Wolverine Spike???    In 1974, a quarter bought you a sugar laden drink, some pretzels, or my favorite, a comic book, and one of the most popular to come from this era is Incredible Hulk #181, featuring the first "full" appearance of Wolverine.   Wolverine's actual "first" appearance was a cameo at the end of Incredible Hulk #180, but 181 rose above it all as the most sought after "first appearance" due, in no small part, to it being the first of many battles between the Hulk and everyone's favorite Canadien. In fact, even low grade copies of this issue have been selling at above Overstreet's listed prices. Problem is, this brought out the "collectors" that feel that their German/Euro reprints from 1999 are of equal value and if you're not careful, they even try to pass them off as the originals, as evident in some popular online auction houses.   Now, granted, there are those of us who are completists and would love to have a foreign language reprint but at the same token, those of us looking for an original should not looked down upon as the proverbial "sucker born every minute".    My recommendation? Read the actual description carefully and ask for as many PICs as would make you feel comfortable. Never leap before looking as you could be out of your hard earned money rather quickly. In my opinion, it's better a lower grade original than a high grade reprint (especially if it's in another language), but as I said, that's my opinion. I always felt that the right book will come along at the right price eventually as long as your patient.    Remember. Ask questions, ask questions, ask questions.                                                                                                                    Original                                                                                                                           "Euro" Edition