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DC Super Hero Girls For Free Comic Book Day Listed as Teen-Suitable Title.

The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day. With fifty different comic books being given away by retailers, a variety of original material, previews and reprints to encourage people to get into comics – and for comic fans to jump onto ongoing storylines.

The comics are for different age ranges though, some all-ages, some suitable for teenagers and a select few are adults only, reflecting the range of audience at these events. And Free Comic Book Day has issued a list of which is which. Bold for the Gold titles, available at every participating store.

All Ages

Title Publisher Item Code
2000 AD Regened Rebellion JAN180039
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Special BOOM! Studios JAN180020
Berlin #1 Drawn & Quarterly JAN180027
Bob's Burgers #1 Dynamite Entertainment JAN180025
Bongo Comics Free-For-All Bongo Comics JAN180019
Comic Friends Forever :01 First Second Books JAN180005
Crush Yen Press JAN180049
Defend Comics Comic Book Legal Defense Fund JAN180051
Disney Princess: Ariel Spotlight  Joe Books JAN180008
Doctor Who #0 Titan Comics JAN180011
FCBD 2018 Star Wars Adventures IDW Publishing JAN180031
Graphix Spotlight: Sparks Graphix JAN180029
Howard Lovecraft's Big Book of Summer Fun! Arcana Studio JAN180016
Invader Zim: Floopsy Bloops Shmoopsy Oni Press JAN180010
Invasion Prologue Chapterhouse Publishing JAN180022
Legend of Korra / Nintendo's Arms Dark Horse Comics JAN180023
Maxwell's Demons #1 Vault Comics JAN180047
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Special BOOM! Studios JAN180002
Miraculous Adventures of Ladybug and Cat Noir Action Lab Entertainment JAN180014
Overstreet Guide to Collecting Gemstone Publishing JAN180052
Pokemon: Sun and Moon / Pokemon Horizon: Sun and Moon VIZ Media JAN180012
Spongebob Freestyle Funnies 2018 United Plankton Pictures JAN180045
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey – Chapter 0 TokyoPop JAN180043
The Only Living Boy PaperCutz JAN180038
The Tick New England Comics JAN180036
The WormWorld Saga: The Journey Begins Lion Forge JAN180034

 

Teen

Title Publisher Item Code
A Brief History of Tank Girl Titan Comics JAN180042
Avengers & Captain America Marvel Comics JAN180009
DC Super Hero Girls FCBD 2018 #1 DC Entertainment JAN180004
Die Kitty Die: I Love You to Death Chapterhouse Publishing JAN180021
Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Preview Kodansha Comics JAN180033
Infinity Watch / Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Comics JAN180035
James Bond: Vargr #1 Dynamite Entertainment JAN180026
Lady Mechanika Benitez Productions JAN180018
Malika: Creed & Fury YouNeek Studios JAN180050
My Hero Academia / RWBY VIZ Media JAN180048
Overwatch & Black Hammer Dark Horse Comics JAN180003
Relay #0 AfterShock Comics JAN180015
Riverdale Archie Comic Publications, Inc. JAN180001
Scout Comics Presents: The Mall Scout Comics JAN180040
SHADOWMAN Special Valiant Entertainment JAN180046
Shadow Roads #1 Oni Press JAN180037
Silver #1 Dark Planet JAN180024
StarBurns Presents #1 StarBurns Industries Press JAN180041
Street Angel's Dog One-Shot Image Comics JAN180032
Transformers: Unicron: The Darkest Hour #0 IDW Publishing JAN180006
Ultra Street Fighter II #1 Udon Entertainment Inc. JAN180044
Worlds of Aspen Anniversary Edition Aspen MLT Inc. JAN180017

Mature

Title Publisher Item Code
Barrier #1 Image Comics JAN180007
Strangers in Paradise XXV #1 Abstract Studios JAN180013
The Metabaron Book 3: The Meta-Guardianess and the Techno-Baron Humanoids JAN180030
World's Greatest Cartoonists Fantagraphics Books JAN180028

Which all makes sense except for the DC Super Hero Girl title from DC Comics. That is a preview of the February graphic novel A Date With Disaster, listed thus:

From the highly successful multimedia pop culture property comes DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: DATE WITH DISASTER!, starring one of its most popular characters, Batgirl.

Catwoman is out alone on the prowl one night when KABOOM–an explosion at S.T.A.R. Labs rouses the other girls from their slumber. Star students Batgirl and Lois Lane both know the lab incident is fishy, and they meet later to share clues. But nothing could've prepared Batgirl for what they see next–Batgirl's dad on a date!

Batgirl is grossed out until her friends convince her Dads get lonely, too. And with the school dance coming up and everyone pairing off–heck, even Principal Waller has a date with a guy named Deadshot–maybe it'll be okay just this once. The girls place a personal ad for Commissioner Gordon while they delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the explosion, but they're about to discover more than who is behind the attack on S.T.A.R. Labs. Could it be that posting an ad looking for dates for the commissioner is like advertising catnip for criminals?

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: DATE WITH DISASTER! continues to develop the relationships forged in DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: FINALS CRISIS, HITS AND MYTHS, SUMMER OLYMPUS, PAST TIMES AT SUPER HERO HIGH and OUT OF THE BOTTLE. Written by Shea Fontana, this Batgirl-centric story is perfect for girls ages 6-12.

Aged 6-12! Not Teen at all!

It is possible that this listing is based on a previously-planned Free Comic Book Day title that had to be withdrawn for scheduling reasons that would have been Teen-suitable. But DC Super Hero Girls? Get it back in the All-Ages section for Free Comic Book Day where it belongs!

DC Super Hero Girls For Free Comic Book Day Listed as Teen-Suitable Title.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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