Thread:Hatebunny/@comment-220364-20140104131857/@comment-220364-20140104175838

Bottom 1/2 maybe. Maybe not since the UPC box, Credits, and "Kryptonitemare!" were on a flat black field. However, the art would not have had: Much less the bottom 1/2 of that back strap being black since the bulk of the "Bonus Book" copy was red text on a white field with the remainder being white text on black.
 * The "Action Comics" logo
 * The character call outs
 * An empty box for the issue number, price, and CCA stamp
 * The DC bullet and back strap

It looks very much like DC production staff got a hold of a crisp scan or image of the cover and then laid in black blocks over the UPC, the title, the credits, and the "Bonus Book" copy, and a white one over the issue info.

And it's unlikely what actually saw print in 1988 was computer generated.