- Includes: Every Issue through 2006, Over 560 Printable Comics, All Annuals
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Revisit and relive every Amazing Spider-Man comic book ever printed covering over 43 years. Including the mind-blowing 12 Milestones of Amazing Spider-Man spanning March 1963 through June 2006. A total of over 575 complete comic books including Annuals, all articles, Spider-Web column pages, Bullpen Bulletins, Pinups and every single advertisement.
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66 of 69 people found the following review helpful
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All of these Marvel complete collections on DVD-ROM are insanely great values, but this one is even better than the others. Like all of them, you get the classic stories from the '60s, the decent stories from the '70s and '80s, and the horrible stories from the '90s.
But whereas the Fantastic Four and Uncanny X-Men have been fairly undistinguished in the '00s, Amazing Spider-Man has had a superb run by J. Michael Straczynski. Straczynski's run up to 2006 is collected in ten graphic novels, which are... well, you can look the price up here on Amazon, if you want a precise number. But suffice it to say that if you just wanted to read those modern comics, and didn't care about the Lee/Ditko era or anything else before the turn of the century, you'd STILL be saving piles of money.
As far as the quality and ease-of-use of the comics go, my expectations have been met and exceeded, and I'm picky. The scans are high-quality two-page spreads (including all ads and letters and Bullpen Bulletins, which are interesting in their own right -- I can't wait until I start reading Hostess Fruit Pie ads) and show about as much detail as actually exists in the source. Plus, these are regular ol' PDFs, so there's no need to install some weird proprietary application on your computer (and Adobe Reader in full-screen mode on a 1600x1200 display is absolutely perfect for reading a two-page spread).
I bought this along with the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four sets, and am reading them all in parallel month-by-month, starting at the beginning. This doesn't quite fulfill my childhood dream of having every Marvel comic ever published and reading them all in order (though it'll get even closer once they release their Captain America, Hulk, and Thor DVDs), but it's a heck of a lot closer than I ever thought I'd get, for a heck of a lot less than I ever thought I'd have to pay.
I can't recommend these sets -- and particularly this one -- enough to any fan of Marvel superhero comics.
One very mild caveat: Like a few of the earlier reviewers, the version I got only went through mid-2006, not through the end of the year as in the picture and description above. On the one hand, that's unfortunate, as Straczynski's comics are good and worth reading; on the other hand, mid-2006 is already up to the point where it's into the "Civil War" stuff, which is crossover central (the Road to Civil War print collection that was just released, for instance, includes a few issues of Fantastic Four and two issues of Amazing Spider-Man (which actually are included on the DVD), so if you want to read those FF issues, you'd pretty much have to buy the print collection anyway). I wouldn't fuss about the missing months too much.
But whereas the Fantastic Four and Uncanny X-Men have been fairly undistinguished in the '00s, Amazing Spider-Man has had a superb run by J. Michael Straczynski. Straczynski's run up to 2006 is collected in ten graphic novels, which are... well, you can look the price up here on Amazon, if you want a precise number. But suffice it to say that if you just wanted to read those modern comics, and didn't care about the Lee/Ditko era or anything else before the turn of the century, you'd STILL be saving piles of money.
As far as the quality and ease-of-use of the comics go, my expectations have been met and exceeded, and I'm picky. The scans are high-quality two-page spreads (including all ads and letters and Bullpen Bulletins, which are interesting in their own right -- I can't wait until I start reading Hostess Fruit Pie ads) and show about as much detail as actually exists in the source. Plus, these are regular ol' PDFs, so there's no need to install some weird proprietary application on your computer (and Adobe Reader in full-screen mode on a 1600x1200 display is absolutely perfect for reading a two-page spread).
I bought this along with the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four sets, and am reading them all in parallel month-by-month, starting at the beginning. This doesn't quite fulfill my childhood dream of having every Marvel comic ever published and reading them all in order (though it'll get even closer once they release their Captain America, Hulk, and Thor DVDs), but it's a heck of a lot closer than I ever thought I'd get, for a heck of a lot less than I ever thought I'd have to pay.
I can't recommend these sets -- and particularly this one -- enough to any fan of Marvel superhero comics.
One very mild caveat: Like a few of the earlier reviewers, the version I got only went through mid-2006, not through the end of the year as in the picture and description above. On the one hand, that's unfortunate, as Straczynski's comics are good and worth reading; on the other hand, mid-2006 is already up to the point where it's into the "Civil War" stuff, which is crossover central (the Road to Civil War print collection that was just released, for instance, includes a few issues of Fantastic Four and two issues of Amazing Spider-Man (which actually are included on the DVD), so if you want to read those FF issues, you'd pretty much have to buy the print collection anyway). I wouldn't fuss about the missing months too much.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By A. Mak
This set has got everything. Almost every major Spider-man moment is in this collection. From Spider-man's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15, his wedding, and not to forget those great super-villain battles with the Green Goblin and Venom.
