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Incredible Hulk the Complete Comic Collection Win/Mac

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Holy smokes! Just back from the comics store... I had no idea that this was coming out, so I pounced on it immediately! (A shame because it is cheaper at Amazon!) It seems too good to be true, but it is ALL there! I figured that maybe the 'Tales to Astonish' stories wouldn't be included, but they ARE! Not only are the 'Tales to Astonish' stories included, but the *entire* issues are intact! Unlike the versions reprinted in the Essential Hulk books, now you can check out the other Sub-Mariner stories. 535 complete issues! When they say complete, they mean it! The ads are even in there, so you get the whole experience. Kudos to MARVEL for putting this out. I hope they do the same for DOCTOR STRANGE and THE PUNISHER real soon! I will even 'reward' them by buying the other ones they put out, even for characters I am not as interested in. How else can you get so many stories this inexpensively? I am literally STUNNED by this release!

I was really looking forward to this, and I'm mostly happy, but a little let down. Sure, it's got every issue, but the quality was not what I expected. Unlike the beautiful, cleaned up, color-corrected pages of the Masterworks collections, this disc is basically hand-scanned pages from actual comic books. There are yellowing pages, damaged pages, countless crooked pages, glare on recent issues and often the black levels could be better. Most annoying is that solid colors on older issues have that newsprint pattern you get whenever you try to scan a newspaper, so it's not even a good representation of what the original books look like in hand. I guess this is the price of getting all the old ads and letters pages, but it would've been nice to know that's what was contained.

All I can say is, if you are a Hulk fan, get this collection. Every issue, every annual, even the original ads are all here. If anyone is interested in buying my near mint collection, now's the time. I can part with it and free up space in my attic.

Don't miss this collection.

This is every issue of Incredible Hulk (plus the complete 1960's run of Tales to Astonish featuring the character) on a single DVD-ROM. They are quality scans of the original comic books, so you get to see all the ads, house promos, and letter pages. (There are a few minor imperfections here and there; it looks like somebody took a crayon to some panels of "Titan Rides a Train" for example). The stories are great, of course. I am especially a fan of the Herb Trimpe/John Severin artwork in the early 70's. This is especially recommended, as are the other Marvel DVD releases by the publisher. The low price is staggering.

Here's one way to customize your PDF browser so you can actually read these things. Using Adobe Reader 8. Even if you just do steps 1,2 and 5 it can really help.

1. Go to VIEW>Reading Mode
2. Go to VIEW>TOOLBARS>Hide Toolbars
3. Go to EDIT>Preferences
-Under Full Screen Setup uncheck "Fill Screen With One Page at a Time" and unceck "Current Document only"
-Under Full Screen Navigation uncheck "Left click to go forward one page; right click to go back one page" and CHECK "Show Navigation Bar"
4. Click OK
5. Go to VIE>ZOOM>Zoom Too...
6. Zooom to 150% and continue to increase your zoom untill one page fills your screen. Mine is at 190% all monitors are different.
7. Go to Full Screen Mode
>>>Finished

In Full Screen Mode you can now easily pan threw the comic one page at a time using your mouse and turn the pages using your Navigation Bar. a transition can be added to make it appear as though the pages were really turning. try it. and goodluck

This product is very good. I t arrived qucikly. It contains the entire series of hulk upto deemberc of 2006. You can change the size of the comics and easily access all of them throud menues. My only problem is the isc arived with circular scratches all around the disc. it was still playable but the disc read slowly and sometimes failed because of this so I backup the disc onto the hard drive and it works fine there. Order it, but back it up onto your hard drive for spead and reliability. You can also print these comic.

I love the idea of comics being put on disc. I've always wanted the series from issue 1 but never thought it would be possible since the cost was way out of my reach. Getting to read the comics from the start of the series is awesome. The images came out great on disc. The first issue was a little faded, but after that, the rest had great quality. I never had any problems with images coming out on my laptop. Nuff said.

I have often longed to read this series from the very beginning, but never imagined it would ever happen. To buy the actual comics would be a fortune. Of course, I'd rather have the comics in my hand, the old fashioned way, but that will never happen, so this is the next best thing for a LOT less money.

The complaints about quality of the comics, to me, are unfounded. This is much more authentic than having brand new e-copies. I've only read a few issues, but, so far, no complaints.

I had never even heard of this DVD before (or the others in the series) and jumped on it immediately when I saw it on Amazon! I can hardly believe that this product exists! Every issue of Hulk (including Tales to Astonish) from inception to December 2006. Incredible!! (Pun intended) What makes this disc extra great is that each comic is a scan of an original copy, ads, fan letters, everything included. It really is mind blowing. I'd have paid twice the price. I can't even imagine what this collection would cost to own in hard copy form. This disc is discontinued so any Hulk fan should snap this up right away while you still can! My highest recommendation!!

I've got several of the Marvel collections of comics on DVD, and I've been very pleased with my purchases. It nearly impossible for the average person to get access to this much comic history in a printed format, even by buying collections and trade paperbacks. I enjoy being able to go back and read the comics from the 1970's when I was growing up one night, and then the next jump ahead to more recent House of M / Civil War arcs.

I do recommend a good monitor, however. A wide-screen would be ideal.