<html>Since I do work in the paper industry, I feel that I can safely say that yes, paper prices ARE raising that much!
However, I frankly have stopped buying the books monthly because I'm not satisfied with the quality of many of the newer stories. At this point, if a book is published and it contains a re-re-reprint, but it's of a story that I've not read (like War Of the Wendigo)I'm going to gladly purchase it.
While I understand the point of your analogy to Fantastic Four, I don't think it quite works. Disney books are targeted more to a different audience. There are still plenty of comic strips being presented in papers today, but there is a large audience for Fantagraphics' Complete Peanuts book, even though much of that material is indeed re-re-reprinted. I think this is more along the lines of the audience that Gemstone is targeting with their books.
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