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New Years Eve was not the same, nor was past New Years Day,\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

W<\/span>e all were weird, even air was feared, still life goes on they say.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some comic fans were left adrift, their clubhouse suddenly scary,<\/span><\/p>\n

Silence fell amongst the books, where once the feeling, merry.<\/span><\/p>\n

A straggling few just left in deep despair. The rest<\/span><\/p>\n

Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast:<\/span><\/p>\n

They thought that if only <\/span>DC and Marvel would realize that-<\/span><\/p>\n

No common plague can stop demand for <\/span>Spidey<\/span> <\/span>and<\/span> the<\/span> <\/span>B<\/span>at.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still<\/span> Image kept on pitching, as did the folks at Boom,<\/span><\/p>\n

Both were helpful to us all, when Marvel left the room.<\/span><\/p>\n

The year was tough but we’re still here, reported cases flat,<\/span><\/p>\n

Summer’s here, the coast more clear, <\/span> time for <\/span>Spidey<\/span> and the B<\/span>at.<\/span><\/p>\n

We want annuals with diagrams, pin-ups and blue prints,<\/span><\/p>\n

We want <\/span>Evolutionary War to rage<\/span> in ways we’ve not seen since<\/span>,\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

The Giant Size was the mighty king who killed King Size,<\/span><\/p>\n

Treasury Editions dwarfed the rack, reprints in large guise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now with the sun, comes more fun, it’s time to celebrate<\/span><\/p>\n

So wind <\/span>up big and throw some juice<\/span>, life doesn’t like to wait.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a brand new day for those still in the game, a chance for doing better,<\/span><\/p>\n

We’re at the plate, in present state, the spitballs getting wetter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paper drives, delinquent scares, the 90’s bust all tried,<\/span><\/p>\n

’til Robert Downey Jr. showed<\/span> up<\/span>, the jocks all thought we’d died.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once in a while, for everybody, the ball takes a bad hop, <\/span><\/p>\n

The score’s a ruse, the winners choose to never really stop<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here we are all waiting for the <\/span>Bigs<\/span> to pitch their tents,\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>May has always been the time for big events.<\/span><\/p>\n

But masks and shots, and homebound tots have fiddled with the plan,<\/span><\/p>\n

Free Comic Day, wh<\/span>ile<\/span> once was May, <\/span>will now happen once we’re tan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, sometime in this August when the sun is shining bright;<\/span><\/p>\n

The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,<\/span><\/p>\n

And somewhere someone’s drawing, and elsewhere writer’s shout:<\/span><\/p>\n

Our summer’s been pushed into Fall, after Free Comic Book Day books come out.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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