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Comic book publisher TokyoPop has cancelled their Free Comic Book Day offering for 2025, Disney's Stitch: Best Food Forever by Tom Mason and Nao Kodaka This follows Fantagraphics cancelling Lost Marvels, and Mad Cave cancelling Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur Crossover #1, Phineas And Ferb #1, Flash Gordon Adventures #1 and Herobear And The Kid[...]
Mad Cave Studios Cancels Four Free Comic Book Day Titles
Bleeding Cool got the word that the following four titles from Mad Cave Studios and its two imprints, Maverick and Papercutz, have been cancelled from Free Comic Book Day, out of the six comic books it was offering. This comes after Fantagraphics also pulled its Lost Marvels Free Comic Book Day title in the wake of Free[...]
Cover & Characters For Black Mirror: San Junipero, The Offical Comic
British comic book publisher Neil Gibson's Twisted Comics has the comic book license to the Netflix television show Black Mirror created by Charlie Brooker, and will be launching on Free Comic Book Day with a preview of their adaptation of the award-winning episode San Junipero And now we have the cover to the comic book[...]
Free Comic Book Day Merch
Free Comic Book Day is still happening on the 3rd of May this year, apparently, even in the wake of Free Comic Book Day owner Diamond Comic Distributors' declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year You can follow Bleeding Cool's in-depth coverage of the story here As well as the free[...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
For Free Comic Book Day 2025, Fantagraphics stated that they would be publishing a licensed title from Marvel Comics, Lost Marvels, previewing their new line of comics with content that Marvel might not be as interested in reprinting but Fantagraphics really are With Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams and Barry Windsor Smith in their first two[...]
Gargoyles Demona
Spinning out of their Free Comic Book Day Gargoyles: Demona title, Dynamite will be launching a new Demona series in May, written by Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman and drawn by his co-showrunner Frank Paur The book runs from the year 998 to 1998, with Demona's quest for vengeance against Canmore across the millenia And it will[...]
Marvel Launches Giant-Size X-Men In May
For Free Comic Book Day, on Saturday the 3rd of May, we will be getting a Fantastic Four/X-Men title from Marvel Comics With a "Giant-Size X-Men" story by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Iban Coello. I can now confirm that we will be getting a Giant-Size X-Men series launching from Marvel four weeks later with Giant-Size X-Men #1[...]
Mark Spears Introducing New Character for Free comic Book Day
Mark Spears has been talking about the challenges for the Free Comic Book Day edition of Monsters from his publishers at Keenspot He tells the post-Megacon Industry Of Comics video podcast. "I just heard yesterday that because they're printed through a different printer, something happened…  they guaranteed so many pages… they came back to Keenspot, they[...]
Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shop Debt?
Including the rights to the established Free Comic Book Day… Diamond logo Diamond Comic Distributors- Division of Debtor Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., that distributes comic books, graphic novels, toys, games, and other pop culture-related merchandise. Diamond Book Distributors – Division of Debtor Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., that distributes English-language graphic novels, manga, games, and merchandise. Alliance Game Distributors –[...]
Udon Pulls Free Comic Book Day From Diamond, Switches To Lunar
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Udon Studios was having its Free Comic Book Day titles handled by Lunar Distribution in bundles, but also individually as single issues by Diamond Comic Distributors That has now changed Udon Entertainment confirms that unlike some publishers, they have had a call back from Lunar, and have[...]
Updated Covers For Free Comic Book Day 2025 Titles
When the Free Comic Book Day titles for 2025 were first reported, some of the books had "placement" covers while they worked out exactly what they were going to be And then Vault Comics also added Post Malone's Big Rig But here are the titles that now have updated covers… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]
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Vault Comics has added a new Free Comic Book Day title to the line-up this year A preview of a graphic novel Big Rig by Post Malone, Adrian Wassel and Nathan Gooden for Free Comic Book Day 2025.  "Evil Dead meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this story set in medieval Europe, where the only thing[...]
Full Free Comic Book Day Details
Free Comic Book Day Under Diamond was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool again yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further[...]
What Is Happening To Free Comic Book Day Under Diamond Bankruptcy?
Free Comic Book Day is owned and run by Diamond Comic Distributors The company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has seen a number of publishers pull out of Diamond completely as a result With tariffs threatened on comics published in Canada – which is most of the Free Comic Book Day titles[...]
Full Free omic Book Day Details
We got a look at DC Comics' plans for Free Comic Book Day 2025 earlier, now DC Comics have revealed the rest, both in print and for digital And also what Jeff Lemire was hinting at last week… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]
Marvel Comics Avengers X-Men
But look for a key appearance from Paul on Free Comic Book Day—may it be all that you dreamed." FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/ULTIMATE UNIVERSE #1 Written by Joe Kelly, Deniz Camp & Cody Ziglar Art by John Romita Jr & Jonas Scharf Joe Kelly and John Romita Jr remind us who Peter Parker and SPIDER-MAN are![...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
Today is the last day comic book retailers can order the Free Comic Book Day titles distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, for all participating comic book publishers apart from DC Comics who have yet to show their hand Free Comic Book Day 2025 will be held on the 3rd of May Those who wish to[...]
