I think they might have a problem marketing a long, extensive series of high-end hardcovers. The market for books in that range is likely to be people who are older than the typical Archie reader or collector, and the typical Archie reader might not be in a position to afford expensive hardcovers.

Hardcover versions of their Best of (insert decade here) books might go, though. So might a Dan deCarlo Visionaries.
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