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 - GREAT RELIVING OLD COMICS FROM CHILDHOOD!I had been a fan of the original Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) years ago, and even owned the Marvel Spotlights, and a number of the early issues of the mag in the day. I was even a fan of Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, who appears in a few of these issues (now why doesn't Marvel re-release that series?) After re-reading a few of the issues (with Satan as the primary conflict with the protaganist) I noticed something about the artwork I didn't catch the first time I read these. Having studied both mainstream religions and new religious movements, I noticed that in all cases, what is supposed to be the Satanic pentagram (the Star of Baphomet, with the central point facing down) is actually the Wiccan pentacle, with the central point facing upward. I don't know if this is ignorance, fear of evil portents if they rendered the Satanic star correctly in their illustrations, or something the Comics Code Authority just wouldn't permit them to publish if they wanted their seal. (Of course, as I write this, the Spiderman issue with the Gil Kane cover illustration of Harry Osborne popping pills comes to mind. Marvel couldn't get CCA approval for that story, so they printed it WITHOUT the seal, since they felt so strongly that that story just HAD to be told as they had envisioned it.) In any case, having recently seen the movie with Nicholas Cage, the stories are even more entertaining in retrospect. Again, all the scans are from the printed comics in two-page spreads, and the first few issues at least, didn't seem to be the best copies from the print run. Nonetheless, it's very refreshing to be able to read these again, knowing that they won't be worn by handling, as a 30+ year old physical magazine on cheap paper would. When you print the comics, you get the two-page spread with a light "Marvel" watermark appearing on the center of each page - so there's no worry of recreating the original comic books by printing them. (Although the bios are single pages without watermarks, which is nice.) Overall, this is more than well worth the cost. I have visited Marvel's new online comic site, and I must admit, although the quality is very good, I don't like the idea of having to rent access to comics on someone else's server. Acrobat PDFs have become enough of a standard that we should be able to continue to access them in the future, while I fear that what Marvel is using on their website is proprietary and experimental, which may change in a few years: potentially rendering access to old titles obsolete. Marvel should re-license to GIT, but as another reviewer has suggested, provide the original artwork to scan, instead of old printed copies. (Unless of course, all they still have in their archives are copies of the printed comics). Rating:  - no corrupt filesI bought the ghost rider dvd rom and there were no corrupt files in issue 45.it was the first thing i checked i also have other marvel dvd roms and had absolutely no problems with them.I also look forward to the new marvel ones coming out in the future. Rating: - Wow! A great way for fans of the Ghost Rider character to catch up!As a child, my favorite comic book characters were always the darker, scarier types. The horror comics, supernatural heroes, and the anti-heroes were always huge favorites of mine. So it was only natural that the Ghost Rider was in my top five subscriptions. But, as with all things from our youth, I "out grew" my comic collection and sold everything I had. Jump forward a couple years and suddenly Ghost Rider is back in the spotlight. A major motion picture is being made. Action figures are being sculpted and produced, the comics are coming back and I'm suddenly a geek again. :) So imagine my joy when I find that EVERY SINGLE Ghost Rider Comic book that I once had (and the ones I didn't have) are all collected on a single DVD! So I had to have it. The Entire disk is pretty much Adobe Acrobat files. Scans of each and every Ghost Rider Comic book EVER. Including the covers, the ads, the geeky "letter to the editor" sections, everything. Because of this, the scans aren't much more than high-resolution photos of the printed materials. I would have preferred scans of the original prints so that the old comic book "dot" printing was gone, but we can't always get what we want. Aside from the image quality mentioned above this disk is a walk through my twisted, sick, and geeky childhood that brings all those fond memories which takes an honored spot in my new collection of all things Ghost Rider. Right next to my Giant 12 inch tall Ultimate Ghost Rider Action figure with it's Giant "Movie-style" Hell Cycle... Hey, I'm a geek... Rating:  - Files on disc are corrupt and will not openI have had two of these discs so far and neither one would allow me to open issue #45. According to GIT Corporation tech support there is a corrupt file on the Master disc. Here is the response they sent to my email inquiry. "The problem does not lye with the discs, but with a corrupt file on the Master. The Ghost Rider collection is now in the process of being re-mastered. When they become available, we will post exchange info on the site. No definite date yet, as it an extremely time consuming process." GIT's "knowledge base" does not even list this known problem and it appears they have not recalled the defective discs and are still allowing them to be sold. I would be very wary of buying this product until the problem is corrected. Rating: - Simple PDF without paraniod DRM!!!Thank you Marvel, not only for releasing this great series on an easy to store and read meduim, but also for not including onorous, paraniod DRM on the disk. These are basic PDF files. I was able to copy the DVD to my hard drive and put the DVD away in a safe place. I can view these comics on any computer at home, and even on my Palm (although it is pretty hard to read there). If only the RIAA would take its cue from Marvel! This is a stunning product! Even the ads and staple holes are there! Just like the real thing, without having to keep it in plastic!
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