Multiple locations — comic book stores only
Saturday, May 1
www.freecomicbookday.com
The annual Free Comic Book Day, held the first Saturday in May, will be offering special deals and, yes, free comics at such city locations as Cosmic Comics, Rocketship, Midtown Comics, Jim Hanley’s Universe, Forbidden Planet, Bergen Street Comics, Roger’s Comics, and St. Mark’s Comics. Among the twenty-five free comic books printed just for FCBD are Archie’s Summer Splash #1, Matt Fraction and John Romita Jr.’s Iron Man/Thor, YOW! The John Stanley Library, Atomic Robo and Friends, Toy Story, Shrek, James Robinson and Eddy Barrows’s War of the Supermen, S. E. Hinton’s Fame: Lady Gaga, Mark Waid’s Irredeemable #1, Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet #1, Ben Edlund’s The Tic #1, Owly and Friends, and other previews, samplers, and special editions. We’re after Bird Hurdler ourselves, so stay at of our way. At Cosmic Comics, everything is 30% off, and the first fifty customers receive a free copy of Uncanny X-men #154 (1981). At Forbidden Planet, Steve Mannion will be signing his free comic book, Fearless Dawn #1, and the shop will be giving out bags with all of the free comics they have on a first come, first served basis. (Not all stores get copies of every free comic book.) At Jim Hanley’s Universe, there will be giveaways all day long, comedy at night, and signings by E. Max Frye (The Rising) and Dennis Calero and Jim Shooter (Doctor Solar and Magnus: Robot Fighter! ). Good luck!