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40 Years of the X-Men Review
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Manufacturer: Git Corporation
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Platform(s): Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Macintosh
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2008-08-31
PERFECTLY AWESOME
It has all the issues, every page, perfect quality. You cant complain there, the price is low compared to that. 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. But whatever. Still they couldve done better.
Really, though. SO worth it!
Date: 2008-07-19
Let your money speak for you and buy this so there will be more!
How do you review the coolest thing in the world? The art and the writing speak for themselves and they are wonderful! 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. 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. 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!
Date: 2008-05-02
It's a great deal
This is a great way to save time, space & money. One important note: it doesn't include the newer X-Men series started in '91 by Lee & Claremont. I'm looking for X-Men the Complete Collection hopefully in the future. Until then, I still like this.
Highlights here for me...
Issues 1 to 11- Jack Kirby, starting in '63.
Giant-Size X-Men #1- Len Wein & Dave Cockrum in '75.
Issues 108 to 143- John Byrne, starting in '77.
Issues 248 to 277 (skips some issues)- Jim Lee, starting in '89.
Issues 325 to 350- Joe Madureira, starting in '95.
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 also an excellent chance to see various creators' work on these popular characters throughout the years. Definitely recommended.
P.S. I had technical difficulties with the Avengers version of this software by GITCorp. I include the problem here just in case it helps someone. Some people will only be able to see the 1960s folder. My computer is running both Windows 2000 & XP. In Windows 2000, I couldn't for the life of me get my computer to see more than that 1st folder. It's as if that's *all* that's on the disc. 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. It didn't. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode, uninstalling programs, reinstalling programs: nothing I tried could make the disc readable. Switching to XP though "fixed" the problem immediately. In my Windows XP installation, this DVD's contents were easily readable. Sure enough, the *entire* contents were now there. 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.
The problem is in the way the disc was made. 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. Getting a replacement disc won't help: all copies of the Avengers gitcorp made are like this: viewable on some computers, not on others. Many people just take this disc to another computer and copy its contents there. You can copy onto CDs, DVDs, hard drives, etc. and then bring that info back to your original computer.
Date: 2008-04-13
X marks the spot for an awesome collection
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. *sigh* Oh, well -- but if you can get it used (or from GIT), go for it. It's definitely worth the money!
Date: 2008-03-17
A perfect gift for the comic book fan who has almost everything
My husband loved this as a gift. 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. 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. We're looking to pick up the Spiderman collection next.
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