We’ve got our first look at the titles available for the grabbing on Free Comic Book Day, set as always for the first Saturday in May (in this case, May 5, 2018).
“It’s a great time to be a comics fan, and an even greater time to experience the medium of comic books for the first time during our 17th annual Free Comic Book Day,” said Joe Field, originator of the industry-boosting event and owner of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, Calif., in a press release. “The amazing line-up of titles, the great events staged by thousands of independent comic book retailers, and the enthusiasm of comic shop fans all over the world will make May 5, 2018, a great day to celebrate comic books!”
Explore the Gold and Silver sponsors’ offerings below. There are 12 Gold titles: Archie Comics’ Riverdale, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Special from BOOM! Studios, Overwatch/Black Hammer from Dark Horse, a top secret title from DC, :01 First Second’s Comics Friends Forever, IDW’s Transformers: Unicron: The Darkest Hour #0, Image Comics’ Barrier #1, Joe Books’ Disney Princess: Ariel Spotlight, Marvel Comics’ Avengers/Captain America, Oni Press’ Invader Zim: Flopsy Bloops Shmoopsy, Titan Comics’ Doctor Who #0, and Viz Media’s Pokemon: Sun and Moon/Pokemon: Horizon. Silver comics includes such titles as Adventure Time, Berlin, Infinity Watch/Spider-Man, Nintendo’s Arms, Star Wars Adventures and more.
RIVERDALE Archie Comics
LADY MECHANIKA Benitez Productions
2000 AD REGENED Rebellion
THE METABARON BOOK 3: THE META-GUARDIANESS AND THE TECHNO-BARON PREVIEW Humanoids
JAMES BOND: VARGR #1 D.E./Dynamite Entertainment
OVERWATCH/BLACK HAMMER Dark Horse Comics
BERLIN #1 Drawn & Quarterly
MY HERO ACADEMIA/RWBY Viz Media
SHADOW ROADS #1 Oni Press
DOCTOR WHO #0 Titan Comics
GHOST IN THE SHELL: GLOBAL NEURAL NETWORK PREVIEW Kodansha Comics
SILVER #1 Dark Planet Comics
DIE KITTY DIE: I LOVE YOU TO DEATH Chapterhouse Publishing
WORLDS OF ASPEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION Aspen Comics
STARBURNS PRESENTS #1 Starburns Industries Press
RELAY #0 AfterShock Comics
HOWARD LOVECRAFT’S BIG BOOK OF SUMMER FUN! Arcana Studios
OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING Gemstone Publishing
ULTRA STREET FIGHTER II #1 Udon Entertainment
MALIKA: CREED & FURY YouNeek Studios
THE WORMWORLD SAGA: THE JOURNEY BEGINS Lion Forge
MAXWELL’S DEMONS #1 Vault Comics
THE ONLY LIVING BOY Papercutz
CRUSH Yen Press
STRANGERS IN PARADISE XXV #1 Abstract Studios
STAR WARS ADVENTURES IDW Publishing
SCOUT COMICS PRESENTS: THE MALL Scout Comics
BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL Bongo Comics
THE TICK New England Comics
SHADOWMAN SPECIAL Valiant Entertainment
ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA AND CAKE SPECIAL BOOM! Studios
INFINITY WATCH/AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Marvel Comics
THE LEGEND OF KORRA/NINTENDO’S ARMS Dark Horse Comics
INVADER ZIM: FLOOPSY BLOOPS SHMOOPSY Oni Press
DISNEY PRINCESS: ARIEL SPOTLIGHT Joe Books
SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES United Plankton Pictures
BARRIER #1 Image Comics
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: ZERO’S JOURNEY CHAPTER 0 Tokyopop
STREET ANGEL’S DOG ONE-SHOT Image Comics
WORLD’S GREATEST CARTOONISTS Fantagraphics
TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON: THE DARKEST HOUR #0 IDW Publishing
POKÉMON: SUN AND MOON / POKÉMON: HORIZON Viz Media
INVASION PROLOGUE Chapterhouse Publishing
BOB’S BURGERS #1 D.E./Dynamite Entertainment
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS SPECIAL BOOM! Studios
MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR Action Lab Entertainment
DEFEND COMICS Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
COMICS FRIENDS FOREVER :01 First Second
GRAPHIX SPOTLIGHT: SPARKS Graphix
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TANK GIRL Titan Comics
TOP SECRET GOLD BOOK DC Entertainment
MARVEL AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA Marvel Comics
