OP indicated "regular cover" which I'm reading as the same cover art. Otherwise, the second prints of the first issues of Valiant's relaunch have different cover art that go for much more, since the numbers are lower.
I remember in the late '80s/early '90s when G.I. Joe #2 was going for more than the first issue.
I think the answer to the "why don't second prints go for more since they have lower print runs?" question can be best explained by the fact that there wouldn't be a second print if the first print wasn't popular enough to justify it. That becomes the book to have because the reprint is accessible to all since it's on the radar ahead of time. If the collecting mentality was to grab the reprint, that would also sell out, requiring another reprint, which would go through the same process, again and again, until we were all out of money hoarding a single book.