couldve done better.
SO worth it.
How do you review the coolest thing in the world. The art and the writing speak for themselves and they are wonderful. My advice is please buy this and speak loud and clear to Marvel and the company who produces these that we want more of them. All I have to say is I hope they keep making these amazing cd-roms They are perfect, easy to store and easy to read. Everynight after a hard day of work I love to curel up with a cup of tea and my x-men comic. I hope other company's get the hint too and produce their titles in this way it's just so perfect and easy to store.
I'm looking for X-Men the Complete Collection hopefully in the future. In my Windows XP installation, this DVD's contents were easily readable. This is a great way to save time, space & money. Some people will only be able to see the 1960s folder.
My computer is running both Windows 2000 & XP. I should note that I don't use Roxio or Nero software in XP, so if XP users are having this problem, that might be it. I *only* experienced this issue with Windows 2000. One important note: it doesn't include the newer X-Men series started in '91 by Lee & Claremont. It didn't. In Windows 2000, I couldn't for the life of me get my computer to see more than that 1st folder.
Getting a replacement disc won't help: all copies of the Avengers gitcorp made are like this: viewable on some computers, not on others. You can copy onto CDs, DVDs, hard drives, etc. Issues 1 to 11- Jack Kirby, starting in '63. The problem is in the way the disc was made. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode, uninstalling programs, reinstalling programs: nothing I tried could make the disc readable.
and then bring that info back to your original computer. I include the problem here just in case it helps someone. I had technical difficulties with the Avengers version of this software by GITCorp. Sure enough, the *entire* contents were now there. All the content is really there, but some computers can't read more than the first folder, so you might think that's all that's on the disc.
Definitely recommended. Highlights here for me. Issues 108 to 143- John Byrne, starting in '77. Gitcorp thinks CD packet writing software on a person's computer will interfere with the way the disc is viewed, so they recommend uninstalling packet writing software like Roxio to see if that'll help. Until then, I still like this. It's also an excellent chance to see various creators' work on these popular characters throughout the years.
Many people just take this disc to another computer and copy its contents there. Issues 248 to 277 (skips some issues)- Jim Lee, starting in '89. If you're looking to buy trade paperbacks or hardcover X-Men material, this is an economical way to see before you buy. It's as if that's *all* that's on the disc. P.S. Switching to XP though "fixed" the problem immediately.
Issues 325 to 350- Joe Madureira, starting in '95. Giant-Size X-Men #1- Len Wein & Dave Cockrum in '75.
It's definitely worth the money. *sigh* Oh, well but if you can get it used (or from GIT), go for it. GIT really did a fine job with these comic collections. Too bad Marvel is now going totally online and won't let anyone have the actual comics in hand anymore.
They look amazing on the computer, plus you can print if you want. (with 15,000+ pages I can't imagine why you'd want to) I was concerned about Mac compatibility, but since the thing is just a PDF interface, you just need Acrobat, no special Windows-only software. He is a long-time comic book fan and this gave him an opportunity to read some of the very first editions that are way before his time. My husband loved this as a gift. We're looking to pick up the Spiderman collection next.
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