Comic con in Portland made me swear off free variant covers forever

I was at this booth on Saturday and some dude handed me a free comic for signing up to his newsletter. It looked fine at first, but when I got home I noticed the variant cover was just a cheap reprint of some 90s art with a new logo slapped on it. The guy at the booth said don't worry, it's worth 5 bucks, but honestly it felt like a gimmick to fill my bag with clutter. Has anyone else stopped grabbing those free variants and just started passing on the whole booth pitch?

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oliver21mo ago

Man that reminds me of the time I grabbed a free poster at a con and it turned out to be a blown up page from an old issue where the artist clearly traced a photo of Keanu Reeves. Hung it in my garage anyway because it looks kind of rad in a weird way.

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