Each issue is scanned in .pdf format. It has all the original colors, ads, and fan mail printed. They are all organized by year and it says they are all printable. If you are looking for the entire Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.'s run, here it is. It is great to see where Todd Mcfarlane, the creator of Spawn got his start on old webhead. J. Michael Strackzynski, the writer of Babylon 5 also takes a crack at Spider-man's life.
The collection covers the beginning from Amazing Fantasy #15 to Amazing Spiderman #531, which is around the start of Marvel's Civil War.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars on purchasing back issues, you can own this entire collection for around $40-$45. If you have the ink, you can print out any issue to your heart's desire.
The only drawbacks are around the 80s when several spider-man books begin to crossover. You only get a part of the story in Kraven's Last Hunt or Maximum Carnage. One major moment of Spider-man's life is left out, where he fights Harry Osborn as Green Goblin. The conclusion of that story took place in The Spectacular Spider-man title. That problem is going to fixed in the future as GIT Corp. has plans to release a complementary collection dvd that includes The Spectacular Spider-man, Web of Spiderman, and Peter Parker: Spider-man. They say on the boards that it will be out by fall of next year, but you never know with this company. I waited about six months for this dvd after it was delayed from its original release date from march.
Now that I have it, I cannot wait to dig into the mythos of the old webhead. I recommend this to anyone who loves comics and loves Spider-man.
Be sure to look out for the Ultimate Spider-man collection and there are a few others like the Hulk, Daredevil, Iron Man, and Captain America collections that are due out next year.
Each issue is scanned in .pdf format. It has all the original colors, ads, and fan mail printed. They are all organized by year and it says they are all printable. If you are looking for the entire Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.'s run, here it is. It is great to see where Todd Mcfarlane, the creator of Spawn got his start on old webhead. J. Michael Strackzynski, the writer of Babylon 5 also takes a crack at Spider-man's life.
The collection covers the beginning from Amazing Fantasy #15 to Amazing Spiderman #531, which is around the start of Marvel's Civil War.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars on purchasing back issues, you can own this entire collection for around $40-$45. If you have the ink, you can print out any issue to your heart's desire.
The only drawbacks are around the 80s when several spider-man books begin to crossover. You only get a part of the story in Kraven's Last Hunt or Maximum Carnage. One major moment of Spider-man's life is left out, where he fights Harry Osborn as Green Goblin. The conclusion of that story took place in The Spectacular Spider-man title. That problem is going to fixed in the future as GIT Corp. has plans to release a complementary collection dvd that includes The Spectacular Spider-man, Web of Spiderman, and Peter Parker: Spider-man. They say on the boards that it will be out by fall of next year, but you never know with this company. I waited about six months for this dvd after it was delayed from its original release date from march.
Now that I have it, I cannot wait to dig into the mythos of the old webhead. I recommend this to anyone who loves comics and loves Spider-man.
Be sure to look out for the Ultimate Spider-man collection and there are a few others like the Hulk, Daredevil, Iron Man, and Captain America collections that are due out next year.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Dan Cimino
Amazon made an error in describing a new edition of this dvd that goes through December 2006. I contacted the manufacturer, GIT, and they said there is no second version. The dvd only goes thru June 2006. So nobody is being cheated
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome convenience
GREAT collection of Spider-Man titles BUT every page has a watermark that really kills the fun and detracts from the art by being so massive. Otherwise, this would be ideal. Read more
Published 1 month ago by RyanC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
Just something short: If you want to read the first 500 Amazing Spiderman comics, get this. A great collection, and easy to read in PDF format.
Published 8 months ago by Christopher K. Bates
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yep, it's AMAZING
This is really an incredible collection of comics, barring the price even. You simply cannot get as much as has been put onto this CD-ROM without paying a mint -can't be done. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Landon Reed
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Great!
The resolution is fantastic and reading the comics looks perfect (with some comic quality being fair which is cool). Read more
Published on March 18, 2011 by WILLIAM S GEOGHEGAN
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Web Spent Money
This product is "Amazing" as the title suggests. The comics are easy to read and scroll through. The product is designed for a PC; however, it works just fine on my Mac.
Published on February 21, 2011 by Jane Doe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect using GoodReader app and Ipad!!
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Published on January 28, 2011 by Josh
4.0 out of 5 stars
comics wife
over all its a five, but it was labeled as NEW and after getting it, it was easy to see that it was not. My husband isn't interested in the cover as he is in reading the comics.
Published on December 28, 2010 by farmgirl
2.0 out of 5 stars
very,very far from complete
Sure, this comes with every AMAZING spider-man comic but spidey has at least 7 other mags that are not included :spectacular,web of,unlimited,peter Parker,tangled web,untold... Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by comic guy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Item!!!!
This was a great purchase. I'm not a fan of the 2000 spiderman series but this has all the great issues from the 60's - 2006 and the best decade for Spiderman, the 1970's, Kirby... Read more
Published on September 11, 2010 by A. Salmons
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blast from the past
this Dvd-Rom is great if you love spider-Man its like going back in time you can read all your favorites from 1963 to 2008 Buy it now be for it sells out Marvel is not going to... Read more
Published on July 21, 2010 by Parisi
