I still have your old copy
Interesting to compare the two! Hadnt remembered the reds being so bright on my old copy. It does make me wonder which color palette was intended. It seems with most Fiction House that the intention to use bright primary colors was paramount, and that we all now seem to agree these often faded through the print run.
But sometimes, the layering of colors to produce secondary and tertiary colors suggests that the intention was other, more subtle.
For instance, in the case of Planet #32 there are many copies with a bright unfaded yellow background - yet it would appear that the yellow was an underlayer with a deeper orange overlayed. Variations for this cover can be pretty extreme, with some very dark.
Similarly, now that I see the two copies of Fight #7 together, I wonder if the red is an underlayer with another color -green? - intended to be overlaid to create a sort of mahogany brown. (Planets #13 and #17 also come to mind). Either that or the brown is what happens to the red when it fades.
It's confusing and I cant quite make up my mind either way.
Anyone have any thoughts?