One of the greatest days of the year is coming up, this coming Saturday, May 4, you can literally walk into comic book stores and they will give you comic books for free!!!
All of the major publishers as well as a ton of the smaller publishers have books available to pick up. This is both a great way for people that already read comic books to try something new without making a financial investment but also for people that don't read comic books to hop aboard the train and give a variety of comic books a try to see what interests them. As Anthony and I have always said, there's a comic book out there for everybody, you just have to find it. No matter what your interests there's a comic book for you. Most stores will do special sales or promotions for Free Comic Book Day and there's a chance of a local creator doing a signing at your shop depending upon where you live.
There's a lot of interesting offerings this year, you can see a complete list here but I'll highlight some of the bigger titles here.
Coming from Marvel is a special preview issue of Marvel's upcoming event, Infinity, which will be written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Jim Cheung. This story will surely focus ar, ound Thanos' quest for the Infinity Gauntlet, which if the end of Avengers is any indication might be an upcoming story in the Marvel films as well. This special issue will not only show you the opening shots that lead to this special event, but will also feature Thanos' first solo story as well as a preview of a major Marvel release that hasn't been announced yet.
DC Comics will be doing their best to raise interest in their upcoming Man of Steel film by offering up their Superman: Last Son of Krypton Special Edition book written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner with art by Adam Kubert. This book features the first chapter of the Superman: Last Son of Krypton graphic novel as well as a preview of the new The Man of Steel monthly series coming out soon by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee.
Also for fans of the Walking Dead TV show, there's a special issue containing a new story about the character Tyrese done by the normal Walking Dead team of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. This book also reprints short stories about Michonne, The Governor, and Morgan.
There's also books involving The Smurfs, the TV show Grimm, Judge Dredd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Tick, Stan Lee's Shakra the Invincible, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Hulk Agents of Smash, Sesame Street, Spongebob, and Bongo's Free For All featuring The Simpsons.
So find your nearest participating dealer on the Free Comic Book Day site, go there Saturday, May 4 and pick up some free books. And while you are there, purchase something that you find interesting and support these small, locally owned businesses. Most shops have a huge variety of things to choose from between action figures, board and card games, trade paperbacks, manga, t-shirts, and just about any other geek related merch you would be interested in.
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