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An ashcan copy is a publication produced solely for legal purposes (such as copyright), and not normally intended for distribution.[1] "Publishers had to produce only two copies of each copyrighted "ashcan" production – 1) for the Library of Congress and 2) for their records – fewer than five copies exist for most of these productions."[2]
During the golden age of comics, ashcan editions of comics were printed to establish copyright. They often went straight from the printer to the "ashcan". Today, "ashcans" could more accurately be described as
mini or
digest comics.
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