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Starting in the [[Dark Age]] of comics, an "ashcan" copy of a comic, often black and white and limited in distribution, would sometimes be distributed as a promotional item. These comics were called "ashcans" for marketing reasons (i.e. to imply rarity and value like the Golden Age versions) but really had little to do with [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] ashcans.
{{examples|Examples of titles that had their origin in Ashcan situations:}}▼
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== Comic Books ==
* The most widely-known example is ''Flash Comics'', the title that introduced [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] (then called Captain Thunder). ''Whiz Comics'' #2 was the first actual issue; #1 was an ashcan edition and was never publicly released.
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