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It is always a pleasure to revisit great titles of the past and the recent, impressive ultimate edition of “Wolf’s Rain” by Anime Limited proved a great opportunity to do so for a title that seems to have been almost completely forgotten.

According to an old legend, when the end of the world comes, a place known as Paradise will appear. However, only wolves will know how to find it. Although wolves are believed to have been hunted to extinction nearly two hundred years ago, they still exist, surviving by casting illusions over themselves to appear human. Freeze City is a northern city in a world where the majority of people live in poverty and hardship. Kiba, a lone wolf in search of the Lunar Flower, which is the key to open Paradise, arrives in the city, and after many trials and tribulations, ends up with three other wolf-humans,...

You’ve doubtlessly heard of Dante’s Inferno and his seven circles of hell. But did you know he had a couple of sequels, including Paradiso (i.e., Paradise)? I touch upon this I think that for so many geeks across the world, Free Comic Book Day is a uniquely shared day of celebration. This year, for this mini-paradise, I embarked on what was a sort of Circle of Free Comic Book Day: a seven store marathon Fcbd pilgrimage to learn how it’s changed and why it’s a bigger deal each and every year.

I live just outside of New York City in New Jersey, so I mapped out a plan of action to visit several stores for the 14th Annual Free Comic Book Day. Created by entrepreneur, retailer, visionary and all-around-great-guy, Joe Fields, this holiday has now grown to a worldwide event, distributing an estimated 5.3 million comics,...