And the 1-3 and FCBD aren't true reprints. The FCBD prints are specifically for FCBD. The Must Haves reprint the stories but it's basically a new issue, not a second print.
I find this an interesting point of view, particularily for collecting purposes. Marvel and DC have done a good job of changing what is percieved as a "second print" in thier favour. It's good for the retailers and for them but not so good for those actually collecting what could be considered true "First printings" of all issues in a set.
These may be a new issue but is not the first time the issue has seen print and is therefore, a second, third, fourth, etc.. printing. The story has already been to print once in it's original form. Anything after that are new printings of the original. Technically.
Variants further confuse the concept of "printings". UFF #21 came out with two covers at a 50:50 ratio. Each are "first prints" (and I only purchased one of them). If they put out another issue that combines issue 21-23 (for example), then this becomes a "second printing" of those same stories and should therefore be worth less in the collector's market. The variants that are 1:10, 1:25 or worse are unique and quite a boon to the retail market because these are truly rare to a collector and therefore worth collecting.
My original question was "Who has a complete set of 1st prints, minus Trades and variants". Interestingly, the idea of what "First print" is has been lost somewhere in the storm of variants that exist today...
BTW, there is also a variant of USM 1/2 from a convention, USM 79 sketch variant from another convention and a few others that I didn't list...
Yes, UXM 61 came with a special dealer incentive sketch variant of the original copiel variant.
Where do the dynamic forces editions come in? The completist doesn't stand a chance in today's market...
