Kaze9999 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 If you--like me--thought it was cool that whole 40+ year runs of selected Marvel comics were available for sale on a single DVD and figured you'd get around to buying them sooner or later, you might want to do that sooner rather than later. I just purchased the entire run of X-Men, Avengers, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four (and Silver Surfer as a toss in) because I learned that Marvel has not renewed the company's license to sell the DVD's because Marvel intends to run a subscription service instead. The following links will illustrate what I am talking about: The products: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-2441594-3460037?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=git+corp The story behind the products going away: http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2007/11/comics_your_favorites_on_dvdgo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylermcdowell Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD If you--like me--thought it was cool that whole 40+ year runs of selected Marvel comics were available for sale on a single DVD and figured you'd get around to buying them sooner or later, you might want to do that sooner rather than later. I just purchased the entire run of X-Men, Avengers, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four (and Silver Surfer as a toss in) because I learned that Marvel has not renewed the company's license to sell the DVD's because Marvel intends to run a subscription service instead. The following links will illustrate what I am talking about: The products: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&store-name=software&search-type=ss&index=software&field-brandtextbin=GIT%20Corp The story behind the products going away: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1196502306203590.xml&coll=2 Deja Vu! I seem to recall a little comic company called CrossGen that thought "Gee, we can put our comics online so people can read them on the internet. That will make our sales increase and make lots of money!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewings Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD Deja Vu! I seem to recall a little comic company called CrossGen that thought "Gee' date=' we can put our comics online so people can read them on the internet. That will make our sales increase and make lots of money!"[/quote'] It seems to work beautifully for Studio Foglio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedifensor Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD I just placed my order for 40 Years of X Men and 40 Years of the Avengers. I already have the Fantastic Four DVD. Of the offerings available, that pretty much covers all the comics I was interested in when I was a big Marvel reader. I was tempted by Iron Man, but since I'm buying these as source material to mine for my superhero game I didn't see it as enough inspiration to be worth the cost. Now, if DC would only put a few titles on DVD. Giffen-era Justice League, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylermcdowell Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD It seems to work beautifully for Studio Foglio. Good for them. They have how many titles? It seems to me that once again Marvel is trying a new version of an old game that blew up in their faces back in the late 80s/ early90s. They want to control every part of their business and not rely on outside distribution networks. Remember when Marvel tried create their own distribution house, bought warehouses, a trading card company, and I believe a paperback printing house? How many times have they went bankrupt since? Twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Billy Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD Just ordered the whole rest of them. (I already had the Avengers, Regular FF, X-Men, Ultimate X-men, and old Spiderman CD-Roms) Now I have the Iron Man, Ghostrider, Cap America, Hulk, FF & SS, Spiderman DVD, and for giggles 50+ years of MAD Magazine. TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewySquirrel Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD I just placed my order for 40 Years of X Men and 40 Years of the Avengers. I already have the Fantastic Four DVD. Of the offerings available, that pretty much covers all the comics I was interested in when I was a big Marvel reader. I was tempted by Iron Man, but since I'm buying these as source material to mine for my superhero game I didn't see it as enough inspiration to be worth the cost. Now, if DC would only put a few titles on DVD. Giffen-era Justice League, for example. IMHO a great DC universe to work with would be the DCAU: BTAS, STAS, JL, JLU, Static Shock, Batman Beyond, and the related movies: Mask of the Phantasm, World's Finest, Batman: Subzero, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. That's a nice compact version of the DC universe, running mostly from batman's start in 1987 or 88 through the end of his career (Batman beyond's Opening). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD I never knew about these. I will have to check my mad money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted January 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD IMHO a great DC universe to work with would be the DCAU: BTAS, STAS, JL, JLU, Static Shock, Batman Beyond, and the related movies: Mask of the Phantasm, World's Finest, Batman: Subzero, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. That's a nice compact version of the DC universe, running mostly from batman's start in 1987 or 88 through the end of his career (Batman beyond's Opening). Well if I were submitting a wish list to the company for comics to go out and get scanned onto dvd's for me, the old Bill Willingham 'Elementals' would be up there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD Shameless *bump* I have the complete runs on DVD ROM that I want (X-Men, Avengers, Spiderman, Fantastic Four) and am now thinking of picking up the last couple that I might want someday and would be bummed if I couldn't get them ever (though, yeah, there's always ebay...) which, for me, are Captain America and the Hulk. The complete run of Iron Man already seems to be sold out at Amazon and only available at higher prices, or I'd get that one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Samson Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD I bought the Incredible Hulk DVD and would definately recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Re: Time running out on Marvel comics on DVD I managed to grab the three I really wanted (Avengers, FF, and Captain America) this weekend. Hopefully, I'll be able to snag the Hulk, X-Men, and Iron Man in the coming weeks, but those are less urgent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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