ben_danger said:

I’m really not into the Darkhorse recolour/cut/paste job and much prefer the original newspaper serial format.

While I too prefer them in their original strip format. It should be noted that they actually got Al Williamson to come back and reformat it for them. He was involved at every level of the process: drawing new transitional pages and expanding panels. He even threatened to quit if they didn’t follow his color guide to the letter. So it’s something to keep in mind when considering the Dark Horse reprints.

Though it goes without saying that the same cannot be said for the initial Manning run.