CATALOG RECORD
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #2
first appearance of Kwinn
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Kwinn (G.I. Joe) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1982
- On sale
- May 4, 1982
- Pages
- 36
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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.
Source ↗ - 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
This edition’s page
Creators
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.
Publisher’s description
There is a report that scientists at an Alaskan research facility have been killed. A few G.I. Joe members are sent to investigate the situation, where they discover a mysterious man has wired the station to explode. They find out the man is Kwinn, a mercenary for hire, and attempt to apprehend him, but he escapes. The Joes catch up with Kwinn again where they find out he was hired by the Russians to cover up an experiment gone bad, and while Kwinn doesn't agree with the Russians, he is unwilling to forgo his contract as promised.
Characters
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)