Theskunk33-migration

I just got another one, #21 with a black spiderman, again billed as "first print". Again noted subtly but clearly where someone erased the "third printing" on the first page...so I guess I would be very careful about ever considering this a second print without a very close inspection in hand first

So...on very close inspection just now, I can see where someone at some point removed the "third printing" ...looks like it was erased almost with an eraser...very frustrating...so I take it back, this looks like a third printing that someone at some point tried to pass off as a first

HOWEVER, you still have some things to check.... A few months ago I thought I struck gold with this copy: What am I missing? I don't see third print anywhere here...

It doesn't say second print. But more importantly it doesn't say third print. All of the other black spideys I've seen clearly are marked third print. So it's a black spidey without any marking on the indicia. It isn't a first print as far as we know. There has been a rumor that the second print looks like this...so this confirms that this issue exists, and that it might just be the rumored second print...

I am fairly certain that I have found a #21 SECOND print. Came today off EBay. It has black spidey on cover, without any indication on the first page/indicia. This may answer this question once and for all? First page Cover

There was a company reprinting comics in the 80s called "So much fun". They did a reprint of GI Joe #63- most would consider it the "third" print of this book, as there is a first and second print by Marvel. There were apparently like 5000 printed- they are around but rare. You can tell the difference by the "so much fun" box where the UPC would be, and the "Classic" written on the cover under the "GI Joe"

#2 isn't that hard to find in a higher grade but may be pricey...the #5 and #6 3D books are tricky to find in any grade, and you would probably be paying a decent price for higher grade ( I don't collect high grade so I'm guessing but maybe at least $50 each for 9.2?). What are you trying to complete? If you consider the so much fun #63 part of what your finishing that would be really pricey in 9.2 (good and very good quality go for $80 or so). The rest shouldn't be that difficult to find Hope this helps

It sounds like you have first print direct editions-These dont sound like second prints.

I'm not sure what you're asking. There are two versions of each issue, one newsstand and one direct. Neither is a second print. There is a second print of #52, which I don't have in front of me, but I believe does have this on the indicia listed...hope this helps

The consensus seems to be no. This has come up here before, and no one has ever seen or heard of one. It appears that it doesn't exist in the true "second print" form. No one seems to know why there is a clear third print. If you fine one, good luck to you!

Shotgun-I just sent you another PM- I have it to send to you. If you don't get it let me know.

I just took a look at what I have- I have do have an extra copy of the Fun Pub. 2010 "Mind Games"...frankly I'm not sure if this is the one you need, or the other 2010 "Flint's vacation" (I don't have an extra of this one). They both have "2010 convention" badge on the front. If it's the Mind Games you're looking for, it's yours.

That's all your missing of the thousands of covers out there? I'm humbled and impressed... Sorry I can't help I'm looking for many of the same

Definitely off topic...But... I was reminded the other day while I was rereading some of the early issues as to why I was so enamored with GI Joe as a kid... I grew up on Staten Island, and I can pretty much remember the first time I opened issue #1 and saw that it was set there...I was beyond excited. When I see some of the panels now, these nonspecific backgrounds of suburban staten island, I can remember thinking that this was actually occuring on my street. There is an issue, I don't recall which, set at the mall...there are backgrounds of kids running around the mall, and I was so excited to think that it could have been me. I was 8-9 years old, and these issues were real... it was like it was really happening down the street.... Again, totally off topic, but when I read these now, I am very quickly reminded of how happy I was reading them back then...

There was a discussion here a few months ago about the #21 second print- the consensus was that it doesn't exist, at least not a printed issue with "second print" on the indicia. Of all the collectors here, like silent master who has essentially every GI Joe ever printed, no one has apparently even seen one. So it looks like there is none, but the confusion as to why it's printed as a third print is unclear. It is interesting that I have recently seen a rare 3-pack of #21,22,23 showing up on EBay. The #21 cover looks the same, but I wonder if this is somehow the "second print"?

Here's the thing, I've seen both versions in the 3-pack bags. So I don't know the history of why there are two different types. Great...so now I've got to start looking for 3and 5pack bags with big 75s...just to add more crazy rare items to my neurotic searching...

Thanks...that is a cool new thing to learn. My second print is also the large one. I notice the top border is different too. So it looks like the small 75s were in the bagged packs (mine are also small). Does the small 75 also have "second print" on the indicia

This is interesting- The tales of GI Joe I suppose can be considered the reprint. I got the impression from the previous post that there is a second print as labeled, and possibly a "reprint" which is not the tales of GI Joe. Can anyone confirm this? I have looked through what I have and here are all of the #2s I can see: First print direct (diamond on cover, white spidey) First print newsstand Second prints: Second print as marked on page 1 (black spidey) 3-pack issue 5-pack issue Reprints: Tales of GI Joe Hasbro toy reprint The three second prints all have the exact same front and back covers. I cannot see inside the cover of the two bagged issues...but I would assume pretty strongly that these three are all the same. Can anyone confirm this, or have any more info?

Is there a way to tell the second print from reprint by the cover?

Am I missing something? I do collect Mark Jewlers but this seems crazy... [url= http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=131120182181[/url]

Sorry-here it is

Just found this...I've been looking for a while...I had no idea it was #1 of 299...

I think he was referencing the Blackthorne 3-D #2 reprint from the picture...there was a second print of the GI Joe 3D #2 comic, but for some reason, it was printed with the cover of #4 (so it's the cover of #4 but numbered #2). It's fairly rare but can be found (I've acquired two in a few years of looking)

I have been searching for one as well, of course, though nowhere close to 10 years...I would think it is fairly safe to say that if you guys, who are clearly the pinnacle of GI Joe collecting, collectively haven't even seen one, it doesn't exist. If there are so many third prints around, why wouldn't there be just as many second prints? I would agree that the only way to know for sure is to either see one, or get the story from someone at Marvel from that time as to why they would specifically print "third printing" and skip the second print...

Part of my ever growing collection...posted here because no one I know personally can understand the excitement of finding one of these...