40 Years of X-Men: The Complete Collection
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- All X-MEN comic books from September 1963 through August 2005, including debut issue
- Over 485 complete printable comics, cover to cover, that's over 17,500 pages
- A treat for all X-Men fans
- Over 485 complete printable comics, cover to cover, that’s over 17,500 pages.
- All X-MEN comic books from September 1963 through August 2005, including debut issue.
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Product description
Revisit and relive every X-MEN comic book ever printed covering 40 years from 1963-2005. Plus more than 18 yrs of annual and spectal edition issues.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Item model number : 90002
- Date First Available : October 2, 2001
- Manufacturer : Git Corporation
- ASIN : B000E28UT2
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
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There's more to the X men stories than meets the eye at first glance- one of the things that makes them interesting besides the escapism and the variety of powers on display- is the stories overall can be viewed as a metaphor for situations seen in real life- adult fare really- such as genocide (everyone in the books is always trying to wipe out mutants completely just because they are 'different' to cite one example) plus the X men and mutants as a group are constantly marginalized and rejected by the rest of the characters in the books- which is an analogy to what happens with certain groups in real life. So in addition to the adventure there's a lot here to think about as well. And in this collection you get hundreds of comics in handy disc form which saves a lot of space so it's a win all around..
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2008
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This is a great way to save time, space & money. One important note: it doesn't include the newer X-Men series started in '91 by Lee & Claremont. I'm looking for X-Men the Complete Collection hopefully in the future. Until then, I still like this.
Highlights here for me...
Issues 1 to 11- Jack Kirby, starting in '63.
Giant-Size X-Men #1- Len Wein & Dave Cockrum in '75.
Issues 108 to 143- John Byrne, starting in '77.
Issues 248 to 277 (skips some issues)- Jim Lee, starting in '89.
Issues 312 to 350- Joe Madureira, starting in '94.
If you're looking to buy trade paperbacks or hardcover X-Men material, this is an economical way to see before you buy. It's also an excellent chance to see various creators' work on these popular characters throughout the years. Definitely recommended.
P.S. I had technical difficulties with the Avengers version of this software by GITCorp. I include the problem here just in case it helps someone. Some people will only be able to see the 1960s folder. My computer is running both Windows 2000 & XP. In Windows 2000, I couldn't for the life of me get my computer to see more than that 1st folder. It's as if that's *all* that's on the disc. Gitcorp thinks CD packet writing software on a person's computer will interfere with the way the disc is viewed, so they recommend uninstalling packet writing software like Roxio to see if that'll help. It didn't. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode, uninstalling programs, reinstalling programs: nothing I tried could make the disc readable. Switching to XP though "fixed" the problem immediately. In my Windows XP installation, this DVD's contents were easily readable. Sure enough, the *entire* contents were now there. I should note that I don't use Roxio or Nero software in XP, so if XP users are having this problem, that might be it. I *only* experienced this issue with Windows 2000.
The problem is in the way the disc was made. All the content is really there, but some computers can't read more than the first folder, so you might think that's all that's on the disc. Getting a replacement disc won't help: all copies of the Avengers gitcorp made are like this: viewable on some computers, not on others. Many people just take this disc to another computer and copy its contents there. You can copy onto CDs, DVDs, hard drives, etc. and then bring that info back to your original computer.
Highlights here for me...
Issues 1 to 11- Jack Kirby, starting in '63.
Giant-Size X-Men #1- Len Wein & Dave Cockrum in '75.
Issues 108 to 143- John Byrne, starting in '77.
Issues 248 to 277 (skips some issues)- Jim Lee, starting in '89.
Issues 312 to 350- Joe Madureira, starting in '94.
If you're looking to buy trade paperbacks or hardcover X-Men material, this is an economical way to see before you buy. It's also an excellent chance to see various creators' work on these popular characters throughout the years. Definitely recommended.
P.S. I had technical difficulties with the Avengers version of this software by GITCorp. I include the problem here just in case it helps someone. Some people will only be able to see the 1960s folder. My computer is running both Windows 2000 & XP. In Windows 2000, I couldn't for the life of me get my computer to see more than that 1st folder. It's as if that's *all* that's on the disc. Gitcorp thinks CD packet writing software on a person's computer will interfere with the way the disc is viewed, so they recommend uninstalling packet writing software like Roxio to see if that'll help. It didn't. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode, uninstalling programs, reinstalling programs: nothing I tried could make the disc readable. Switching to XP though "fixed" the problem immediately. In my Windows XP installation, this DVD's contents were easily readable. Sure enough, the *entire* contents were now there. I should note that I don't use Roxio or Nero software in XP, so if XP users are having this problem, that might be it. I *only* experienced this issue with Windows 2000.
