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Black Flag Dum Dums Listed On eBay For $200, In Acetategate Latest

Despite Black Flag Comics selling copies of the acetate variant covers to "Zymotica Vs! Ghost Rider" #1 and "99 Problems" Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 under the table at FAN Expo Boston Comic Con, after all the fuss that was made over the "In God We Intrust America" Ultimate Fallout #4, not a single copy of the two new books have been flipped for sale on eBay. Yet. Almost as if there was an embargo agreed upon between Black Flag or Infinite Black Publishing and the retailers and resellers not to sell them openly – or not yet at least. With Marvel Comics not approving of these altered retailer-exclusive variant covers, might that be seen as a way to avoid the Eye Of Sauron that is Marvel Comics' David Gabriel?

However, there is one item picked up from the Black Flag Comics Boston booth that is being flipped on eBay today for $200. With no bids but five watchers, the suckers, lollipops, dum-dums that were being given away at the FAN Expo Boston booth through the weekend. Will you make a bid for a pineapple flavour lollipop accompanied by a mystery flavour lollipop? Both covered in plastic but sadly not acetate. the listing reads;

Dum Dum lollipops from Black Flag comics. Limited Edition. Straight from the table of Black Flag comics. Rare. Unsanctioned by Spangler. Two(2) flavors available: pineapple and mystery (very fitting). Sold as a pair.

And being sold by someone who has renamed their eBay identity to read blackflergcomiks…

#Acetategate still rolls on. Bleeding Cool covered the story of the Black Flag Comics Ultimate Fallout #4 acetate variant cover drama In which online comic store Black Flag created new heat for an exclusive Clayton Crain retailer variant comic from last year by stapling a new acetate variant cover on top, with patriotic imagers and the label Infinite Black Publishing, then sold them from $85-$100 at C2E2, against Marvel Comics requirements and instructions for retailers participating in the exclusive variant programme. And now copies are selling for up hundreds on eBay. Black Flag removed much of their social media promotion, but a deleted video resurfaced talking about the situation they found themselves in, Black Flag promised new acetate cover editions for Boston FAN Expo from yesterday, one for Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 and one for Ghost Rider #1, both by friend (and business partner) of the store, Clayton Crain. And while Marvel Comics may not approve of these, CGC has made approval of these covers their official policy. And at FAN Expo Boston, they were set up – but not selling their comics. You can check photos of their set-up on Reddit. However, it seems there was some disquiet at the show from other vendors regarding their presence, who confronted Black Flag, even as they were selling stock to other retailers. Ahead of the doors opening, certain retailers/resellers were able to buy the new acetate variant covered Clayton Crain "Zymotica Vs" variant of Ghost Rider #1 and the "99 Problems" acetate variant of Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 from Black Flag/Infinite Black Publishing. But they were not selling them to individual buyers turning up at the show. One customer, who is a vendor told me. "Went to the booth after 2 pm. Was the only person in line. The three items were displayed. Asked for 2 venoms. 5 ghost riders and 1 Deadpool Was told I cannot have 5 ghost riders. Only 3. Purchased the items and left." But by the time the show opened, the rules had changed.  People going to FAN Expo Boston were treated to the strange sight at the Black Flag Comics/Infinite Black Publishing booth. The banners were up, but the tables were bare – with just some suckers (lollipops) for people to take. As the show went on, there were products to sell but not the ones everyone had made a fuss over. Black Flag Comics had stopped updating their social media last week, even though they were meant to be exhibiting in Boston this weekend and dropped their name from the Boston Fan Expo exhibitor list. Much still remains a mystery – but a fascinating mystery for all that!

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