The problem is, Dark Horse NEVER thinks it through enough--we've had to endure half-baked thinking like this since Chronicles of Conan Volume One came out! Originally that series was only going to cover the Barry Windsor-Smith issues as well, until great sales convince DH to move past those issues into the Buscema years! Other decisions--not including the covers for the first dozen or so volumes, relettering (with typos), bad re-coloring--have put collectors in a awkward position of supporting a project that is severely flawed.  Now here was a chance to "do it right" and that has been blown as well...