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As Bleeding Cool mentioned, Dungeon Crawler Carl won Free Comic Book Day hands down this year, and has topped the Top Ten Hottest Comics Of The Week chart as a result, with an Absolute Batman variant joining in The new Daredevil TV series has pushed a Punisher variant in the week of the death of[...]

As seen in this weekend's Jem And The Holograms/My Little Pony Free Comic Book Day… sorry, I mean Comics Giveaway Day, both Jem And The Holograms and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will be getting new Compact Comics editions from new publisher Boom Studios, reprinting the early IDW editions from 2015 and 2012 respectively,[...]

It was the big hit of Free Comic Book Day, uncontested As Reddit poster xTheLibrarianX put it, "Tell me why people were camping outside the comic shop at 8am and the first 5 people in line basically wiped out the entire stock of DCC #0 Now I'm already seeing them listed online for sale… 3-packs,[...]

Yesterday I took a wander around Central London for Free Comic Book Day, mainly between Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet, with signings from Kieron Gillen, Ram V, Garth Ennis, Ben Wheatley, John Higgins, Steve White, Steve McManus, and more And also picked up a lot of Free Comic Book Day comics along the way Reports[...]

Yesterday, between trips to the comic book stores of Free Comic Book Day in Central London, I went to see the new Banksy statue at Waterloo Place – not near Waterloo station, folks, but just akin to Trafalgar Square and up the steps from the Royal Mall It has been placed there, overnight, a central[...]

But today it's all about Free Comic Book Day, or Comic Giveaway Day if you insist You can read up on the 48 titles being offered today, check out 73 comic book stores doing something special for the day, as well as catch up on all the coverage… and spoilers.. Lying In The Gutters is[...]

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Magefall by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Alessandro Miracolo is the lead Dungeons & Dragons story in tomorrow's He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe/Dungeons & Dragons Free Comic Book Day Comics Giveaway Day title, free in all comic book stores tomorrow, along with forty-eight free titles across the comic book industry, with[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day There will be forty-eight free comic books to choose from at your local comic book store And one of them will be the flipbook for Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt and Fort Psycho by Kindt and Brian Hurtt from Oni Press Coming to form the portmanteau that is Matt[...]

A new list for the comic book stores around the world that are doing something extra special for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday Or Comics Giveaway Day Is there one near you? I'll do one final listing on Bleeding Cool tomorrow morning If your store wants in and has something to shout about, contact[...]

But with the established hierarchy threatened, the powers-that-be decide that these newly-made gods must be found—and killed… 5/2/2026 Forbidden Planet flyer Because it's Free Comic Book Day tomorrow, where he will be signing at Forbidden Planet London, with the Image Comics preview of his new graphic novel Deicidum And he is already showing this off, saying "Seriously,[...]

If you are tired of comics in London, you are tired of life! And this month begins with Free Comic Book Day, runs through with the Waterstones Comic Shop Pop Up at Picadilly, with more classes at the London Cartoon Museum, signings at Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet, and MCM London Comic Con at the[...]

Whether it's a Dinner with Roy Thomas or free signings with Scott Snyder, Ram V, Garth Ennis, Billy Tucci, and many more, here are 46 comic book stores around the world doing something extra special for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday Or Comics Giveaway Day if you prefer I'll do another listing on Bleeding[...]

Free Comic Book Day features a preview of the upcoming Doomquest series from One World Under Doom writer Ryan North, a ten-issue Doctor Doom series launching in May 2026, drawn by Francesco Mobili. And will nicely lead up to Avengers: Doomquest in December It's also getting a Free Comic Book Day Comics Giveaway Day 2026 preview this weekend[...]

Hela, as the Queen In Black, is here on her throne, with her Norse brother Tyr alongside her, about to launch an all-out alien invasion and assault on Midgard… with all her lovely symbiotes. Free Comic Book Day: The Queen In Black Al Ewing says "Thor is dead and Midgard has forgotten that the Norse Gods ever[...]

