Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is the first Saturday in May, when participating comic book shops in North America give away comic books. Sponsored by book publishers and the independent book shops (each copy costs the book store 20 cents), the FCBD is intended to encourage reading and, of course, buying comic books in independent book stores.Wired: Free Comic Book Day Recruits Wolverine, Green Lantern (May 1, 2009)
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Since 2002, comic book stores participating in Free Comic Book Day have given away millions of free comics. Intended to support literacy and comic book sales, FCBD 2009 comes the day after Hugh Jackman's new X-Men Origins Wolverine Game is released.
Free comic books given away this year will include 40 titles, including Green Lantern, Avenger, Bongo Comics, Disney Pixar's Cars, Resurrection, and Savage Dragon.Wired: Free Comic Book Day Recruits Wolverine, Green Lantern (May 1, 2009)
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Free comics include Marvel, DC Comics, Shonen Jump manga special, NASCAR comicsUSA Today: A comic free-for-all on Free Comic Book Day (April 30, 2009)
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Different stores will have different policies on how many free copies each person can getFCBD: FAQs
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Event only in independent comic book specialty storesFCBD: FAQs
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Administered by retailers, publishers, supplies and distributorsFCBD: FAQs
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Shops are located around the worldFCBD: FAQs
