Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Free Comic Book Day!!

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 6th—but you can get a jump on it right now. Since we aren't a brick and mortar store, we always extend FCBD to as long as our copies hold out, to allow everyone possible to join in.

To qualify for free comics, you do need to place an order--of any size--to get your freebies. That's because, unlike a bricks and mortar store, we incur expenses shipping to you: handling, supplies and postage. So we need an order with some postage added to make this work. Buying any of the priced Vintage Comics below counts as an order; no substitutions will be made if these run out.

This year we have eight new comics and once again we've added our own “warehouse finds.” Some of these are free, the rest are bargain-priced.

Place ANY size order and choose 3 free items. Order over $50 and choose 6. Limit of one per item with each order so everyone has a chance to get these. While supply lasts, of course. If we run out of anything, we'll try and sub in something else. All the free comics are listed below. Enjoy!

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Free Comics!

 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #1 2023 Frazettaverse #0
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Mitch Iverson et al. Art by Leonardo Manco and Diego Yapur. Cover by Frank Frazetta. An all-new adventure of Death Dealer headlines this fantastic voyage into the FrazettaVerse! The War of the Horsemen has arrived! You will also witness the rise of Dawn Attack in the far reaches of space. Then, the weirdness of Mothman unfolds in an excerpt from the limited series debuting this month! Opus Comics, 2023. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: FCBD1
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #6 2023 Marvel Voices
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By John Jennings et al. Art by Paris Alleyne et al. Cover by Chris Allen. This issue invites readers to the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Marvel's Voices series, which spotlights creators and characters across Marvel's diverse and ever-evolving universe. This includes a range of stories from previous Marvel's Voices issues, as well as a brand-new one! Marvel, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD6
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #2 2023 Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. It's a Fabulous Furry Free Comic Book Day from Fantagraphics! Fanta's new hardback series collecting the full run of Gilbert Shelton's stoner-comedy-turned-social-satire is the first time that the globally millions-selling most popular underground comix characters ever have been collected in North America for over three decades. Classic cartooning, timeless comedy, and trend-setting cat comics, for semi-mature readers. Fantagraphics, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD2
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #3 2023 Star Wars High Republic Adventures
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Daniel Jose Older and Amy Chu. Art by Harvey Tolibao et al. Cover by Daniel Jose Older. Get set for adventure with stories from the farthest reaches of a galaxy far, far way; as well as the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender! In Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures the galaxywide conflict between the Jedi Order and the Nihil intensifies, and a shuttle full of younglings gets caught in the crossfire! In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang and his friends come across a village decimated by the Fire Nation. One survivor-a young child named Luumi-refuses to open up to anyone except fellow Earth Kingdom native Toph. Dark Horse, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD3
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #8 2023 Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Dan Conner, Dj Milky and Shaun McLaughlin. Art by Deborah Allo. Cover by Yishan Li. How did Jack Skellington become the Pumpkin King? Explore Jack and Oogie Boogie's early days in Halloween Town and learn how their infamous friendship turns sour as they battle to become the next Pumpkin King. Discover the mastermind who's pulling the strings and relive the fantastic world of The Nightmare Before Christmas in this all-new manga adaptation! TokyoPop, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD8
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #7 2023 Crimebuster #1
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Keith Morris and Sam MacDonald. Art by Giulia Gualazzi. Cover by Guy Perez and Mariano Morales. Chuck Chandler grew up under the wings of his loving parents. His father was an amazing investigator, and his mother an equally brilliant chemical engineer. While Chuck didn't have as much time with his father as he would have hoped, the skills he learned coupled with a keen eye for mystery have become a part of his very DNA. That's why when the Borealis attacked earth and his mother was declared missing, something just didn't sit right with him. Now, with the help of some young allies, Chuck Chandler plans to unravel the mystery by pulling on every thread, let's just hope everything doesn't unravel before he solves it! Comic House, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD7
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #5 2023 Madballs VS Garbage Pail Kids #0
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Sholly Fisch. Art by Jason Crosby. The heavyweight champions of gross meet again in this all-ages title as we will pull the best stories from Madballs Vs. Garbage Pail Kids for this special FCBD comic that's sure to appeal to consumers age 5 to 50. Reprint Material. Dynamite, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD5
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #4 2023 Animal Castle
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Xavier Dorison. Art by Felix Delep. The Animal Castle FCBD edition includes an all-new 12-page excerpt from Animal Castle Volume 2 #1, as well as an 18-page excerpt from Animal Castle Volume 1, so you will be able to see what's come before and what's coming next... Animal Castle Volume 2 picks up shortly after the events of Volume 1 with Miss B trying to convince the animals not to give in to violence in order to put an end to Silvio's reign... At the castle, the dictatorship continues. Thanks to the efforts of Miss B and her friends, the animals attempt re-mobilize the pacifist movement of the Daisies. But Silvio the bull dictator is trying to keep them under his hoof to keep his power. Helped by his cruel canine militia, he decides to have the rebellious animals imprisoned in the dungeon. But Miss B and her friends will respond once again with trickery...and solidarity! Ablaze, 2023....More.

