- Revisit and relive your favourite Star Trek comic books
- Includes all issues from 1967 - 2002, including every annual, all articles and advertisements--over 500 issues
- All content in printable, user-friendly PDF format
- Series include Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Issues from all publishers together on one disk for the first time
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Revisit and relive your favourite Star Trek comic books. GIT Corp's collection includes all issues from 1967 - 2002, every annual, all articles and advertisements. That's over 500 issues, all in a friendly readable & printable PDF format. This is the first time you are able to purchase all publishers together on one disk for your enjoyment. Star Trek comics were published under a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures under a variety of top publishers--Western (Gold Label), Marvel, DC, Malibu, and Wildstorm. All are included.
 Star Trek |  Star Trek: The Next Generation |  Star Trek: Voyager |  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
Classic Issues Include:
 | Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Saga [DC Comics. Series 1. #9-16. a.k.a. New Frontiers] | |
| Star Trek: Debt of Honor [DC Comics. Series 2. original graphic novel] |  | |
 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / The Next Generation [Malibu Comic PC Comics. 4 issue miniseries] | |
| Star Trek: Untold Voyages [Marvel's Paramount Comics, 5-issue miniseries] |  | |
 | Star Trek: The Gorn Crisis [Wildstorm Comics. original graphic novel] | |
| Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? [DC Comics. Series 1. #-4B-55] |  | |
The DVD-ROM Includes The Following Titles:
GOLD KEY / WESTERN COMICSStar Trek
PETER PAN / POWER RECORDSStar Trek comic / record sets
DC COMICSStar Trek (First Series)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
DC COMICS AND MALIBU COMICSCrossover Event
MALIBU COMICSStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (continued)
| MARVEL COMICSStar Trek (1980 series)
Star Trek: Collector's Preview #1-2 Star Trek: Early Voyages
Star Trek Unlimited
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Telepathy War
Star Trek: Untold Voyages
Star Trek: First Contact film adaptation (2 covers) Star Trek: Mirror Mirror one-shot Star Trek: Operation Assimilation one-shot Riker Special? The Enemy of My Enemy one-shot WILDSTORM COMICSStar Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation / Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: Special #1 |
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Star Trek - The Complete Collection (1967-2002). Star Trek comics were published under a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures under a wide variety of top publishers - Western (Gold Label), Marvel, DC, Malibu and Wildstorm. Revisit and relive your favorite Star Trek comic books. Our collection includes all issues from 1967 to 2002, every annual, all articles and every single advertisement. That's over 500 issues, all in a friendly readable PDF format and all printable. This is the first time you are able to purchase all publisherson one disk for your viewing enjoyment.
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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful
As the packaging suggests, this collection includes every issue of Star Trek comic books ever published on a single DVD-ROM. From the classic DC Comic releases to the more obscure fare such as the nearly forgotten Star Trek comic/record sets from the seventies (included here under "Bonus Material"). It's all here - even the annuals, movie adaptations, and mini-series events.
In the unlikely event a user is unfamiliar with the Star Trek universe, there's even a helpful "Bios" section which briefly explains the role of each major crewmember. In addition, there is a four-page summation of Star Trek history as well. Neither are particularly detailed, but they're a welcome bonus for a collection already brimming at the seams with material.
The comics are read through Abobe Acrobat (which is included) and the interface is quite efficient and user-friendly. To begin with, you simply click which of the five publishers you want and you're brought to an organized listing of the works they published. Once you select the group of issues you want, you'll be taken to a table displaying all the covers and issues numbers (see user images for my example of this). Simply select one and begin reading!
Of special note is how complete these comics are - all the original advertisements are intact as well as the "Letters to the Editor" sections. The ads are always interesting, especially the older ones. I believe every comic book since the beginning of mankind has an ad that promises you an instant muscled physique for only a few dollars. The Letters sections typically have insightful comments from the readers as well as often amusing rants and technical nitpicking as only Trekkies can do!
Naturally, reading from a computer screen is less than ideal. Nothing can match a hard copy, especially where comic books are concerned. Of course, the comics are fully printable, though I shudder to think how much ink and paper just a few dozen of these would require!
As far as quality is concerned, the older issues do not make as fine a scan as the newer ones. Typically the ones from the mid-eighties and older are more difficult to read, as the ink is slightly hazy and blurry in places. They're still fully readable, just not as crisp and clear as the issues from the late-eighties onward are.
One last note, the promotional material prior to the release of this indicated that the newspaper comic strip material would be included as well. Due to a variety of rights issues, they were not able to include these. Still, with over 500 issues here, it's possible even the most ardent Star Trek fan will require months and months to sift through all this material!
This is an incredible value and a very fun disc to have. The comics are perfect for a brief study break or a lazy Sunday marathon reading session. I can honestly say my purchase was worth every penny, and that's a rare thing these days!
(A note about the packaging: the disc is housed in a standard dvd case and comes shipped in a cardboard sleeve. The sleeve contains a listing of all the issues as well as a brief distillation of the "Classic Issues" included in the DVD-ROM. I think it's a good idea to cut these out of the sleeve and place them within the dvd case - as I said, always nice to have a hard copy!)