Marvel Comics Christmas Day
For Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Comics is publishing a Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men #1, describing it thus; "on the eve of the birth of the All-New, All-Different X-Men, there is one extra mutant in attendance WHO is it? Only Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing can tell you!" Timeslide #1 by Steve Foxe and Ivan Fiorelli The recent[...]
Black Mirror & EC Comics Change Their Ratings For Free Comic Book Day
Age ratings can be very important for comic book retailers on Free Comic Book Day Originally, back in the day, all Free Comic Book Day titles had to be suitable for all ages, given how many kids would storm into stores for their free comic books, grabbing fistfuls of whatever they could These days, the[...]
Speculator Watch: Oni's Blood Type & EC's Epitaphs from the Abyss #3
After debuting with 65,000 copies sold of their first entry in Epitaphs from the Abyss #1  not to mention a raft of imitators from Marvel and Boom), it's no surprise that Oni would be building an even bigger, more horrifying second act for EC's resurrection in 2025. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
It's my fifty-second birthday today, And as a special present, Bleeding Cool has been able to secure the full list of Free Comic Book Day titles being given away for the 3rd of May, 2025, through Diamond Comic Distributors There will also be a handful of other FCBD titles added later, including those from DC[...]
Cover image for FCBD 2025 DEF LEPPARDS HYSTERIA FCBD SPECIAL
And in May, they will be showing a preview of the comic book for Free Comic Book Day Hysteria is the fourth album by Def Leppard, released in 1987 and took three years to record, including the aftermath of drummer Rick Allen's accident that cost him his left arm It is Def Leppard's best-selling album[...]
Cover image for FCBD 2025 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (MR)
The new Conan event, Scourge Of The Serpent, kicks off on Free Comic Book Day, and Titan finally publishes Diablo comic books But that's in May, and for the rest of Titan Comics' February 2025 solicits and solicitations, we have Dave Dwonch and Travis Hymel's Loose End launching, #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]
Gargoyles Demona FCBD
Dynamite is giving the Gargoyles character Demona her own comic book and kicking it off in May with Free Comic Book Day, with Gargoyles: Demona #0 from Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman and artist Frank Paur Demona is an immortal gargoyle who was once a member of the Wyvern Clan, and one of the co-conspirators in[...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
But before that, you will get a taster on what is coming on the 3rd of May for Free Comic Book Day, the full listings of which Bleeding Cool also scooped earlier today. The notification page for the new series has also gone live at blackmirrorcomics.com Including the chance to be drawn into Black Mirror, the comic…   Twisted[...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
And being given away free on Free Comic Book Day, the 3rd of May, 2025. Diablo: Dawn Of Hatred by Cullen Bunn and Daniele Sera for Free Comic Book Day, the 3rd of May, 2025 Cover to be revealed.   Diablo is an action role-playing video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1997,[...]
Thundercats Vs Powerpuff Girls in Free Comic Book Day 2025 Gold Titles
The thirteen Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles have been announced, all the titles that comic book stores must order a minimum amount of to be officially Free Comic Book Day accredited stores With titles Archie Comics, Boom Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Image Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Marvel, Papercutz, Random House Children's Books,[...]
IDW Dark For Free Comic Book Day
Bleeding Cool scooped the news back in September that IDW was pivoting to a new horror focus, and at New York Comic Con, they announced IDW Dark as an imprint for licenses for Smile, Event Horizon, Twilight Zone, 30 Days Of Night, Beneath The Trees, A Quiet Place and more. Now, they have announced a new[...]
Fantastic Four, X-Men & Ironheart Get Free Comic Book Day From Marvel
Bleeding Cool ran the IDW Absolute Godzilla news this morning, and now we have Marvel's own Free Comic Book Day titles for Saturday, the 3rd of May, with Fantastic Four, X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Universe, Ironheart, Marvel's Voices, Star Wars, Iron Man And His Awesome Friends, Spidey And His Amazing Friends This is a prelude to[...]
Godzilla: The New Heroes FCBD 2025
But starting on the 3rd of May for Free Comic Book Day, with a Godzilla reboot comic book, Godzilla: The New Heroes by Tim Seeley, Nikola Čižmešija, Ethan S Parker & Griffin Sheridan, Pablo Tunica, Chris Gooch, and Oliver Ono A series of interlinked, shared universe, comic books in a similar fashion that Image and[...]