Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle One Media Inc./Ka
• DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005BSMF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,701 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Termed a Digital Comic Book (DCB) this DVD product is a cross platform for comic books, videogame consoles, and DVD players. A DCB combines the visual art and storytelling ability of published comic books with professional voice-overs, original music, vivid stunning effects and high-end sound design to create a unique DVD product on par with a major motion picture release.

Each DCB contains a five to eight issue comic story-arc and at half the cost of the printed version, the value speaks for itself. Plenty of extra material is packed in as well: trailers, character biographies, original sketches, a documentary about how comics are made, and bonus chapters (including classic first appearances of the main characters). This all adds up to over 100 minutes of viewable material per DCB. Viewable on DVD, Playstation2, Xbox, MacOS 9.2, and PC.

Two of the best-known comic book publishers in the world, Marvel and CrossGen, have provided their most popular properties to these DCB. Character titles include: the Incredible Hulk, Ultimate X-Men, Daredevil, Wolverine, Negation, Sojourn, and Way of the Rat.

Digital Comic Books have received numerous accolades from the press and outstanding reviews praising this entertaining product.

Ultimate X-Men - Volume 1

The world stands on the brink of war. It’s not a war with another country. It’s not an alien invasion. It’s a war with another of Earth’s native species...Homo superior. MUTANTS: The word strikes fear on those who hear it. Mankind has made the first move, launching an army of giant robot executioners called sentinels, programmed to locate and eliminate the mutant DNA strand. Magneto and his terrorist cell of mutants are preparing to follow through on their threats of Homo sapiens genocide. The only force that can prevent total annihilation?

Five awkward teenagers and their crippled mentor. War is on the horizon, and the Tomorrow People are here.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As true to the comic books as you can get!, April 8, 2004

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John (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate X-Men - Vol 1 (DVD Graphic Novel) (DVD)

Using the actual art and story from the X-Men comics (in this case the Ultimate X-Men), and adding voices to the characters, injecting special effects and music, you get a full blown X-Men adventure that cannot be any closer to the printed comic books. Volume One is a great start and the rest of the digital comic book volumes in the line are great as well. What every X-Men collector needs. Amazon carrys all the Intec digital comic books so you don't have to go searching for them. Can't wait for more.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT for People have been away from Comics, July 7, 2004

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David Hager "djhmetfan2" (MINEOLA, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate X-Men - Vol 1 (DVD Graphic Novel) (DVD)

I stopped reading comics in the mid 90's. The influx of Superhero Movies (Spiderman, X-Men, Blade & Hulk) totally got me back into the Marvel world. I purchased all the DVDS that Sock Puppet studio produced and I loved them. For basically the same price as a Graphic Novel you get a DVD with over 2 hours of material. I think the format might not be for everbody but for somebody who has been away from Comics this should pull you back quickly. I have been waiting for them to release other titles soon.

1.0 out of 5 stars Take this with a grain of salt...., February 19, 2012

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bp "BP of NYC" (NYC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultimate X-Men - Vol 1 (DVD Graphic Novel) (DVD)

This review is strictly about the format rather than the content. This format is referred to as a "digital comic book." This is not a "dvd graphic novel" such as; Astonishing X-Men, Iron Man Extremis or Thor and Loki. This product is simply still pictures of the comic book with voice overs. Obviously there are people who like this format based on the positive reviews. I generally do not believe in writing negative reviews about products unless I think there is confusion about the actual prouct or it's contents, which is the case here. My purpose here is to alert those who think this is the same as a "dvd graphic novel," which actually has moving characters and action shots. A dvd graphic novel is not actual animation but more like video game graphics. There are people who absolutely hate the dvd graphic novel format also but I personally find them very enjoyable. The three that I listed earlier are part of the "Marvel Knights" series. There is also a "Black Panther Marvel Knights" dvd graphic novel which I have not seen yet but I will soon. Astonishing X-Men was very good with a lot of action. Thor and Loki was also very good. Not as much action but a good story line. Iron Man Extremis is more politically oriented wih less action but still enjoyable. Again, the biggest difference is that this product (a digital comic book) is simply still pictures of the actual comic book versus the dvd graphic novels which have video game like graphics/animation, no word bubbles (which I personally find extremely distracting) and the voice overs are pretty good. Keep in mind that the dvd graphic novels are definitely not for youngsters. They are much darker and the content is very mature as opposed to the digital comic books. The digital comic books (like this product) may be more to your liking if you have young children who may find them enjoyable. I gave this product one star because I honestly do not like the format but this does not mean that it will not be appealing to others.