Are there any "promo issue" comics that are considered canon? 1 1

[Jesse-Lee]

I'm not talking about FCBD books, I'm talking about giveaways like:

[THE_BEYONDER]

The 2 Heroes books weren’t giveaways 

[Jesse-Lee]

On 2/24/2023 at 9:49 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

The 2 Heroes books weren’t giveaways 

Oh yeah, I guess you're right, I always think of them in the same vein as the Titans drug awareness book, but they were actually fundraiser books.

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 2/24/2023 at 12:53 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

Oh yeah, I guess you're right, I always think of them in the same vein as the Titans drug awareness book, but they were actually fundraiser books.

Your question is an interesting one.  I’d assume that these awareness giveaways exist in a universe of their own....

[Qalyar]

Protector, the character introduced for the New Teen Titans anti-drug specials, has had a couple of cameo appearances in real books, so I think technically those must be either canon or at least canon-adjacent.

Fun fact: That character only exists at all because of a licensing conflict. Keebler co-sponsored the anti-drug PSA, which was otherwise going to feature Robin. However, at the time, Robin was licensed out to Nabisco for an advertising campaign and so obviously couldn't appear in a work paid for by their competitor!