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UNSTOPPABLE DOOM PATROL #1 (OF 6) CVR C CHRIS BURNHAM SCRATCH-OFF CARD STOCK VAR (5 INTERMIXED COVERS)
(W) Dennis Culver (A/CA) Chris Burnham
THE WORLD'S STRANGEST HEROES ARE BACK IN THE DC UNIVERSE! After the events of Lazarus Planet, more people than ever have active metagenes! Most of these new metahumans have become misfits, shunned and imprisoned by a fearful society. They are hidden away in the dark, lost to a system that only sees them as weapons or guinea pigs—ticking time bombs that can only be defused by the Unstoppable Doom Patrol! Robotman, Elasti-Woman, and Negative Man are joined by their brand-new teammates Beast Girl and Degenerate and led by Crazy Jane's mysterious new alter, the Chief, on a mission of saving the world by saving the monsters!
Retail:
$4.99
Initial Due Date:
01/26/2023
FOC Date:
01/29/2023
In-Store Date:
03/28/2023
UPC:
76194137883100121
Product Code:
0123DC079

Will there be "Scratched Off" variants in the DB?

I imagine they'll be treated like the black bagged comics DC once did. One unscratched cover, and the rest "scratched off Frank Miller (or whoever) cover."

Although "scratched/unscratched" doesn't sound very professional. Any alternative words we can use?

Revealed
Exposed
Desecrated
Abused

Exposed sounds good!

How about:

Mutilated
Defiled
Ruined
Don't Bother?

Rubbed

I bag and board everything but I can see some stores having problems with people scratching them off partially in store just to see which they're getting if they aren't polybagged from DC. Even more likely if there's a HOT version selling for more than the others. What's it take, a second to slide a fingernail across an area like that enough to identify something?

Rubbed the Wrong Way

I know things are different in different areas, but I don't see this being a big deal. At least not around here. Nobody gives a darn about doom patrol around here. A couple guys who get almost everything dc, and a couple old farts who hate anything current and are stuck in the 60s and only order stuff lile doom patrol and legion.

And none of them care about variants, much less gimmicks.

This product is returnable from 5/1/2023 to 5/31/2023.