Holy Smokes, Batman—It's National Comic Book Day 2012!

To all of those who believe in Harvey Dent and Gotham City, rejoice.

Today is National Comic Book day. This is a day for people of all ages to enjoy, since the first-ever comic book superhero made his first appearance in 1938. While some characters have new looks, and some of their storylines have changed completely, comic enthusiasts can still share their love of their favorite characters, old and new.

This geeky holiday is a great time for comic fans to honor their superhero, heroine or villain’s best stories. 

Randy Fike is the owner of Douglasville's own 2,000-square foot comic palace Randyland, located at 3311 Highway 5. The store has thousands of comics and stocks new ones every week. He encourages everyone to come in and start collecting the new DC Universe comics today.

"About a year ago the whole DC Universe started over," he said. "All of those Superman and Batman comics from the 30s and 40s have totally ended and started over.

National Comic Book day is also a good precursor for the famous New York Comic Con. This year, it will be held during Oct. 11 through 14 at the Jacob Javits Center, where heroes and villains will walk the streets of Gotham.

From Batman to Archie and the gang, be sure to celebrate everyone’s favorite comic characters.

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