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The first book you'll be able to get on the first Saturday in May is FCBD 2016 Archie #1.   Mark Waid and Fiona Staples reimagine an icon in this special FCBD reprint of the best-selling first issue of Archie! Change has come to Riverdale in the can't-miss kick-off to Archie's new ongoing series! As the new school[...]

And choosing this comic, even with the movie, rather than the preview of the DC SuperHero Girls graphic novel, a Silver title, which participating stores are not required to order. DC also made Suicide Squad #1 their customisable comic, which stores can have their name and details physically attached to the comic for giveaway purposes outside the[...]

Also for free… BOB`S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION Z2 COMICS LAB FCBD 2016 EDITION THE TICK SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION FCBD 2016 VIZ PERFECT SQUARE POKEMON POCKET COMICS SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES FCBD 2016 EDITION CON MAN`S SPECTRUM FCBD 2016 EDITION SCIENCE COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION THE PHANTOM: 80TH ANNIVERARY SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION ROM #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION LOVE AND ROCKETS SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION[...]

As well as the fifty books for next year's Free Comic Book Day, Funko will be providing comic stores will special Free Comic Book Day figures from Funko's

Looks like a little outrage went a long way.  Add to that Attack On Titan, One Punch Man, Stan Lee's The Unknowns, We Can Never Go Home, Nobrow, Love And Rockets and plenty more… ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT AWAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION (W) Susan Beneville (A/CA) Brian Hess In this prequel to the ongoing series, Awake, Regn learns to[...]

The official Free Comic Book Day T-shirts for 2016 are from Art Baltazar and Francesco Francavilla. The first showing off Itty Bitty Hellboy and Aw Yeah

Rom the Space Knight was part of the Free Comic Book Day announcement earlier but now we have more details. What started out as an LED-driven action

We mentioned that Dynamite Entertainment had a Bob's Burgers book as a Gold Book title for Free Comic Book Day, the titles that all retailers have to

Here are all the Gold Sponsor titles for Free Comic Book Day 2016… the first look at the new Camp Midnight series from Image, the new ROM from IDW, the return of Firefly in Serentity for Dark Horse, kicking off 4001 for IDW, Four Doctors with Titan, new Lumberjanes from Boom and more… all free[...]

FCBD SPECIAL on Free Comic Book Day 2016, the forces of the future unite behind the fallen guardian of New Japan, Rai, in 4001 A.D #1 (of 4) – the FIRST ISSUE of an all-new, four-issue event series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (NINJAK, DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist Clayton Crain[...]

Those who guess incorrectly (or remain silent) must hang their head in shame. Ready…set….go! The response was swift. Tim Twelves"Hardcore" "Purists" "Bragging Rights"? WTF is this? The tiniest dick swinging contest? If you want to bring in new readers on FCBD, this is just about the sh-ttiest way of doing it[...]

Bleeding Cool has looked at publishers who feel they have been forced out of Free Comic Book Day by the falling maximum price allowed to charge retailers of 20 cents a comic (of which Diamond takes an estimated 5 cents). One Bleeding Cool reader, Brent Erwin who has been both a publisher and retailer during FCBD[...]

The story was soon confirmed. We then told you that ComixTribe felt they had to withdraw their original content title for FCBD as they weren't allowed to go over the 20 cent per copy maximum charge as they had in previous years. Since then another publisher has spoken out Peter Semeti of Alterna Comics has posted, Alterna Comics' 10 Year[...]

Earlier today we ran a story regarding the 2000AD Free Comic Book Day title for 2016 being refused distribution. The story was confirmed after publication

This year we were giving out 50 Avengers : Age of Ultron Movie Tickets to the first 50 in line, and $25 worth of Merchandise including Graphic Novels, Comics and Collectibles to the first 50 in line as well as $20 in Merchandise to the next 50 in line. In addition to the 5 FREE Comics everyone[...]

$4 million in free publicity (up 35%), 1.4 million in attendance, 5.6 million comics given away (up 20%) in 2,340 different locations during Free Comic Book Day. But what did the retailers think? According to surveys of participants, 76% of retailers rated their event as "Extremely Successful", 46%  had 500 customers or more, while 21% has a 1000 people visit. 67% said[...]

If you missed out Free Comic Book Day last year, know that there are still plenty of titles that can be ordered from Diamond Comic Distrubutors by your

Did anyone else get a bit of deja vu reading the All-New All-Different Avengers comic for Free Comic Book Day? Specifically the preview for Max Ride:

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool pointed out comics that were heating up on eBay, with some people paying up to $7 an issue for single copies. Well, it may be worth knowing that the following Free Comic Book Day titles are all still in stock at Diamond Comic Distributors… and available for the same price that retailers[...]

By Jemal Flores It was Free Comic Book Day this past Saturday May 2nd. at the Fourth World Comics and Toys store. Batman writers Scott Snyder, James

How many people would you be expecting to find hanging out outside a comic store at midnight in Arizona? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1BarzD1tA

If you can't get to a comic shop today, Top Cow has sent us a digital copy of their book Tales Of Honor: Bred To Kill #0. This is the second Tales Of

Let's leave the words to the experts.... See the rest of our Free Comic Book Day 2015 coverage right here.

The first place you'll be able to get anything related to Strange Fruit, the Mark Waid and JG Jones project out in July from Boom, will be an exclusive,

Free Comic Book Day Comics N Vegetables, in Tel Aviv, with 400 people in line... And from Johannesburg... People have been queuing at Cosmic Comics from

Send in whatever you get up to on Free Comic Book Day to richjohnston@gmail.com and we'll run it in a big postmatch piece on Bleeding Cool tomorrow

The Phantom, Hermes Press Hermes Press brings to print classic collections, and this FCBD offering focuses on the Phantom, who I have only a passing knowledge of previously But looking through this republished 1960's origin story for the Phantom, he of purple body suit and stripey underoos, and two stories, one from the Gold Key and[...]

This is a preview for next week's Inhuman Special, continuing the Inhuman storyline from the regular series. Well, one prominent Inhuman character has

It's not just Free Comic Book Day that is giving away comics this week. Because Britain has an election this coming Thursday. The General Election. I'll

From Fox, free Gotham bags for Free Comic Book Day... Jesse James' Comics in Phoenix is one chosen store. Is yours? See the rest of our Free Comic Book