Consumer heads up: DC Library of Classics book meeting with fan disapproval

This is disappointing news. According to folks over at the DC Archives Message Board, the reprint quality in DC Comics' "Superman - Kryptonite Nevermore," the first entry in their new "Classic Library" hardcover line is very poor--and they've posted a few scans to demonstrate.

I don't know if DC was trying to emulate the look and feel of the original comics as they did with their recent line of Jack Kirby Fourth World books, but these examples look especially bad. While some folks weren't crazy about the pulpish paper in the Kirby books, I think the art and colors in them looked quite good. But this stuff in the Superman book looks bad. Several folks who picked up the book, which came out today have remarked about the faded color and yellow tinge to the art.

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I wasn't sure I wanted this book anyhow, but was looking forward to a few of the upcoming reprints, especially the Batman Annuals collection and the promised reprint of the Captain Marvel Monster Society of Evil storyline. I hope DC works out the kinks by the time those are published.

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