The problem is in the way the disc was made. All the content is really there, but some computers can't read more than the first folder, so you might think that's all that's on the disc. Getting a replacement disc won't help: all copies of the Avengers gitcorp made are like this: viewable on some computers, not on others. Many people just take this disc to another computer and copy its contents there. You can copy onto CDs, DVDs, hard drives, etc. and then bring that info back to your original computer.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015
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One Disk containing hundreds of Uncanny X-men stories. I read and read and read. I was kinda amazed at how much of X-men's history the things that are still being explored in modern stories were penned by Chris Claremont. Days of Future Past, The Hellfire Club, The Shi'ar, The Morlocks, The Phoenix and Dark Phoenix Sagas, Nimrod, Chris took a cancelled book and turned it into one of the most well known titles at Marvel he stayed on it forever. I saved quite a bit of money getting these stories in this form.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2006
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I've tried this on two different mac computers: an emac desktop and an ibook G4, it runs perfectly on both. I see that some people are having problems, I'll see if I can help with that at the end of the review.
I'm a huge x-men fan, but can't afford to buy a bunch of back-issues. The essential book collections are affordable, but they're printed in black & white. With this one disc you get almost 500 uncanny issues, including annuals, all are high-quality scan in's. The disc also has a nice little bio section, and comes with the neccessary adobe software. The one down-side is that you miss out on he tie-in issues, whick gets irritating mid-90's, but I'm not docking a star for that because what you get is well worth the price, and it's clearly stated in the description that this is strictly "uncanny".
OK, for those of you having trouble getting it to run w/ a mac here's the process:load cd, click cd image on your desktop twice. You'll get a finder window w/ various files/folders, one will have install on it, this should be the adobe software, follow the installation instructions, and move your new adobe reader to applications when finished, restart your computer. Once re-started load the cd again, open adobe reader 6.0 click the folder image in the upper left-hand corner you should have a finder-type window, go to desktop, click on x-men and choose start.pdf. You should be good to go. HTH
I'm a huge x-men fan, but can't afford to buy a bunch of back-issues. The essential book collections are affordable, but they're printed in black & white. With this one disc you get almost 500 uncanny issues, including annuals, all are high-quality scan in's. The disc also has a nice little bio section, and comes with the neccessary adobe software. The one down-side is that you miss out on he tie-in issues, whick gets irritating mid-90's, but I'm not docking a star for that because what you get is well worth the price, and it's clearly stated in the description that this is strictly "uncanny".
OK, for those of you having trouble getting it to run w/ a mac here's the process:load cd, click cd image on your desktop twice. You'll get a finder window w/ various files/folders, one will have install on it, this should be the adobe software, follow the installation instructions, and move your new adobe reader to applications when finished, restart your computer. Once re-started load the cd again, open adobe reader 6.0 click the folder image in the upper left-hand corner you should have a finder-type window, go to desktop, click on x-men and choose start.pdf. You should be good to go. HTH
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2007
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I echo other reviewers' comments that no other format offers you a complete collection of the Uncanny X-Men for anything remotely approaching this price. One additional benefit of having scans of the books, as opposed to trade paperback reproductions, is that you get all of the advertisements and back covers, letters pages and editorials as well. For those who might have collected these books way back when (I was an avid collector in the late 80's), this has very high nostalgia value. The one star is missing from my review because a computer screen can never compete with paper as a medium for comic books. But it's pretty awesome to be able to carry hundreds of books with you on a long flight or bus trip!
For those of you on a Mac, these are easy to read. Open an issue with Preview, then hit Shift-Apple-F to enter full-screen "slideshow" mode. With your mouse, select the Fit-To-Screen option, so that the two-page spread fills the available screen space. To flip to the next page of the book, just press the right arrow key. It's simple and not difficult at all to read.
For those of you on a Mac, these are easy to read. Open an issue with Preview, then hit Shift-Apple-F to enter full-screen "slideshow" mode. With your mouse, select the Fit-To-Screen option, so that the two-page spread fills the available screen space. To flip to the next page of the book, just press the right arrow key. It's simple and not difficult at all to read.
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An Awesome Collection
Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2015Verified Purchase
When I was a teenager, if you wanted these X-men comic books you would have had to mortgage your house--so getting them all in this one very convenient package is awesome.
Every page is included--so if you want to read the letters to the editor page, or order a whole whack load of army men for just a dollar or two, you can.
For the forever fan, or for those people who have just discovered the mutant team thanks to the movies, there is no better place to get caught up--Days of Future past is a storyline taken from these comic pages..
You could buy the hardcover reprints, but it would be much easier to load these into your tablet and read them anywhere.
Every page is included--so if you want to read the letters to the editor page, or order a whole whack load of army men for just a dollar or two, you can.
For the forever fan, or for those people who have just discovered the mutant team thanks to the movies, there is no better place to get caught up--Days of Future past is a storyline taken from these comic pages..
You could buy the hardcover reprints, but it would be much easier to load these into your tablet and read them anywhere.
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