The Armageddon event launches this summer from Chip Zdarsky. And a lot of preview pages to Frankenstein together from the upcoming Free Comic Book Day Comics Giveaway Day Special and Avengers: Armageddon #1 But maybe, just maybe, Bleeding Cool now has a better idea of what is going on in them Spoilers, of course[...]

DNX is the new X-Men/Fantastic Four event of 2026 from Jed MacKay and Federico Vicentini getting teased on Free Comic Book Day, as it deals with the spread of the X-Virus Remember that from Age Of Revelation? X-Men: Age of Revelation #0 by Jed MacKay and Humberto Ramos The original X-Virus, when released in the Age of Revelation, killed most[...]

But before that we have the bridge between Infernal Hulk and Hulk War, namely Hulk: Infernal Rage, being teased in last week's Infernal Hulk #6 and this weekend's Free Comic Book Day Comics Giveaway Day. Infernal Hulk #6 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Adam Gorham We noted tomorrow's Infernal Hulk #6 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Adam Gorham,[...]

Cousin time! Free Comic Book Day – I'm sorry, Comics Giveaway Day – no, screw it, I'm still calling it Free Comic Book Day, see's Spider-Man looking for The Answer. No, not that Answer, but the one regarding the man who Torment stated was Peter Parker's first cousin as part of Torment's genetic family serial killing[...]

And Tarantula is not only returning this summer in the Marvel Comics books, but with so many threats to the world right now, whether Hulk War, Armageddon, Queen In Black or more, he'll be joining in with the other Spider-characters… might we have a redemptive arc in the comics as well as in the film?[...]

Next Saturday is Free Comic Book Day And Comics Giveaway Day More on that split later But for now, here are those most-anticipated by the subscribers of League Of Comic Geeks… all 48 in order, as well as a listing for each below… and if your comic book store is doing anything special for Saturday,[...]

Spider-Man has a Crane for a cousin? Did the Stork bring him? Will someone have to explain the birds and the spiders?

Portsmouth Comic Con is back – in just under two weeks' time – returning to Portsmouth Guildhall for Free Comic Book Day weekend, the 2nd and 3rd of May, with what might be its most carefully curated guest list yet As previously reported on Bleeding Cool, the South Coast show has been steadily building a[...]

And on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday the 2nd of May as well Promising free goodie bags for the first hundred customers, and prizes for the best cosplay Forbidden Planet Norwich will open on 59-61 St Stephen's Street, Norwich NR1 3QR, taking over the former Bright House premises, which have been empty for a number[...]

How the mutant terrorist group 3K, led by The Krakoan Beast, is beating the X-Men to punch, ahead of the DNX event

We look at how and where Hela invades the Earth in The Queen In Black... and who gets which country (Spoilers)

And a lot of preview pages to Frankenstein together from the upcoming Free Comic Book Day Comics Giveaway Day Special and Avengers: Armageddon #1 But maybe, just maybe, Bleeding Cool now has a better idea of what is going on in them Spoilers, of course Following on from One World Under Doom, and the death[...]

Every year, comic book stores and publishers run Free Comic Book Day, traditionally on the first Saturday in May, in which they give away specially selected free comic books, printed by publishers especially for that day, and sold to comic book stores for around 25 cents each, who then give them away Many stores run[...]

And there are spots at Universal USA for Ablaze, AMP, Archie, Keenspot, Oni Press, and Udon, though only for Free Comic Book Day 2026 so far I am also hearing murmurings that Antarctic Press, distributed by Lunar/Massive Indies, may be on the way to Universal as well.  But what of Image Comics? They are still[...]

Oh yeah, and you're getting it (if you want) in the first Energon Universe blind bag programme… out on Wednesday, the 10th of June, with a preview on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday the 2nd of May. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

Previously, Bleeding Cool had noted an absence oif Batman from DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day offerings for 2026… and now we know why Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, the 2nd of May 2026 As is Comics Giveaway Day I know, I know We thought we knew all the free comic books that[...]