Item Code: FCBD4
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 

Free Comics - Warehouse Finds

 


BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA/ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #6 of 6
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. By Greg Pak. Art by Daniel Bayliss. Final issue! As the President unleashes his endgame on the world, it will take every good and bad guy Snake and Jack can find to keep the pillars of heaven from crashing down. BOOM! Studios, 2017. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FCBD9
Comic, 7x10, 28pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Facsimile Edition #1
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. From 1976, the first issue of the 2nd Spidey title. By Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito. By the mid-1970s, Spidey fans could thrill to their favorite hero's escapades in "Amazing Spider-Man", his high-octane encounters with other super-types in "Marvel Team-Up," his all-ages adventures in "Spidey Super Stories" and reprints of classic stories in "Marvel Tales" — and still it wasn't enough! Such was the clamor that a second solo title debuted with a focus on the man beneath the mask: the always popular Peter Parker! But fear not, there's plenty of costumed action in this frantic first issue, co-starring the deadly Tarantula. Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: SPECS01
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


MICKY MOUSE
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. Gladstone Publishing assumed publication of Mickey Mouse in 1986, still publishing reprints, but which were recolored, taking advantage of more modern inking and printing techniques. Stories from foreign Walt Disney comic books were also translated and included. Issues contained a description of the source of each story, and gave credit to the writers and artists by name — which had not previously been done. Letters to the editor often provided additional story background. Walt Disney, 1986 - 1990....More.

Item Code: FCBD15
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


PRELUDE DEATHWATCH 2000 MEGALITH
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we’ll substitute a title of our choice.Silver foil cover by Neal Adams. Story by Neal Adams and Peter Stone. Art by Ernesto Infante and Andres Klacik. Part of the Deathwatch 2000 crossover saga from Neal Adams' Continuity Comics. As the Prelude to Deathwatch begins, Megalith is attacked by the Hellbenders, while guest stars Ms. Mystic and the Hybrids face the DevilSpawn. Polybagged with Hybrids Deathwatch 2000 (1993) #0B. Continuity Comics, 1993....More.

Item Code: FCBD11
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


CHIP 'N' DALE RESCUE RANGERS
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we’ll substitute a title of our choice. Story by Scott Saavedra. Art by Hector Saavedra and R. Valent. The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers comic book published by Disney Comics is the first of two different comic book series based on the animated television series of the same name. It was one of the company's eight initial titles and ran for nineteen issues from the company's launch in April to October 1991. Walt Disney, 1991. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FCBD14
Comic, 7x10, 26pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


MR. MONSTER Versus Gorzilla
Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. 3-color Comic book published by Image Comics. Starring Michael T. Gilbert's Doc Stearn, Mr. Monster versus "Gorzilla", a giant fire-breathing lizard from Japan... (obviously a thinly-veiled reference to Godzilla). Image Comics, 1998....More.

Item Code: MRMVG
Soft Cover, 7x10, 24pg, Full Color
$0.00
 


THE SUPER HEROES MONTHLY MAGAZINE Set
This set counts as ONE item for Free Comic Book Day, not two! Free with any order, add item to your cart or order form. Limited 3 free items per order, six over $50, just one copy of each title. Please select a different title, not multiple copies of the same title. Thanks for your support, and enjoy! If we run out, we'll substitute a title of our choice. Warehouse find, 1981. Set includes Vol. 1 #12 and Vol. 2 #3. Recommended. Art by Brian Bolland, Frank Miller, Jose Garcia et al. Someone at publisher Egmont knew their comics, and compiled some of DC’s most iconic works into these great magazine-size issues, reproducing the stories in crisp black and white, behind cool new painted covers. "Invasion of the Ice People" (Superman and Wonder Woman) by Martin Pasko, Joe Staton and Jack Abel; "Ghost of the Killer Skies" (Batman meets Enemy Ace) by Neal Adams; and "Menace of the Matter Master!"“an early Brave and the Bold Hawkman tryout story by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert. Also includes a word search puzzle and a Brian Bolland DC heroes pinup. DC, 1981. Condition: Overall very fine or better condition....More.

Item Code: SUPHEP
Magazine, 8x11, 50pg ea., b&w
$8.95 $0.00
 

Priced Vintage Comics

 


JEFF JONES SPASM! (1973)
By Jeff Jones. Written & illustrated by Jeff Jones. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50. Last Gasp, 1973. Condition: Fine. Wear to cover and edges....More.

