9. How much of SWAMP THING was reprinted? Why was it in black and white?Which reprint issues correspond to the trade paperback collections?
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9. How much of SWAMP THING was reprinted? Why was it in black and white?Which reprint issues correspond to the trade paperback collections?
Essential Vertigo #1-7 original series #21-27 SAGA OF THE SWAMP
THING
Essential Vertigo original series #28-34,
#8-15 Annual 2 LOVE AND DEATH
The Essential Vertigo reprint also included a brief "Crisis on Infinite
Earths" reference that was cut from the LOVE AND DEATH collection. (As of
November 1999, both collections appear to be out of print from DC.)
The reprint series was cancelled due to very low sales. The last issue was
#24, corresponding to #43 of the original series, the story of Chester
Williams and the psychedelic tubers.
The original color separations were done for letterpress printing, which
is obsolete, and they could not be used for offset printed reprints. DC
decided to do the reprints in black and white instead of redoing the
colors, which would have driven the price up.
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