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I have some of the first Superman and Batman archives and chronicles, but compared to Marvel DC is centuries behind the reconstructioh process...
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domixt wrote:I'm really enjoying them, at the moment going through Avengers Volume 3, Uncanny Volume 4, Spidey Volume 5. I am soooo behind! Loving the newer paper actually! A bit miffed they changed the Marvel logo, but hey, small detail that doesn't bother me too much! Is there a list anywhere of what has been published so far? Need to fill up the holes! I am not thinking of getting the Golden Age ones as I find the stories hard to read. Are they worth it? Dom
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Jul 13 12 8:14 PM
Fin Fang Foom wrote:I have some of the first Superman and Batman archives and chronicles, but compared to Marvel DC is centuries behind the reconstructioh process... To each his own, but keep in mind that some of that stuff was first reprinted decades ago, when the process of preparing Golden Age material to be reprinted was often very different, and even the computing power available for a digital process was still relatively modest. If you can find a copy of the hardcover reprint of Marvel Comics #1 from (I think) the late 1980s, you'll see it's on par with other reconstruction efforts of that era. (And if you could see how this material was first presented in the Masterworks, you probably wouldn't be so complementary.)
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ecforme wrote:With all of this talk of art restoration in the softcovers, I'm wondering if I shouldn't sell some of my OOP variant hcs and buy the sc versions. I also tend to like the matte paper better than the heavy gloss of the hcs and the omniboo. Can anyone point me to a definitive list of books/ art that has been restored just for the softcover line?
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ecforme wrote:With all of this talk of art restoration in the softcovers, I'm wondering if I shouldn't sell some of my OOP variant hcs and buy the sc versions. I also tend to like the matte paper better than the heavy gloss of the hcs and the omniboo.
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Right, but the fact that DC is still using their rustic restoration files from 25 years ago shows how far behind they are. It's like using a movie mastered for VHS, and slapping the VHS files onto a BluRay disc and saying voila. Standards change. Marvel has continually refined and improved their product, while DC has not. Technology has allowed for greater restoration, and DC is once again behind Marvel.
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Joseph William Marek wrote:Is there any kind of schedule at all for the softcover Masterworks? Is there a way to predict when the next volumes will be released?
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