Batman’s villain mask suddenly became as expensive as hot cakes, shouting at 400K still couldn’t buy it

Current number of infections COVID-19 In the US, it has reached 1.56 million and has not shown any signs of stopping, so essential items for disease prevention such as masks have become a sought-after item. However, there is one type of mask that has no disease prevention function but is still sold as expensive as hot cakes, which is Bane mask.​

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As you know, Bane is one of the villain of the Batmanfirst appeared in DC Comics in 1993. In the cinematic universe, this character is brilliantly portrayed through Tom Hardy’s performance in The Dark Knight Rises 2012. The outstanding feature of this character is the mask that specializes in providing toxic gas lying on his face. This is also the prototype of Bane masks.

It completely sold out on a variety of sales sites like Costume.com, BuyCostume.com or HalloweenCostume.com. It seems that people are only interested in Bane masks because the character’s cosplay costumes are still in stock, the mask is the only thing that is out of stock. It is known that they are produced in China and due to the epidemic, the supply has been temporarily interrupted.​

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However, these Bane plastic masks are not licensed by the Ministry of Health and it is completely ineffective in disease prevention. When plastic masks were sold out, on the Etsy e-commerce site, there were cloth versions of Bane masks, which of course have not been medically tested, sold for 20 USD (about 470,000 VND).