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The good, the bad, and the ugly

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 203 / 204
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First off, this isn't a game, or a movie. Its a DVD-rom that can only be viewed on a DVD capable computer.
THE GOOD
This the first 40 year run of the comic book X-men, currently titled Uncanny X-Men. It includes issues 1-461, in order by year, including Giant Size X-Men 1. It also includes all the annuals in a separate menu. These are high quality scans, all in PDF format.
THE BAD
This includes ONLY Uncanny X-Men issues. Thats all fine and dandy, until you get to the mid-80's when X-Factor and New Mutants began their runs. So when you get to major cross over events, like the Mutant Massacre, Inferno, X-tiction Agenda, X-cutioner's Song, and the minor ones inbetween, you only get the Uncanny issues. This leaves some major holes in the stories. Sure, you can go buy the TPBs of the crossovers, but then you're re-buying the Uncanny issues. All the Age of Apocalypse is missing too, along with X-franchising one shots like X-Men Prime.
THE UGLY
You'll have to play around with the viewer settings to make the pages readable on a standard screen, without making them too difficult to flip through. All pages seem to be scanned in two page spreads. And all the original ads are intact.
Overall, its nice in and of itself, I just wish something could have been done about the cross-overs. That and the general lack of knowledge about this product here on Amazon and on the net in general are probably making this a rough sell at $50.

Good for the Uncanny X men completists! Saves room!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've bought this product only to supplement my Uncanny X men collection. I have all the Uncanny X men comics or books from Giant Sized X men to current issue of Uncanny X men 470 and I must say this is a good supplement if you don't want to pay a lot of money for the older 1970 issues. I used this DVD rom as quick reference if I want to go back to read an issue.

This set does include Annuals too and the table of contents is laid out in years so it's easy to navigate through and see the covers. I also agree that sometimes you have to adjust your Adobe PDF to fit the pages so you can read clearly which can be a little annoying.

I sit in front of computers all day and when it's slow at work, I launch this baby and read away. It's nothing like sifting through years of X men..it's just clicks away. However, I rather have real comic in my hand if I'm resting at home on the couch then having a hot labtop on my chest. So the money you spend is worth it, I mean I see the Uncanny X men 266 sometimes sell half the selling price of this DVD ROM. ;)

The 40 years of X-Men DVD-rom has great quality!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This 40 years of X-Men DVD-rom has great quality! All the Uncanny X-Men issues you dream of having since you were kid to own is here! The DVD-rom also has the early Original X-Men issues that most people don't remember or own. (Uncanny X-Men#1-#93!)

Also,You have most of Chris Claremonts 17-year run of the X-Men in this DVD-rom! ( X-Men Giant-Size#1, Uncanny X-Men #94-#277!)

I wish it also had published X-Men (2nd series)#1-#3 with writer,Chris Claremont and artist, Jim Lee. That would have made this DVD-rom more complete. It's missing those issues.

These Uncanny X-Men issues are great! Chris Claremonts finest work is here! There are some great artists who worked on this book including Neal Adams, John Byrne, Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, & Jim Lee, etc.,

I highly recommend this DVD-rom! It's great!

Awesome collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 63 / 69
Date: April 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Forty Years Of The X Men.

INTRODUCTION:
Over the years, The X Men have consistently been one of the most popular comic book superhero groups of all. It's hard to believe that the characters created so many decades ago has remained so popular for so long, and that the concept succeeded despite so many people's initial doubts! Unfortunately over the years, many of these classic comic book stories have been long out of print. But on the good side, the success of the recent live-action Marvel films have caused a massive resurgence in the popularity of the company's many comic series. And thus, many of the old stories have been given new life in many ways. One of these ways is the new DVD ROM set, Forty Years Of The X Men. Read on, and see if this set does the team's legacy justice!

OVERVIEW:
Forty Years Of The X Men is, essentially, a collection of hundreds of comics spanning the era from the sixties to the present. The package consists of a single DVD ROM disc, compatible with PCs and MACs alike, and it retails for approximately fifty dollars.

REVIEW:
I love Marvel Comics, as anyone who has read any of my reviews will surely already know. And this package more than does The X Men's comic book legacy justice. The obvious good point of this set is its sheer value. For one fairly low price, you get HUNDREDS OF comics, in all their original uncut glory. Hell, these even have all the old ads! The Marvel Masterworks reprints may feature improved picture/color quality, but you only get usually nine to eleven comics, and the less-expensive paperback versions of those books are only available at Barnes And Noble (a huge problem if you don't have one of those stores nearby.) Not to mention the Masterworks representation only covers roughly the first fifty to sixty volumes. Back to the matter at hand. With the exception of the picture quality, this set beats the Marvel Masterworks reprints on every level. The best part of this set, though, is that Marvel corrected pretty much every flaw of the Spider-Man set that came earlier. This has the annual issues, and it's on one DVD ROM instead of eleven CD ROMs. It's almost as if the Marvel people read everyone's Amazon reviews and tailor-made this set to their specifications! All in all it's a sweet set, and a much better value than the Masterworks and Essentials collections.

EDITION NOTES:
This package is a fairly recent release, but its availability is hit and miss. Take my advice and check in several stores that carry computer software. One store is bound to have it, eventualy. And if not, you can order it.

OVERALL:
Despite the ultimately-neglectable flaws, this is a collection that belongs in the home of every Marvel Comics fan out there. Many reissues of these classic stories have been done over the years, but this is by far the ultimate one, and the best value. Final verdict? HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

BEWARE! product does not work on Macintosh

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 32
Date: April 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although it is listed as Mac compatable, this DVD cannot be recognized by Mac OSX. After struggling to figure out what was going on, I found numerous complaints on the Internet regarding this problem, with no solution. Mac won't even mount the DVD.

A Collector's Dream

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I collected X-Men back in the 70's and 80's, and always loved the original team the best. My collection is now socked safely away from children and dogs and whatnot, but I can now enjoy every issue in prestine mint wherever I find myself, even take the whole kit and kaboodle on the road. A previous reviewer was frustrated at Mac OS X not being able to detect his DVD. He may want to get a replacement disk, because I can vouch personally that the DVD runs perfectly on my Mac portable.

Amazing, Great place to start

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: May 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not only can you start from the beginning but you can see the evolution of the X-Men. Why Wolverine and Cyclops are always at each other's throat, why the original X-Men are different from the current, how Phoenix's powers emerged, how Professor X loss the use of his legs, power changes, huge plotlines and twists, etc.

Also, I own a Mac and have no problem using the DVD.

THE GOOD:
Over 485 issues with all pages and in full color. To purchase these, even in TPB format would be hundreds of dollars.

THE BAD:
No crossover issues. Plus, reading them on screen is not that much fun unless you have a notebook. I'm printing them out and it's A LOT of paper.

VERDICT:
The good by far outweighs the bad if you are a true X-Men fan or want to start from the beginning.

Hundreds of comics scanned on one DVD for a really low price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This set (and the already-released Fantastic Four and Avengers sets) does a great job of presenting hundreds of comics, completely scanned (including ads, letter pages, etc.) for a really low price compared to the original books. I dropped a star since it doesn't include books that crossed over into the title (not a problem with me, but I'm sure other people might have issues with it).

Great....but very dissapointing packaging...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While I love the content and the overall idea, it seems they seriously skimped on the packaging. All you get, outside of the outer box, is a cd in a paper envelope. No jewel case, book, insert, etc.......perhaps it's on the cd.

40 years for 40 bucks? AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Cool....read all the classic issues without getting french fry grease all over you collector's items!

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