X-Men Vol. 3 and 4 Episode List Update
By allaboutduncan on Jul 2, 2009 in Blog | 1 Comment
I’ve received a lot of comments and emails about the episode order for the upcoming X-Men Animated Volume 3 and 4 DVD sets from Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Many fans are upset that the episodes are in broadcast order, rather than the order the episodes were written and produced. Although I can’t offer specific examples for these episodes, this type of practice is frowned upon for DVD releases. It leads to continuity errors like a character being discussed in one episode and yet they’ve not been introduced.
When broadcast, episodes are often aired out of production order. More often than not, this is simply related to animation or production delays. One episode may not be ready and a later episode that is ready is broadcast instead.
I asked my Buena Vista Home Entertainment rep to confirm the episode order and it was only a few minutes later I received the reply:
we actually got word that the episodes are being released in their original air date order per the fact sheet sent out.
While this isn’t the best of news, there are two ways to look at it.
One, be happy that we’re finally getting the series on DVD. It’s been a long time coming. Watch them in any order you want when you get them.
or
Two, don’t buy the sets. You’ll either have to satisfy yourself with overpriced, bad quality bootleg sets or watch them online at Marvel.com.
If I receive any more information about the episodes in these sets, I’ll pass it along to our readers.




Near the end of 2008, I mentioned to Carter (my oldest son—almost 6 now) and my wife, that he and I should go to HeroesCon 2009. Carter was ambivalent to the decision, not really know what a convention was. I told him we would get to meet the people who make the comics (he likes reading/looking at them) and that we could shop for older comics and maybe find him some more Tiny Titans.