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| 40 years of the Avengers | 
 enlarge | From: Git Corporation
Category: Software
Buy New: $59.99
New (5) from $59.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 1035
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows Nt, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Vista, Macintosh
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 900039
Model: 900039
UPC: 791149900039
EAN: 0791149900039
ASIN: B000FJSA2G
Release Date: April 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Avengers Assemble!!!!! July 13, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this comic CD compendium. It's filled with years of great historic Avengers info & original stories.
A must have for any collector
 The third release in the (hopefully continuing) line of Marvel/GIT Corp DVDs June 8, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This set is much like the X-Men and Fantasic Four sets previously released by Marvel/GIT Corp, so it has the same positives (over 500 comics completely scanned for a really low price) and negatives (missing crossover issues like Giant-Size Avengers, etc.). Spider-Man and Mad Magazine (a non-Marvel title) are slated for release soon. Other sets (Hulk, Daredevil, Captain America) have been mentioned but as far as I know have not been scheduled for release.
A Bargain for Comic Book Readers May 27, 2006
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
This DVD collects all Avengers issues including annuals but omitting the Giant Size Avengers. The company has scanned in all the pages (including ads, Bullpen page, letter pages, and back cover) from actual issues. A few of the pages are scanned in slightly crooked--sometimes this is the printing on the originals and sometimes it's just crooked placement.
I thought it might be difficult reading the comics on a computer screen, but after a few pages I liked turning a page with the push of a button. If you have a bright monitor or laptop, the colors should look nice.
Make sure that you upgrade to Acrobat Reader 6 (included on the disk) so that the Marvel watermarks don't show on your screen. If you try to print a page the watermarks will (I believe) appear.
Overall, a wonderful addition for those who have the original issues but can't read them because of their value, for those who don't want to buy a bunch of the Masterworks titles, for those who want to see the comics with the original colors and printing quality, or for those who want to read all the issues in color. The cost of the total collection may seem high, but think about buying over 550 comics. That's less than a dime an issue--more than I paid years ago (12 cents)!
As Marvel does more of these, they may "crash" the back issue market. People who have the comics may decide to buy these DVDs and sell their back issues.
Highly recommended.
Great content, but... May 17, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had already purchased the 40 Years of XMen DVD and loved it. However, when I got this disc, it would only display the folder of the 1960s. I exchanged the disc, and checked the new one before taking it home to make sure I could see all the folders. When I got it home I had the same problem. For some reason my desktop and laptop could only see that single folder. I ended up reading the disc on another computer and copying the files to two single-layer DVDs, but I was really disappointed that I couldn't read the original on my desktop. Functionality was the same and the contents were a tremendous value.
All the great Avengers epics but... May 12, 2006
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
This DVD-ROM is a great way to get all the great Avengers epics from the past 40 years (the Korvac saga, the Kree-Skrull War, the big blow out against the Masters of Evil, etc.). You get to see the team form, see the return of Captain America to modern times, see the line up change and change and change - a hallmark of the Avengers book.
The only reason I dropped this one star is the fact that the seven Giant Sized Avengers volumes from 1974/1975 are missing. These were like annuals back in the day but the main book often had issues that lead into them. Further, a pivotal event - the marriage of the Vision and Scarlet Witch - appeared in these Giant Sized issues. To leave them out is just criminal.
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