Holy Smokes, Batman—It's National Comic Book Day!
Whether you love Spiderman, X-men or Batman, be sure to geek out with your favorite comics on this holiday.
To all of those who believe in Harvey Dent and Gotham City, rejoice.
Sept. 25 is National Comic Book day. This is a day for people of all ages to enjoy, since the first-ever comic book superhero made his first appearance in 1938. While some characters have new looks, and some of their storylines have changed completely, comic enthusiasts can still share their love of their favorite characters, old and new.
This geeky holiday is a great time for comic fans to honor their superhero, heroine or villain’s best stories.
So, where to buy? Prince George's County really only has one brick and mortar comic book store to its name, Big Planet Comics on Route 1 in downtown College Park.
And if money is an object, you can always head down to your local branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, which has thousands of comic books and graphic novels in stock for your reading pleasure.
National Comic Book day is also a good precursor for the famous New York Comic Con. This year, it will be held during Oct. 11-14 at the Jacob Javits Center, where heroes and villains will walk the streets of Gotham.
From Batman to Archie and the gang, be sure to celebrate everyone’s favorite comic characters.
TELL US: Who is your favorite comic book character? Also, upload photos of your personal comic book collection.
Michael Theis
1:16 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Back in the day, College Park had three comic book shops at least. In addition to Big Planet Comics, there was Closet of Comics at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and Greenbelt Road, and Pandora's Cube, which is now primarily an anime and video game store, used to have a nice selection of manga in their original location on Route 1 and Berwyn Road.
I wasted many-an-hour in all three stores as a child buying the Dark Horse Star Wars titles and Magic cards.