What is Free Comic Book Day?

What is Free Comic Book Day? 

"Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores."

Each year, COMIC WORLD in Largo, Florida is one of the thousands of comic book stores worldwide hosting FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. At Comic World, we love to GIVE THE GIFT OF READING by sharing our love of comic books with everyone, and Free Comic Book Day is the perfect opportunity to reach out again and again to our community, to bring people together for a common cause -- the love of reading, and the love of comics as an artform -- so that interest in the genre is always growing.

Comic books have long been a means for young people to take their first steps toward becoming true readers. With the help of the sequential storytelling approach that comic book art offers, along with a unique narrative style, comic books can aid teachers and educators by helping young people gain a greater interest in reading, by expanding their vocabulary, and by introducing new and exciting ideas to their fertile imaginations.






This year, for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014, Comic World will be once again hosting this wonderful, worldwide event by offering hundreds of titles to readers of all ages. In addition to the free comic books, we will be having a storewide sale on newly-released comic books, standard back issues, "Goody Bin" back issues -- which are more collectible and rare -- as well as collected editions of comic books in Graphic Novel form, both in hardcover and softcover. We will ALSO have a 10 for $1.00 Discount Comic Book area, Exclusive Mystery Boxes which contain 300 comic books with No Duplicates for only $30.00, plus discounts on toys and other items throughout the store!


One of the great attractions for, young people especially, comes when they have a chance to meet their heroes! This year, Comic World welcomes THE MIGHTY THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA to the store to meet and greet folks of all ages! They will be happy to pose for pictures with you!





Where would comic books be without the incredible artwork that graces its pages? Well, ARTISTS such as NIGEL WILLIAMS of ARTF1RST make comic books, and events like FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, come alive! We're pleased to announce that Nigel will be joining us exclusively from 11:00 AM until 12:30 PM for Free Comic Book Day, doing sketches and caricatures of comic book fans of all ages! 






We also welcome MJOLNIR HAMMERS again this year to our FCBD event! Expert craftsman, Douglas Moody, has created some beautiful replicas of MJOLNIR, the Uru hammer of THOR, as well as some authentic Norse shields and other Norse items!  Plus, this year, Mjolnir Hammers is carrying the Official Pendants of the Marvel and DC universes, featuring the logos of your favorite comic book characters! Spider-Man, Agents of SHIELD, Batman, Superman, Flash, and many others including a small replica of Mjolnir itself! Come by and take a look at these fantastic items for yourself!


We look forward to seeing you all come out for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 3rd, 2014 from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM at COMIC WORLD: 1901 WEST BAY DRIVE, SUITE 9, LARGO, FL 33770. Feel free to call 727-656-5000 for more information!!