You don't think? I thought TPBs were the province of those titles where Marvel doesn't think they'd sell as HCs.

I'd have thought there might be a fair few people who'd be quite willing to part with £15 for a TPB of Gunhawks or Combat Kelly who wouldn't pay £30 for a hardback of the same.

The trade-off, of course, is that there wouldn't be Cory-level care and attention to reproduction - the big investment part of the HC Masterworks programme. These hypothetical TPBs would end up with something like "Tomb of Dracula" level restoration (which is still fairly respectable).