Good to know re: Red Sonja. However, my point is still valid: I.e., the licensing issues involving the RS character prevented DH from reprinting these specific CTB issues with RS appearances - resulting in an incomplete reprint collection. That being said, it wasn't that much of a loss since these early DH CTB Trades didn't include any of the original covers, just the comics themselves. Very sub-par reprints.

It would be nice if a company other than DH (Marvel maybe, if they ever get the CTB license back) reprints CTB in it's entirety, with all of the covers & all of the issues, including the RS appearances. A series of large Omnis would be great, but that's probably too much to hope for.

Thanks for the info. re: the short Man-Thing origin story from Savage Tales. IIRC, that may also have been reprinted in the excellent Man Thing Omnibus several years ago. I have this, but haven't looked it over in a while (I don't have the Essential MT volumes anymore).