Normally, I favor color too. I think, perhaps because I read it in B&W when it came out (my first issue was #2, back in 1978 or 79). And I feel it was drawn in B&W - that the color doesn't fit right with it (for me). Again, probably because I knew it first as B&W for many, many, many years.

Ironically, I think the Epic series, may have even added a few panels here and there. I had it, but it was one of the many things lost in my moves across the states, and I never went back and got it. Surprised to see online, issues go for more than $1, since they're officially just reprints.