There's ** ban on carrying comics—or any other type of books—in checked bags

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There's ** ban on carrying comics—or any other type of books—in checked bags
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Comic-Con attendees freaked out after a tweet warned that United Airlines was forcing flyers to remove comic books from checked bags.

Turns out that's **t really a restriction, according to the TSA and the airline.*

SEE ALSO: United accidentally puts rapper and his dog on separate flights (http://mashable.com/2017/07/15/united-separated-schoolboy-q-from-dog/)


A Twitter user posted a photo Sunday showing a screen that said travelers had to remove comics from checked bags in San Diego.

If you are at #SDCC (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash) #SDCC2017 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2017?src=hash) and are flying out on @united (https://twitter.com/united) - please take **te of this and share!!! pic.twitter.com/s1sV269DuQ (https://t.co/s1sV269DuQ)

— Adi Chappo (@adichappo) July 23, 2017 (https://twitter.com/adichappo/status/889151035142533120)



There aren't other photos backing up the Twitter user's claim, but United did tell Mashable, "We misunderstood TSA’s instructions and regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/united-comic-con-comic-books-checked-bags-tsa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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