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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #2

Marvel · Series began 1982 · August 1982

first appearance of Kwinn

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Kwinn (G.I. Joe) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: August 1982
On sale: May 4, 1982
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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2nd printing

Second Print

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860206408
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Creators

pencils: Herb Trimpe, Don Perlin, Mike Vosburg, Kerry Gammill, Ed Hanniganinks: Jack Abel, Bob Layton, Al Milgromscript: Larry Hama, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Jim Novak

Stories

Panic at the North Pole! · 22 pages
A small Joe team is sent to an Arctic scientific base at the North Pole to find out why all communication has been lost and run across an Eskimo named Kwinn working for the Russians, who has recovered a device which affects the brain.

Characters

Snake-EyesShana O'HaraScarlettLonzo R. WilkinsonStalkerBreakerAlvin R. KibbeyGeneral FlaggGeneral AustinKwinn

Reprinted in

G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (1986), Tales of G.I. Joe (1988), G.I. Joe (2002), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero [Action Figure 3-Pack Reprint Series] (2005), G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (2012), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Omnibus (2018), G.I. Joe a Real American Hero - Best of Snake Eyes (2022), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024)