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A Few More Free Comic Book Day 2017's Gold Books – Zelda, X-O Manowar, Rick And Morty, Boom, Betty & Veronica
Free Comic Book Day is coming… May 6th 2017… and Bleeding Cool has the scoop on the twelve gold titles that all stores must offer to participate.
We ran a few of them earlier – here are the ones from Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, Titan and Dark Horse.
But here are the others…
FCBD 2017 Betty & Veronica #1
ARCHIE COMICS
(W) Adam Hughes (A) Adam Hughes, Jose Villarrubia, Jack Morelli (CA) Adam Hughes
IT'S BETTY VS. VERONICA! Betty and Veronica are America's sweethearts… until they turn on each other! "Pops' Chocklit Shoppe is being taken over by a huge coffee company. When Betty and Veronica go head-to-head over the issue, all bets are off! Friendships will shatter. Cities will burn. Nails will be broken. Betty and Veronica are back in this ALL-NEW #1 from comics legend Adam Hughes (Wonder Woman, Catwoman)!
32 pages, FC
2017 Free Comic Book Day Bongo Comics Free-For-All!
BONGO COMICS
(W/A/CA) Matt Groening
Get in line for the foremost Free Comic Book Day four-color giveaway of the year! When Bart injures his back and has to use a rolling backpack, he turns weakness into strength as the "Leader of the Backpack Pack." Then, Homer and Bart pull an all-nighter and put themselves on high alert to prevent a potential home invasion. Rod and Todd Flanders get separated from Ned Flanders in downtown Springfield and find themselves on an odyssey fraught with many mostly imagined dangers. All that and much, much more, and it's all free!
32pgs, FC
BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2017 EDITION
(W/A) David Peterson & Various (CA) Kyla Vanderklugt
BOOM! Studios Summer Blast is jam-packed with three stories of mice, monsters, and one supernatural punk band. In an original Archaia short story of David Petersen's Mouse Guard, a pair of youngfurs learn a lesson from a grizzled guardmouse on the value of looking out for one another. Next, get a sneak peek of the upcoming KaBOOM! series Brave Chef Brianna. To prove herself as a great chef, Brianna starts her own restaurant… but the only town she can afford to set up shop in is Monster City! Finally, the Lumberjanes introduce your new favorite BOOM! Box series Coady and the Creepies. Coady and her sisters are members of a band heading for the gig of their lives… so long as no one realizes that Coady is actually a ghost!
32pgs, FC
RICK & MORTY — FCBD 2017 EDITION
ONI PRESS
(W) Zac Gorman, Tini Howard (A) CJ Cannon & Various (CA) Maximus Pauson
Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's hilarious hit Adult Swim animated show Rick and Morty has its own critically-acclaimed comic book series from Oni Press! Join degenerate superscientist Rick Sanchez as he embarks on all-new insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty, his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry. Catch up on their escapades with this special Free Comic Book Day issue, which includes the story that started it all: Part One of "The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street." Plus, an exclusive first look at the upcoming miniseries Pocket Like You Stole It!
32pgs, FC
X-O MANOWAR SPECIAL — FCBD 2017 EDITION
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
(W) Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire (A) Tomas Giorello & Various (CA) Tomas Giorello
First: The biggest Valiant debut of all time begins with an all-new prelude to X-O Manowar from visionary storyteller Matt Kindt and blockbuster artists Tomas Giorello, Doug Braithwaite, Clayton Crain, Ryan Bodenheim, and Mico Suayan! Then, comics superstar Jeff Lemire begins the march toward Bloodshot Salvation with the first appearance of A Major New Character! Plus: Faith, Harbinger Renegade, Ninjak, Psi-Lords, Secret Weapons, Shadowman, and surprise revelations for Harbinger Wars 2!
32pgs, FC
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS/OCARINA OF TIME — FCBD 2017 EDITION
VIZ MEDIA
(W/A/CA) Akira Himekawa
Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards' power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light. This FCBD special features excerpts from the manga adaptations of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
32pgs, B&W