Customer Reviews

Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer - Complete Comic Edition

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(4)
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I was very excited when Marvel and GIT Corp came out with these products. Now instead of collecting every single comic book you can now simply pop in a DVD-rom and get every single issue you could have ever dreamed of!!!
I am a big fan of the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer comics are simply a throw-in in which I would be happy to take. The Fantastic Four were created so amazingly like a real life family that one must give Stan Lee and Jack Kirby their due. The villains of the FF are unreal starting in issue #1 with the Mole Man and moving on with issue #4 and the Sub-Mariner. The greatest villain of the Marvel universe makes his appearance in issue #5 in the form of Dr. Doom. Doom would go on to be one of the most famous comic book villains of all time ranking up there with the Joker, Lex Luther, Darkseid, and the Green Goblin. (Also remember Star War fans that Darth Vadar's suit was influenced by Doom's). These issues also cover the famous Silver Surfer and Galactus story lines starting in issue #48. There are so many first Marvel appearances in these issues like the Skrulls, Klaw, Black Panther, Negative Zone, Blastaar, Diablo, Pyscho Man, Molecule Man, etc. that the FF simply must go down as one of the most defining comic books ever sold.
This set is amazing and any one who does not want to pay the money for every issue (start saving because thats 750 comics) this is for you!!!!

The Bad: The scans are of old comic books (not the Marvel original artwork) and they include the staple holes! They also include various graffitti such as ink stamps from a local comic book store - surely a better copy could have been found. A comparison between the first Fantastic 4 comic online at Marvel.com and the same comic on DVD shows that the online version is much more vibrant and colorful. A little more work (such as using photoshop to get rid of those damn staple holes) would have made this collection a lot more attractive.

The Good: You own the comics (you can only view, not download, online). You also get the ads from the comic books as they appeared originally - making them a virtual time machine.

I thoroughly am enjoying this immense collection of classic comic amazement. Like many old fools I read these early issues at the time of their release and through the foolishness of youth I lost many of them through age, mold and the old school parental habit of their throwing out those "childish comic magazines." Big, Huge Mistake! That said, re-enjoying these in digital format is a time trip and an immensely enjoying immersion in what has become an important Art form of the 20th and 21st century. The transfers are not perfect but in the slight grunginess of the scans they capture the essence of the times. While the original art and feel of the books are the best and while I also highly encourage investing in the Marvel Masterwork book series, this collection allows a close-up perusely and examination of this treasure trove of comic book thrills at an amazingly low price. Also, I have noticed in the reviews, a number of statements regarding the MARVEL WATERMARK on the pages as a detriment to the work. I would agree, however, that WATERMARK is only apparent if you look at the PDFs with MAC PREVIEW program or an old ADOBE READER program. Use the enclosed 7.08 version of ADOBE READER or the latest version 9 Adobe Reader (download is free) and there is NO WATERMARK on the screen. As old man Stan would put it, Enuf Said. Excelsior!

this comes with fantastic four v1 1-416, v2 1-13, v3 1-70, and 500 and up plus annuals. As for silver surfer it comes with v1 1-18, v2 1, v3 1-146, v4 1-14 plus annuals. If you've seen my other comic cd reviews you'd be wondering why I gave this 4 stars well, unlike x-men and spider-man the ff only have one mag, thus no crossovers with issues missing and no missing out on stories from other mags. It is missing a few mini-series one shots and graphic novels but that's only like 4 to 6 issues id say this is a great item for any ff and/or silver surfer fan however I really wish it came with the before the ff comics, those where goodFantastic Four and Silver Surfer - Complete Comic Edition

Complete run, easy to use. Love, love, love this product. Shame on you Marvel for cancelling the contract with the company that produces these. I have been collecting comics for 30 years and have a massive collection, but this product was awesome for new readers that wanted to read entire collections. Unfortunately, Marvel pulled the plug, so planned collections for Thor, Daredevil and others may never see the light of day. At least we got a few before they got greedy. Snap them up from Amazon while you can, there won't be any more made!

If you're a Marvel fan, these collections are a godsend. Collecting on DVD what would take years and thousands of dollars to collect in comic format is a boon to the reader, and that is who is truly benefitting from these collections. The only issue keeping this from being a five star collection is the annoying habit of representing material which is on a previously released DVD collection. The collected FF was released two years ago and now it has been re-released (including an additional year's worth of books) with the Silver Surfer in this collection. I understand this was timed for the release of the second FF movie but this release is unfair to those of us who purchased the original FF collection. In my opinion, the loyal Marvel fan would have been better served had the Silver Surfer been released in a compilation of cosmic titles (Captain Marvel, Nova, Quasar, etc.). Does anyone out there want a copy of First 44 Years of Fantastic Four on DVD?!?

This is one of the most wonderful ideas Ever thank you Marvel comics, thank you so much! I'm a film writer and of course I love to read and books are one thing pretty much any great peace of literature you can think is out there but comics and pulp magazines are a whole other story. That is one reason I adore these collections I can read over 400 issues any time I want! Not to mention the storage As it is I have three book shelves brimming with books and boxes and so on. Anyway this is a fantastic collection the art is amazing and Stan Lee's writing in particular and worth the price, I've heard Federico Fellini himself used to read and admire Stan's writings and I can see why. These peaces of art are part of our countries Artistic heritage, just as much as Copley or Okeeffe. My hope is that people will see the beauty and artistic value of these and buy these collections so that Marvel will continue release all their titles.

All these comics on dvd-rom for a very low price! Don't have to worry about where I'm going to store them! A win win for me! Kudos GIT! Wish more were coming!

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!

Alright, for those of you who are wondering, this is THE COMPLETE FANTASTIC FOUR! That's right, you won't ever need another collection!

Although it does *not* include crossover issues, this fantastic dvd-rom includes every issue of the Fantastic Four ever published!

I have been a die-hard fan of the old comics since I was ten, so when I popped this baby into my laptop, it actually brought tears to my eyes to see the full-color reproductions (scanned onto disc!!!) of the original comics, complete with the ads they ran with and everything!

Of course, if you like the more modern comics, you need look no further! This collection, I believe, runs all the way up to 2005!

I would also like to point out that Marvel has recently issued collections of its older comics, the seminal works in the series. A collection from the Fantastic Four series, containing about 20 issues, costs me anywhere from 10-20 dollars, and it's just newsprint bound in paper. Therefore, to get over 18000 pages in scanned comics for 40 dollars is almost ludicrous!

I think my decision is clear - buy it, you'll never regret it!