It’s the first Saturday in May! You know what that means? Today is Free Comic Book Day!!
I didn’t get anything.
Fuck you, Covid-19.
Free Comic Book Day
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- Tom Foolery
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Re: Free Comic Book Day
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Re: Free Comic Book Day
I wonder how this will fuck up the plans of all the publishers who have FCBD first chapters to crossover events.
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Re: Free Comic Book Day
FCBD this year. I didn’t feel like digging thru endless boxes this weekend. Just wasn’t feeling it. But I went to four different shops and picked up the main Marvel and DC giveaways, as well as a dozen or so other free issues. Each shop was limiting to 3-5 per store, but one guy let me have 8, as long as I didn’t go crazy and take one of everything. I also spent a little $ at each place, but it was mostly filling in missing issues from the past couple months that had somehow slipped by.
The first shop I got the Fascimile of Amazing 129, and Venom 17.
The second shop I got a bundle of Superman/Authority 1-4 for $7, but it had the main cover of 1 and 3, and the variant cover for 2 and 4. Which is annoying to my brain. I also got Ghost Rider 12 and Shang-Chi 4 variant covers. I wanted the main covers, but that’s all they had.
The third store I found the regular Ghost Rider 12 and also bought a $30 blind box “worth” $100 but like last year it was stuff I already had or didn’t particularly want. Like a Disney keychain, a DC Multiverse figure of Bruce Wayne from the Batman movie(seriously? Peg warmin’ pos), a copy of Batman/Spawn, a couple variant covers of the Batman/Joker mini, and first issues of Scorched, Gunslinger Spawn, and King Spawn, as well as Spawn TPB.
The final store I found FF 3, Catwoman 54, and the Gotham Year One 6. I also got a Black Series Chewbacca for $25. I had found Endor Han at WM last week, and I just took his camo duster off. So now I have a Chewie to go with him.
It was a pretty meh haul overall, but I got the FCBD issues I wanted, so the outing served its purpose.
The first shop I got the Fascimile of Amazing 129, and Venom 17.
The second shop I got a bundle of Superman/Authority 1-4 for $7, but it had the main cover of 1 and 3, and the variant cover for 2 and 4. Which is annoying to my brain. I also got Ghost Rider 12 and Shang-Chi 4 variant covers. I wanted the main covers, but that’s all they had.
The third store I found the regular Ghost Rider 12 and also bought a $30 blind box “worth” $100 but like last year it was stuff I already had or didn’t particularly want. Like a Disney keychain, a DC Multiverse figure of Bruce Wayne from the Batman movie(seriously? Peg warmin’ pos), a copy of Batman/Spawn, a couple variant covers of the Batman/Joker mini, and first issues of Scorched, Gunslinger Spawn, and King Spawn, as well as Spawn TPB.
The final store I found FF 3, Catwoman 54, and the Gotham Year One 6. I also got a Black Series Chewbacca for $25. I had found Endor Han at WM last week, and I just took his camo duster off. So now I have a Chewie to go with him.
It was a pretty meh haul overall, but I got the FCBD issues I wanted, so the outing served its purpose.
"No Tom Foolery today, Ron. I'm tired of looking at your dreadful, speckled mug."
"Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?"
”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”
"Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?"
”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”
- Tom Foolery
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Re: Free Comic Book Day
My wife decided to tag along this year, so each of the four shops we went to, I got twice as many FCBD books as I would normally get.
And like last year, I didn’t go crazy hunting thru dollar bins. I paid anywhere between full price to half off cover to $2 or $1 for what I did find.
Here’s what I got.
All Star Batman 3. Just need issue 1 from the completely unrelated Rebirth relaunch of the title in 2016.
Exiles 11 and 12. Just need the hyper-expensive first appearance of Captain Carter in issue 3 for a complete run.
Flash 36. From the Nu52 run. Only three more to find.
Freedom Fighters 10 and 11. Just need 1,6, 8 from the most recent maxi series.
Immortal Men 4. Finished the series.
Justice League 40. Variant cover. Finished the 2016 series I think.
JL vs LoSH 5.
Nightwing 47-49, 56, 84. Variant covers.
Photon 5. The last issue I didn’t realize I was missing.
Robin 14, 16, 17. Variant covers.
Runaways 8, 25-30, 34. Hooray! Only missing eight more issues of Rowell’s series. Best score of the day.
Scorched 6. One of the two Jim Lee homage covers I was looking for. Still need issue 4.
Mystery in Madripoor 3. Part of the Hunt for Wolverine mini.
I also got like 30 free comics.
And like last year, I didn’t go crazy hunting thru dollar bins. I paid anywhere between full price to half off cover to $2 or $1 for what I did find.
Here’s what I got.
All Star Batman 3. Just need issue 1 from the completely unrelated Rebirth relaunch of the title in 2016.
Exiles 11 and 12. Just need the hyper-expensive first appearance of Captain Carter in issue 3 for a complete run.
Flash 36. From the Nu52 run. Only three more to find.
Freedom Fighters 10 and 11. Just need 1,6, 8 from the most recent maxi series.
Immortal Men 4. Finished the series.
Justice League 40. Variant cover. Finished the 2016 series I think.
JL vs LoSH 5.
Nightwing 47-49, 56, 84. Variant covers.
Photon 5. The last issue I didn’t realize I was missing.
Robin 14, 16, 17. Variant covers.
Runaways 8, 25-30, 34. Hooray! Only missing eight more issues of Rowell’s series. Best score of the day.
Scorched 6. One of the two Jim Lee homage covers I was looking for. Still need issue 4.
Mystery in Madripoor 3. Part of the Hunt for Wolverine mini.
I also got like 30 free comics.
"No Tom Foolery today, Ron. I'm tired of looking at your dreadful, speckled mug."
"Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?"
”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”
"Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?"
”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”