Der "Free Comic Book Day" ist ein seit 2002 jährlich am ersten Samstag im Mai stattfindendes Großereignis in den USA (und mittlerweile auch in anderen Ländern), an dem in teilnehmenden Comic- und Buchhandlungen diverse Comics von verschiedenen Verlagen gratis verteilt werden. Die Verlage bringen extra für diesen Tag spezielle Comichefte mit Vorab-Versionen oder exklusiven Geschichten auf den Markt.Most of the time, when I pick up an anthology-style Free Comic Book Day issue, I cringe before opening. Cracking open APE's issue was such a relief. Inside there were sex actual short stories. Not excerpts of stories - full stories with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It seems like comic creators have a hard enough time with 8 page stories - to see this many 5 pagers of such high quality was a real treat. My favorite line of all the FCBD issues I read this year appeared in this issue - "The Civil Boar tie-ins broke my fall. I knew they were good for something." If that doesn't about sum it up, I don't know what does. This was an outstanding effort for APE, and I hope they pick up a few new readers for their efforts.