Free comics and freaky musicals

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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund‘s Jeff Trexler caught sight of this headline appearing to announce a very unlikely musical.

And since I’m sending something out, let me note that Free Comic Book Day is coming up this Saturday. (Also, so is Comic Giveaway Day. This is the result of one comic book distributor having bought exclusive rights to the original name. No one is calling it that, though.) Most local comic shops in the US and beyond will let you wander in and walk out with at least one, in some place several, of special edition comics. Go, do! (And while you’re there, check out their not-free inventory.)

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