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I just can't shake the fear that some series will never be reprinted in color after the B/W versions are available.


Spare me. When will some people figure out that the marketplace can only support a certain number of color reprints, and a certain number of hardcover classic reprints at that. Whether or not material is put out in other formats isn't really going to change the fact that DC is never going to publish 60 Archives a year and Marvel is never going to publish 60 Masterworks a year. There is not enough of a market and significantly increasing production beyond the market will collapse the line. Even if Essential, Showcase and even color TPBs ceased to exist, you're still not going to see everything you want in hardcover. You're not going to get 60 issues of All Star Squadron in hardcover, whether or not the material is released in other formats.