The featured comics for Free Comic Book Day.

Whether you’ve never read comic books or it has just been a while, May’s annual Free Comic Book Day is the perfect jumping-on point.

Free Comic Book Day is held the first Saturday of every May.

Local comic store Kool Comics has been open for 12 years, and store owner Andre Oliver has been participating in Free Comic Book Day for the majority of those years.

“It benefits several folk,” said Oliver. “It serves as a reintroduction, or in some ways as an excuse … to come in and check a few things out.”

Every year, comic companies produce special issues for Free Comic Book Day, with some comics serving as introductions to classic characters and others as starting points for new series, with comics ranging from kid-friendly fare to grittier titles

A local Boy Scout troop attends every year, and this year a Girl Scout troop has expressed interest.

“It’s great for the younger readers. Kids still have a relatively strong interest in comics, but they have to be exposed to them to facilitate that interest and for it to grow and evolve into more, such as writing skills and being more creative.”

Along with Free Comic Book Day titles, Oliver puts his extensive comic back stock on a 50 percent off sale, with certain comics going for $1.

Free Comic Book Day lasts from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Here are the Free Comic Book Day issues Kool Comics will have on hand:

Archie: While Archie Comics have proven surprisingly willing to explore Riverdale, Archie and his extended group of friends in new ways, the Archie Digest for Free Comic Book Day reprints a selection of class Archie tales.

Sonic the Hedgehog/Megaman X: Video game fans can follow Megaman X and Sonic in their comic adventures, each assisted by a team of supporters, as they develop and continue the world established by their games.

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #0: If you watched the recent G.I. Joe movie and wondered why there weren’t any Transformers, then I’ve got the comic for you! Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #0 serves as a prologue to the upcoming series from IDW, featuring an ’80s-influenced art style from Tom Scioli.

Rocket Raccoon: With Marvel’s latest film, “Guardians of the Galaxy,” coming out in August, the company is working to get everyone up to speed on the five members of the Guardians. Created in the ’70s with a name taken from the Beatles song “Rocky Raccoon,” Rocket Raccoon is essentially Han Solo, if Han Solo were an angry, bipedal raccoon with a Cockney accent.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Serving as a brief intro to both the upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie and comic series, the five main members of the Guardians are introduced, along with a look at Thanos, who is shaping up to be the long-term villain of the Avengers movies.

Hello Kitty and Friends: Hello Kitty and friends get into adorable, mostly wordless adventures.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: This Dark Horse book continues the adventures of the characters introduced in the Nickelodeon television show. And let’s just pretend that “Last Airbender” movie never happened.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: For reasons I don’t quite understand, the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cast fights an ever-growing, possessed, maniacal Volkswagen Beetle. It’s like a Herbie movie, but with giant robot dinosaurs.

Teen Titans Go!: Geared towards younger comic fans, the Teen Titans work to solve the mystery of who stole Cyborg’s sandwich from the fridge.

Rise of the Magi #0: A preview for Top Cow’s upcoming steam punk, magic-fueled series Rise of the Magi.

Futures End #0: After resetting decades of complicated continuity with their New 52 launch a few years ago, DC Comics wasted little time in convoluting the time line, with the upcoming Futures End series finding a Batman from the future sent back to the present to stop a Terminator-esque robot takeover of Earth.

The Simpsons: Bongo Comics long-running Simpsons series has stayed true to the television series’ trademark sense of humor while adding a comic book flair.

Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: Fantagraphics Books offers a set of reprints from the last 20 years of Scrooge and Donald adventures.

Kaboom! Summer Blast!: One of the funniest offerings for Free Comic Book Day is a compilation of stories based off of Cartoon Network shows, including “Adventure Time” and “Regular Show,” along with classic Garfield and Peanuts stories.

Spongebob: Spongebob takes its fourth-wall-breaking humor from the screen to the comic page.

V Wars: Humanity finds itself knocked down to the number two spot on the food chain as vampire outbreaks occur across the globe. Fans of “The Walking Dead” should — pun intended — eat it up, but it’s definitely for mature readers.