In the unlikely event a user is unfamiliar with the Star Trek universe, there's even a helpful "Bios" section which briefly explains the role of each major crewmember. In addition, there is a four-page summation of Star Trek history as well. Neither are particularly detailed, but they're a welcome bonus for a collection already brimming at the seams with material.
The comics are read through Abobe Acrobat (which is included) and the interface is quite efficient and user-friendly. To begin with, you simply click which of the five publishers you want and you're brought to an organized listing of the works they published. Once you select the group of issues you want, you'll be taken to a table displaying all the covers and issues numbers (see user images for my example of this). Simply select one and begin reading!
Of special note is how complete these comics are - all the original advertisements are intact as well as the "Letters to the Editor" sections. The ads are always interesting, especially the older ones. I believe every comic book since the beginning of mankind has an ad that promises you an instant muscled physique for only a few dollars. The Letters sections typically have insightful comments from the readers as well as often amusing rants and technical nitpicking as only Trekkies can do!
Naturally, reading from a computer screen is less than ideal. Nothing can match a hard copy, especially where comic books are concerned. Of course, the comics are fully printable, though I shudder to think how much ink and paper just a few dozen of these would require!
As far as quality is concerned, the older issues do not make as fine a scan as the newer ones. Typically the ones from the mid-eighties and older are more difficult to read, as the ink is slightly hazy and blurry in places. They're still fully readable, just not as crisp and clear as the issues from the late-eighties onward are.
One last note, the promotional material prior to the release of this indicated that the newspaper comic strip material would be included as well. Due to a variety of rights issues, they were not able to include these. Still, with over 500 issues here, it's possible even the most ardent Star Trek fan will require months and months to sift through all this material!
This is an incredible value and a very fun disc to have. The comics are perfect for a brief study break or a lazy Sunday marathon reading session. I can honestly say my purchase was worth every penny, and that's a rare thing these days!
(A note about the packaging: the disc is housed in a standard dvd case and comes shipped in a cardboard sleeve. The sleeve contains a listing of all the issues as well as a brief distillation of the "Classic Issues" included in the DVD-ROM. I think it's a good idea to cut these out of the sleeve and place them within the dvd case - as I said, always nice to have a hard copy!)
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Review:
I'm not a comic book fan for the most part. I didn't grow up with them and so, never got into the mania. That said, I'm a huge Star Trek fan, so when the Complete Comic Book Collection came out, I picked it up eagerly.
Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection, published by GIT Corp., is a compilation of Star Trek comic books condensed onto a PC/MAC compatible DVD. It contains almost all the comic books published under the Star Trek license between 1967 and 2002 from five different comic book houses (Gold Key, Marvel, DC, Wildstorm & Malibu). This includes the full runs of the Gold Key comics, the TOS post movie comics, TNG, DS9 and Voyager runs as well as the various miniseries over the years.
It does not include the latest comic series that have been published in the past couple years. Still, that ends up being around 500 comic books or more, including the entire run of a good number of monthly series. That's quite the bounty indeed.
The comics are presented in high quality scans of the actual comic books themselves in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (Adobe Acrobat is included on the disc). The entire collection is organized fairly clearly by publisher and series, with PDF files serving as menus to open the various comics. The entire comic books are included, including covers, ads and letters to the editor pages. The images are fairly high resolution and printable as well.
GIT Corp has done a fine job with this collection. For the most part, all of the scans are high quality images. They didn't use the original proofs, instead scanning actual comic books to make the collection. For that reason, occasionally you'll come across a page that has been ripped, or find that the pages have yellowed. I suppose it adds a bit to the experience.
I'm somewhat amazed that they got together all of the licenses to put this out. I was fascinated to read the old original Gold Key comics from the late 60's and early 70's. One could tell that the writers didn't watch the show, as for years, rocket flames sprayed out of the ship's nacelles and the ship's interior bore little resemblance to the real thing.
There are only a few minor complaints a person might have about this collection. Pages are presented in a two page spread format rather than a single page spread. It would have been nice to have the pages separately for viewing as even on larger monitors, two pages at once makes the print small and hard to make out.
Also, some of the graphic novels were clearly scanned in bound format rather than from a book that was taken apart. The glare on the middle of the two page scans makes this obvious. I suspect that the scans were done very quickly and imperfections sneaked in as a result.
Overall, I highly recommend this collection to fans and collectors. Before this collection, the only way to see all of these comics was to hunt comic book stores and spend loads of money. That's fine for the avid comic book collector, but what about the rest of us? Few star Trek fans would ever see most of these comics. Now, they're available all in one place for a relatively cheap price. That really can't be beat.
Bottom Line: Highly recommended.
I'm not a comic book fan for the most part. I didn't grow up with them and so, never got into the mania. That said, I'm a huge Star Trek fan, so when the Complete Comic Book Collection came out, I picked it up eagerly.
Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection, published by GIT Corp., is a compilation of Star Trek comic books condensed onto a PC/MAC compatible DVD. It contains almost all the comic books published under the Star Trek license between 1967 and 2002 from five different comic book houses (Gold Key, Marvel, DC, Wildstorm & Malibu). This includes the full runs of the Gold Key comics, the TOS post movie comics, TNG, DS9 and Voyager runs as well as the various miniseries over the years.
It does not include the latest comic series that have been published in the past couple years. Still, that ends up being around 500 comic books or more, including the entire run of a good number of monthly series. That's quite the bounty indeed.
The comics are presented in high quality scans of the actual comic books themselves in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (Adobe Acrobat is included on the disc). The entire collection is organized fairly clearly by publisher and series, with PDF files serving as menus to open the various comics. The entire comic books are included, including covers, ads and letters to the editor pages. The images are fairly high resolution and printable as well.
GIT Corp has done a fine job with this collection. For the most part, all of the scans are high quality images. They didn't use the original proofs, instead scanning actual comic books to make the collection. For that reason, occasionally you'll come across a page that has been ripped, or find that the pages have yellowed. I suppose it adds a bit to the experience.
I'm somewhat amazed that they got together all of the licenses to put this out. I was fascinated to read the old original Gold Key comics from the late 60's and early 70's. One could tell that the writers didn't watch the show, as for years, rocket flames sprayed out of the ship's nacelles and the ship's interior bore little resemblance to the real thing.
There are only a few minor complaints a person might have about this collection. Pages are presented in a two page spread format rather than a single page spread. It would have been nice to have the pages separately for viewing as even on larger monitors, two pages at once makes the print small and hard to make out.
Also, some of the graphic novels were clearly scanned in bound format rather than from a book that was taken apart. The glare on the middle of the two page scans makes this obvious. I suspect that the scans were done very quickly and imperfections sneaked in as a result.
Overall, I highly recommend this collection to fans and collectors. Before this collection, the only way to see all of these comics was to hunt comic book stores and spend loads of money. That's fine for the avid comic book collector, but what about the rest of us? Few star Trek fans would ever see most of these comics. Now, they're available all in one place for a relatively cheap price. That really can't be beat.
Bottom Line: Highly recommended.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Minilith
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This is really an impressive collection. I remember reading some of the Gold Key comics as a kid and when I saw this I had to check it out. With over 500 comic books to read you can spend many long hours reading the comics in this collection, or print out any pages that you find particularly captivating.
I like some of the flaws in the early Gold Key comics with fire coming out of the Enterprise nacelles, or seeing the Enterprise skimming over the treetops of some planet, or better yet the complete annihilation of an entire planet of diverse intelligent plants-talk about ignoring the prime directive.
In any event the entire collection is well worth it, great stories, great artwork, all for about 8 cents a comic. If you enjoy Star Trek this should hold you over until the next movie.
I like some of the flaws in the early Gold Key comics with fire coming out of the Enterprise nacelles, or seeing the Enterprise skimming over the treetops of some planet, or better yet the complete annihilation of an entire planet of diverse intelligent plants-talk about ignoring the prime directive.
In any event the entire collection is well worth it, great stories, great artwork, all for about 8 cents a comic. If you enjoy Star Trek this should hold you over until the next movie.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
great collection
this was and is a great collection. i would buy it again if i could? easy to use and set up.
Published 1 month ago by Barbara Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars
A couple issues shy of being "complete".
As the title indicates, this collection (as far as I can tell) is two issues short of being a "complete" collection for the time it encompasses. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Station Aux
4.0 out of 5 stars
Inexpensive way to catch up on the stories
I have to agree with previous reviews that these PDFs should not have been produced in a 2-Page (side by side) view. It makes them very difficult to view. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jamison
5.0 out of 5 stars
Complete
My collection is complete. And with the way the DVD was set-up, as a collection of files instead of an unique presentation of comics, I am able to transfer the books to my e-reader... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kenn Ferguson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inexpensive
Inexpensive option to get Star Trek comics. I was looking for just a few comics to continue on in a set. This was MUCH cheaper then buying the actual comics.
Published 4 months ago by chris.jess
3.0 out of 5 stars
The idea and content great. The execution on the other hand not as...
The idea and the content is great. The execution on the other hand not as much. The great: You get 500 Star Trek comics for $15-$17, Awesome right? This DVD is poorly implemented. Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. Officer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice
Lots and lots of good old info, it was on sale and I thought it would be cool to pick it up.
Published 6 months ago by J. Ford
4.0 out of 5 stars
Big Bang for little bucks
While there are some minor flaws, some of the scans aren't the best, this is a true godsend to Trekkers and comic lovers in general. Read more
Published 6 months ago by moviepal
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cool to own but with flaws
When I saw how cheap this was I decided to jump on this product; I mean at this price what can be bad about decades worth of comics on a single disc. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jonny1500
4.0 out of 5 stars
Catch up on the ST Comic Universe
I have enjoyed ST for many years, but never reached the status of Trekkie. About a year ago I finally subscribed to Netflix, and started catching up on the series. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dennis McMullen
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