RUN!

“Hurry up, Charlie!” Eugene McGillicudy urged his best friend. Charlie Thomas Jones rushed to keep up, but Eugene was moving superfast.

It was a big day! Eugene ran through the Sunnyview Mall. His feet thudded against the marble floor. His heart raced. He could smell the new comic books like a dog smells bacon.

YUM!

This was all because today was New Comic Book Day!

I love the sound of that, Eugene thought. Then he thought it again.

New Comic Book Day!

It was the greatest day ever for Eugene, Charlie, and all comic book fans—the day when all the new comic books for the week came out. It was like Christmas, wrapped up in a birthday, in a bucket of Halloween candy.