There’s an ad on the back of The Walking Dead #61 for something called the The Walking Dead Compendium One. It’s described as a black & white paperback collecting issues #1 – #48 of the series. It retails for $59.99.
I already own all of those issues, either in collected trade paperback or in individual issues. With that said, I’m tempted to get this. It would be nice to have the first 48 issues all in one single volume. Amazon lists the book as being 10.1 x 6.5 x 1.9 inches, in other words, the same exact size as the monthly comic.
The only thing I’m curious about is the quality of the paper. When Marvel or DC republish comic books in their Essential series or Showcase series, respectively, the pages are printed on pulpy newsprint type paper. I wonder, does this book have this type of cheap paper?
Since Amazon is listing the book as weighing more than 3 pounds, I doubt it.