Item Code: WCOM09
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, b&w
$20.00
 


JUNKWAFFEL #4 (1972)
By Vaughn Bodé. 2nd printing. This 4th. issue of Junkwaffel includes, "Birdoc Brainbuster, The Creature Builder", "The Collector's Portfolio on Tibbits Tong", "Cobalt 60", and more! 2nd printing with $1.00 price sticker. Print Mint, 1972. Condition: Fine. Wear to cover and edges....More.

Item Code: WCOM08
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, b&w
$20.00
 


THE MAN Vaughn Bode (1972)
By Vaughn Bodé. Stapled wraps, color cover. Unpaginated, b/w story panels. Story and art by Vaughn Bodé. Cover price $0.50. Print Mint, 1972. Condition: Fine to Very Fine, wear and creases on spine....More.

Item Code: WCOM07
Comic, 7x10, 24pg, Full Color
$15.00
 


RUBBER DUCK #2 (1972)
Stories and Art by Michael J. Becker and Robbie Lanso. Anthology series focusing on the irreverent and funny, the Lone Ranger, and politics. 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50. Print Mint, 1972. Condition: Fine. Wear to cover and edges. Some are wavy from moisture....More.

Item Code: WCOM10
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, b&w
$10.00
 


PSYCHOTIC ADVENTURES #1 (1972)
By Charles Dallas. Tales of horror, gore and the supernatural by underground comix artist Charles Dallas. Giant insects take over the Earth; a sleepwalker turns deadly; hippies find evil on a deserted island. Mature readers. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover by Dallas. Cover price $0.50. The Company & Sons, 1972. Condition: Fine to Very Fine, slightly curled corners....More.

Item Code: WCOM06
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$15.00
 


ANOMALY #4 (1972)
Warehouse Find. By Richard Corben, Robert Kline and Jan Strnad. An early underground comic featuring Richard Corben along with Robert Kline and writer Jan Strnad. Stories include Corben's twisted take on "Alice in Wonderland" plus "Encounter at War" plus Kline & Strnad's "Leander and the Fat Queen." Bud Plant, 1972. Note: This is an out of print, used and/or rare book. It is not as-new, in "mint" condition. Very Good/Very Good minus. Wear to the corners. Covers have creases and small tears....More.

Item Code: ANOM04
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, b&w
$20.00
 


TALES OF THE ARMORKINS (1971)
Second Printing. Feature story stars the Armorkins in "Prisoners of Love", secondary story is "The Amazing Liver, A Space Pirate with Lots of Bile!", all by Larry S. Todd, back cover by Trina Robbins. Cover price $0.50. Company & Sons, 1971. Condition: Very Good. Curled corners, cover wear and water damage. Adult Material....More.

Item Code: WCOM03
Comic, 7x10, 32pg, b&w
$5.00
 


WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE SCROOGE #196 (1972)
By Carl Barks. Whitman edition. A reprint of stories from issue number 13. Uncle Scrooge in "Land Beneath the Ground" in which Scrooge's efforts to protect his money bin from earthquakes leads to Terry Fermy, a land of earthquake creatures. Issue also has Gyro Gearloose in an untitled story and one-page text feature "All Washed-Up." Stories by Carl Barks. "Land Beneath the Ground" was one of the Uncle Scrooge comic book stories adapted into an episode of the 1980s Disney cartoon show "Duck Tales." Cover price $0.60. Whitman Publishing, 1972. Condition: Fine to Very Fine, slightly curled corners....More.

Item Code: WCOM01
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$5.00
 


THE BLONDE: Double Cross Book 1
"Double Cross" Written and Illustrated by Franco Saudelli. 24 Pages, B&W. *18 Mature Readers Only* Cover price $2.95. Eros Comix, 1991. Condition: Fine plus. Wear to cover and edges. ...More.

Item Code: WCOM12
Comic, 7x10, 24pg, b&w
$2.00
 


SOFTCORE (1973)
Story and Art by Rob Landeros, Michael J. Becker and Shelby Sampson. Cover by Rob Landeros. 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50. Print Mint, 1973. Condition: Fine. Wear to cover and edges....More.

Item Code: WCOM11
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, b&w
$5.00
 


HELLBOY Seed Of Destruction #1 25th Anniversary Comic
Written by Mike Mignola and John Byrne. Art and Cover by Mike Mignola. This special 25th anniversary edition of the first issue of Hellboy depicts his arrival on earth in the midst of WWII to the return of his adoptive father from a failed Arctic expedition, and Hellboy's first encounter with Mignola's infamous frog monsters. Dark Horse, 2019. Condition: Very Fine. ...More.

Item Code: WCOM13
Comic, 7x10, 24pg, b&w
$5.00
 

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