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Secret Weapons 2 Pre-Order Edition 2nd Printing

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Sorry if this has already been discussed and I missed it.

Paid my LCS a visit at lunch today and found they received a 2nd printing of Secret Weapons #2 pre-order edition. Anyone else see this? It's odd that they would reprint the pre-order edition and not the regular edition, was this a mistake?

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I heard they made a mistake on the cover, so this "2nd printing" is a replacement. Not sure if it's a recall situation.
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I saw copies of this on the shelf at my lcs today. I checked the inside front cover and it is *not* listed as a second print. I have heard it is the cover that was meant to be printed originally for the pre-order edition of #2. The one that came out last month with the same cover image of Livewire from the first issue (only with a yellow background) was actually an error copy.

So now there are 2 first printing covers for Secret Weapons #2 - pre-order edition.
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grendeljd wrote:I saw copies of this on the shelf at my lcs today. I checked the inside front cover and it is *not* listed as a second print. I have heard it is the cover that was meant to be printed originally for the pre-order edition of #2. The one that came out last month with the same cover image of Livewire from the first issue (only with a yellow background) was actually an error copy.

So now there are 2 first printing covers for Secret Weapons #2 - pre-order edition.
Ok so this is starting to make sense (a bit). My copy of the pre order edition of Secret Weapons #1 was shipped 2 weeks late to my online retailer. My copy is the exact cover of issue #1 but a yellow background, I thought that was odd as there multiple covers for the same issue these days so why print 2 separate issues with the same cover art :?

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Also, I have heard that the new cover edition was specifically shipped out for free at no cost to retailers, to give away to pre-order customers as a free replacement for the "error" copy with the repeated image of Livewire. I found that out after I had been to my lcs yesterday.

I plan on following up with them to see if I was supposed to receive one or not. Has anyone else here heard anything to confirm or deny this is the case?
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grendeljd wrote:Also, I have heard that the new cover edition was specifically shipped out for free at no cost to retailers, to give away to pre-order customers as a free replacement for the "error" copy with the repeated image of Livewire. I found that out after I had been to my lcs yesterday.

I plan on following up with them to see if I was supposed to receive one or not. Has anyone else here heard anything to confirm or deny this is the case?
I've sent a tweet to Dinesh to see if we can clear it up. What doesn't make sense is my copy was delayed by 2 weeks but I ended up with the repeated Livewire image? Curiouser and curiouser!

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I've heard that according to Diamond, it's considered a second printing, nothing else. Makes more sense the way you've put it, because it was interesting (and a little upsetting) that the #1 and the #2 images were the same on the cover.
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grendeljd wrote:Also, I have heard that the new cover edition was specifically shipped out for free at no cost to retailers, to give away to pre-order customers as a free replacement for the "error" copy with the repeated image of Livewire. I found that out after I had been to my lcs yesterday.

I plan on following up with them to see if I was supposed to receive one or not. Has anyone else here heard anything to confirm or deny this is the case?
My LCS had no idea what it was or why it showed up, they said it showed up for no reason out of the blue. Looks like there was no communication to retailers about it and most are assuming it's a second print.

Now the question is, how low is the print run for the 1st "error" version and now this "2nd printing" version?

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There's 2 similar threads going on about this topic, I posted this on the other thread ...

Some confirmation from Dinesh on Twitter...
"There was a mix up with the preorder edition to begin with and the wrong cover was printed. We managed to catch it early and print additional copies with the correct cover. Those were sent to retailers on us."

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TheeBaldMoose wrote:I've heard that according to Diamond, it's considered a second printing, nothing else. Makes more sense the way you've put it, because it was interesting (and a little upsetting) that the #1 and the #2 images were the same on the cover.
When I got that second issue last month, I thought we were going to get the same image of Livewire for all four issues with a different background colour each month. :lol:
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Dallow Spicer1 wrote:There's 2 similar threads going on about this topic, I posted this on the other thread ...

Some confirmation from Dinesh on Twitter...
"There was a mix up with the preorder edition to begin with and the wrong cover was printed. We managed to catch it early and print additional copies with the correct cover. Those were sent to retailers on us."
Sounds like a known error... Just wonder how many are out there.

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TheeBaldMoose wrote:
Dallow Spicer1 wrote:There's 2 similar threads going on about this topic, I posted this on the other thread ...

Some confirmation from Dinesh on Twitter...
"There was a mix up with the preorder edition to begin with and the wrong cover was printed. We managed to catch it early and print additional copies with the correct cover. Those were sent to retailers on us."
Sounds like a known error... Just wonder how many are out there.

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My LCS said they ordered this (and XO as well) and they are coming like a preordered set. So when they ring up one, they have to then deduct the other books from it.

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According to LCS - confirming story.

FIRST printing was old art new color (in error).

SECOND printing sent out free as replacement (new art).

My LCS rang it up for me today, and credited it from my bill (I had purchased the first run already).

Midtown comics lists it as a second printing and preview (I think).
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