Between The Avengers opening and the new trailers for the upcoming Batman and Spider-Man summer flicks, this has shaped up to be a big week for comic book fans. Something that surely has pleased the organizers of the annual Free Comic Book Day, which has been running on the first Saturday in May since 2002. more ›

The novel may be going the way of the Nook and the iPad, but there's still one form of larger-than-life storytelling which truly benefits from its physical incarnation: comic books! And today really is the greatest day to be a fan, or to dip your toes in the water of spandex-clad superheroes: it's the tenth annual Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). Check out the introductory video below. more ›

Spider-Man Week is coming to an end. What happened out there while we weren't looking? In one of the more interesting spider events this week, Tobey Maguire got a big creature placed on his arm at AMNH by entymologist and curator Norm Platnick: more ›