Comments on: Hundreds of Archie Comics for the Price of One

By: Comics on the cheap: Reading DVDs on the iPad | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:01:37 +0000

[...] hate reading comics on a computer screen. So, as Johanna Draper Carlson pointed out recently, you can get some comics DVDs really cheap via Amazon. And, as another blogger pointed out, you can bypass the clunky DVDs pretty quickly and [...]

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:35:46 +0000

Chad-I was able to transfer comics from the X-Men collection onto my computer.

I am bummed they are not putting out Silver Age sets (I would have picked those up).

I got the Archie and Betty & Veronica sets.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:24:46 +0000

I tried to order some, but it wont ship the Betty and Veronica to the UK :(

Ah well

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:36:54 +0000

Marvel.com has that subscription service that is also an excellent deal. But with the discs, you can read the back issues on an iPad.

Are the files PDFs that you can transfer over?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:44:36 +0000

In the same vein as their Archie DVDs, GIT also offers a couple of Star Trek comic collections.

The primary collection is especially nice as it collects numerous series, limited series, one-shots and graphic novels from the gambit of Star Trek comic publishers – Gold Key, DC, Marvel, Malibu, and Wildstorm. At $6.99, the DVD includes 500+ issues.

Sure, you could argue quality vs. quantity (a valid point), but still, a fantastic buy, all things considered.

A Star Trek movie adaption collection is also available for $2.99, but the complete collection is the better buy.

GIT also offers a couple of Gold Key collections (Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes), but they include only 20 issues per disc.

@Anthony
It is a shame these type of collections are no longer being produced. IMO, they’re the closest thing to a digital comic compromise for old-schoolers like myself.

By: Buddy Scalera

Buddy Scalera — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:44:21 +0000

I have a few of the Marvel collections. They are a really good deal, especially if you’re just looking to read the stories, but not necessarily collect the back issues.

Marvel.com has that subscription service that is also an excellent deal. But with the discs, you can read the back issues on an iPad.

Buddy

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:39:45 +0000

I ordered and received all three DVD-ROM sets from Amazon last week. Enjoying having this many comics this cheap, as well as seeing how the 70s seemed to be a transition period for Archie (particularly changes in how Betty was portrayed/written, early versions of Chuck and Coach Clayton, etc.). Too bad Archie (and the other comic companies) apparently decided such digital collections on CD/DVD weren’t feasible and went with the shoddy current digital comics state (“rental/don’t-really-own-it” charge-by-the-issue model) instead.