So, next year, feel free to check those bags full of X-Mens and Swamp Things at the gate.
A checked bag is the surest way to make sure something fragile or valuable stays secure during a flight, and first editions of rare comics are both fragile and valuable.
They recommend packing things like that in a carry-on, but it’s not an all-out rule.
Many travelers were baffled at having to move their carefully-packed purchases from their checked bags into their carry-on — why would a bunch of books be a flight hazard?