DC Comics is the King of Swag, giving away at past conventions, cool pins, posters , t-shirts and even rings! But this summer DC went into the stratosphere with the Black Lantren ring give-away to promote the Blackest Night storyline, which has revitalized the Lantern titles. They have taken the ring give-away to the Nth degree with a free give-away of eight rings from the storyline. And after the insanity of the Lantern action figure give away at Comic-Con, this is a sweet gift to the fans.
The Black Lantern ring giveaway to kick off the Blackest Night event was an immense hit, with demand booming for these chunky stylish collectible black plastic finger wear, and a call for similar rings to match the different Lantern colors seen in the series went out. And DC listened.
So for every 25 copies of Doom Patrol #4, Booster Gold #26, R.E.B.E.L.S. #10, Outsiders ‘24 and your retailer orders, they can order a bag of fifty Sinestro rings, Agent Orange rings, Indigo Tribe rings and Star Sapphire rings respectively.
And for every 50 copies of Justice League of America#39, Blackest Night #5 and Adventure Comics #4 sees you with a bag of fifty Red Lantern rings, Green Lantern rings and Blue Lantern rings, also respectively.
Each ring will ship every two weeks, Yellow on November 4th, Orange on November 18th, Red on December 2nd, Green on December 16th, Blue on December 30th (well, December 23rd now, I guess, thanks to Comic Book-Free Day), Indigo on January 13th and Violet on January 27th.
Expect some kind of charge however. Retailers have to order large numbers of comic books, often ones that usually don’t sell too well, in order to qualify for the rings. Some retailers may pass that cost on, or ask you to buy the comic in question. Which will probably be a Blackest Night tie in anyway. So it’s not really a hardship…
Just don’t go in expecting some kind of Free Comic Ring Day. And expect some very odd looking chart statistics for the month of November. R.E.B.E.L.S. in the Top Ten? Could happen. People love these rings. And after the insanity of the Lantern action figure give away at Comic-Con, this is a sweet gift to the fans.
