jhailbright wrote:
Because those other Gaiman Deluxe books had never before been offered at the Deluxe size whereas the Endless Nights version had been.
So they didn't skip the DxHC for this one. Rather it was the first Gaiman DxHC they made.

A seasoned Vertigo veteran approaches an intern.
"When I told you to prepare a list of Neil Gaiman titles from our catalog for potential inclusion in our Deluxe Hardcover line, I obviously did NOT mean books we've JUST released 10 years ago!
Tsk Tsk. These youngsters and their short attention spans".