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Andrea’s Jeff Week Picks for 05.07.2025

Hello Comic Shop Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Free Comic Book Day with us! We had a smooth and successful day, and now that we’re all rested from the weekend (You all came out for back issues on Sunday!), we’re ready for another week of new comics! Thank you to all of you who came out and made this another excellent Free Comic Book Day! We do still have some free comics left, and you can stop in and pick up a few! And here’s a few pictures from the fun of FCBD! John vs a parking lot goose! Mural painting! Bluey made a short appearance at Luna’s request so she could do a Bluey drawing! Green Lantern Gordon Shumway showed up! The Bee! And Carol! And Late Nite Comics regular, Mike Kenny, discovered the “Easter Egg” when he bought the infamous copy of Batman #181 on the wall and won a copy of every FCBD book! Speaking of Late Nite Comics, this month’s will be on Thursday May 15th! You know the drill! Dollar stock! 50%...

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Free Comic Book Day 2025 at CNJComics

It’s that time of year again! Free Comic Book Day returns to Cleveland on Saturday, May 3rd, from 10 am to 7 pm! This is our 24th year hosting a Free Comic Book Day event! (yes, we’ve been doing it since its inception in 2002, when Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man film came out.) Everyone attending this year will be able to pick out 12 books from the 45 titles that are being offered. We will be using the same space as last year, the old tanning salon 50 feet from the shop. This is our favorite spot we’ve ever used due to its close proximity to the store. It’s been a tough year so far, and quite a few FCBD books have been canceled due to Diamond’s bankruptcy and impending tariffs. (a vast majority of comics are printed in Canada) Rest assured, we’re on top of everything we can do and will have every available free comic book and then some. It ain’t our first rodeo, and it’s a labor of love. (Be advised, the struggle is real, though.) Here’s...

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Free Comic Book Day Updates

Here are a few quick updates for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday from 10am to 7pm! Good news! We have all of our free comic book day books in! It was a struggle this year but we’re happy to annouce that if it was printed then we have it! Over 20,000 books ready to be given away, twelve per person. (Come early for the best selection! We can’t say that enough!) We’ve had a few vendor changes, Angela Oster and Gary Dumm cannot make it, so J Christopher Schmidt is in! Be sure to wear your Free Comic Book finest and smile for the camera, Laura Wimbels will be out again taking pictures of everyone. Now’s the time to try out that new cosplay. It’s always more fun when you dress up for the day, even the right t-shirt goes a long way. Tag those pictures #cnjcomics! We got the lead position in this year’s Free Comic Book Day article at Cleveland.com , check that out here! Be sure to visit as many shops as you can on the...