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Katana may not be in the Suicide Squad FCBD comic, but she is in the DC SuperHero Girls FCBD comic, the first chapter of the upcoming graphic novel by Shea Fontana and Yancy Labat. And. actually, yes, it is a bit odd that Katana is walking through the school corridor with swords in her hand[...]

    The Marvel Civil War II FCBD title contains two very different stories One, a prelude into the big Marvel summer event movie tie-in series written by Brian Bendis, Civil War II The other introduces the new Wasp And they are decades apart. The first is a Bendis book If you like Bendis books, you will like[...]

15 pages of ads, mostly in-house… this is a Suicide Squad movie marketing machine. But hey, it's free. Suicide Squad #1 FCBD from DC Comics is published on Free Comic Book Day,Saturday, May 7th. On Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 7th, one of the two comics DC Comics are offering that day is Suicide Squad #1[...]

It is over the top ridiculousness and reminds me very much of Ace Rimmer, the idealised version of the snivelling Arnold Rimmer and indeed passes the mantle over in a very similar way. And yes, a reference to Action Man's eagle eyes there… Remember that line from On Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby as Bond?[...]

Do you remember when Corey Feldman worked in a comic book store? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I1zVlt1Vtg The actor is currently trying to raise

Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the Brits would be getting the standard magazine size 2000AD Free Comic Book Day version while the Americans would get

We're nary a month away from Free Comic Book Day, May 7th 2016. Stores are gearing up a day of free comics, sales, signings and other events. Bleeding

Including the comic being shrunk down to traditional US size. But only in the US. Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD tell me "We're excited to once again be a part of this global event that means so much to retailers, publishers, and readers." "With this year's change in the rule, all FCBD comics must be in US-size format[...]

Shown off at the Diamond Retailer Breakfast ahead of C2E2 this morning, was cover art for the Dead No More storyline for The Amazing Spider-Man debuting

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