Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday of May, is the comics publishing industry's day to promote independent comic book stores. The publishers designate certain issues of their comic books as Free Comic Book Day issues, and the comic book stores give away millions of copies for free.
2023 is the 85th
anniversary of Superman, so the cachet has a Superman-related theme. It depicts
the cover of Supergirl #13 (1983).
Superman was the last survivor of Krypton until his cousin Kara, a.k.a.
Supergirl, arrived on Earth in Action
Comics #252 (May 1959). Since then, she has had comic books of her own.
Toronto is the birthplace and childhood home of Joe Shuster, artist and co-creator of Superman.