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In order to qualify for Free Comic Book Day 2022 status, retailers have to order at least twenty copies of each of the following twelve Gold Free Comic Book Day titles for 24 to 32 cents each, and then give them away.  That means the minimum Free Comic Book Day investment from a store has to[...]

In order to qualify for Free Comic Book Day 2022 status, retailers have to order at least twenty copies of each of the following twelve Gold Free Comic Book Day titles for 24 to 32 cents each, and then give them away These are the new Silver titles to add to the Gold titles revealed[...]

Archie Comics is making a bold claim about its 2022 Free Comic Book Day offering According to a press release, the original Archie story by Fred Van Lente and Tim Seeley to be given away for free at comic shops during Free Comic Book Day 2020 will be the "best Archie Comic ever." Archie Andrews goes[...]

In order to qualify for Free Comic Book Day 2022 status, retailers have to order at least twenty copies of each of the following twelve Gold Free Comic Book Day titles for 24 to 32 cents each, and then give them away There are another forty Silver titles, yet to be announced, that retailers can[...]

In previous years, Marvel Comics has been restricted to two comic books for Free Comic Book Day But in 2022, they are going with three –  Avengers/X-Men, Spider-Man/Venom and Marvel's Voices for the 7th of May And that includes the beginning of a new era for Spider-Man, apparently Beyond Spider-Man Beyond… And also, because FCBD[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has confirmed that Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) will return to its traditional "First Saturday in May" date in 2022 on Saturday, the 7th of May, 2022 "We are so excited for Free Comic Book Day to make its return to the first Saturday in May We know it's an event that[...]

Jeff Lemire posted to his Substack, and Andrea Sorrentino to his Twitter, that they will be launching their recently announced The Bone Orchard: Mythos on Free Comic Book Day 2022 from Image Comics Whenever that actually is, they will have a Prelude in comic stores free for that date. Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino's FCBD 2021[...]

When DC Comics originally announced DC's Generation Zero: Gods Among Us for Free Comic Book Day 2020, it was to have Flash and Wonder Woman stories, that promised to "lay the foundation for even more seismic-level changes in the DC universe It all starts here, and everything counts." And that " Now armed with infinite knowledge[...]

This year's Free Comic Book Day gave away around 55 comic book titles in comic book stores But a few have also been made available digitally, on Kindle and ComiXology, for those who couldn't make it to the store Here's a look at the eleven titles able to be read right now. Spider-Man/Venom #1  Free Comic Book[...]

 One thing they don't love, though, is their kids being handed a mature comic book from their local library on Free Comic Book Day. The Free Comic Book Day cover to Fungirl: Tales of a Grown-Up Nothing, by Elizabeth Pich. Fungirl: Tales of a Grown-Up Nothing by Elizabeth Pich, a mature comic from Silver Sprocket, was initially lined[...]

Yesterday was Free Comic Book Day, and despite being given away for free, many of the titles have an instant aftermarket I hope you grabbed Stray Dogs and Enter The House Of Slaughter, but even Avengers/Hulk is getting a big jump, setting up Avengers #50 Getting the full set may set you back $175… How Much[...]

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It is Free Comic Book Day today, but there are so many comic books to choose from, 54 at the last count So what we have done is collated links to thirty previews we have previously run on Bleeding Cool, and then added another seven, including We Live, Zorro and Sonic The Hedgehog… Ben Reilly The[...]

Bleeding Cool gave you a sneak peek at Venom #1 by Ram V, Al Ewing and Bryan Hitch a while back and those pages will also be in the Free Comic Book Day Venom story as well, published today, which sees Dylan Brock coping with being the new Venom on Earth And it seems that[...]

But what direction? Free Comics Book Day Hulk/Venom #1 out today for Free Comic Book Day reveals all We talked about this a while ago but can now afford to be a little more spoilery It seems to be promising a bit of a new look As well as how he got it And where the[...]

The Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day comic book arrives in comic book stores today for Free Comic Book Day, August 14th We looked at it before and we can afford to be slightly more spoilery now. The featured Spider-Man in a story called "Test-Drive" by Zeb Wells and Patrick Gleason, has a new look costume, but it[...]

Free Comic Book Day Avengers/Hulk is out today for Free Comic Book Day, August 14th, so we can afford to be a little more spoilery It consolidates Jason Aaron's Avengers series heading to Avengers #50 And, just like the movies and the TV shows right now, it's all about the Multiverse, as portrayed by Iban[...]

We ran a look at the surprise Daredevil story in today's Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day comic a while ago But now that it is out today for Free Comic Book Day, August 14th, we can afford to be a little more spoilery. Because the comic also includes an unannounced Daredevil story by Chip Zdarsky and Greg[...]

This year, Diamond Comic Distributors brought Coca-Cola in as a sponsor for Free Comic Book Day 2021 At the time, Diamond told retailers that Coke had a plan to drive additional traffic to comic book shops However, it transpires that this plan is a Coca-Cola poster for comic book stores with a QR code to[...]

Today is Free Comic Book Day Mostly Diamond delayed certain titles in the UK, so many UK stores will be running another Free Comic Book Day in two weeks' time and some will hold off everything until then But here are a look at some of the comic book stores who are going above and[...]

And today is Free Comic Book Day – mostly Britain only got a half order so some stores are splitting it into two, others are waiting until the end of the month The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. It's[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day Bleeding Cool has already looked at a whole bunch of sales happening in comic stores across the USA The UK version will be staggered as a bunch of copies didn't make it in time You can see the list of titles, and full solicits here, as well as a preview of all[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day Mostly Diamond delayed certain titles in the UK, so many UK stores will be running another Free Comic Book Day in two weeks' time and some will hold off everything until then But here are a look at some of the comic book stores who are going above and[...]

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, for lots of comic book shops, but it seems one comic almost didn't make it Coca-Cola is sponsoring the event and have ads running in all the age-appropriate titles Except it seems that someone didn't quite check them all and made certain assumptions about this one. by Elizabeth Pich Fungirl: Tales[...]

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, August the 14th, though international availability may be different this year DC Comics, though no longer distributed by FCBD owner Diamond Comic Distributors, nevertheless put out Free Comic Book Day titles, four of them, using the trademarked logos But it seems, no longer part of the FCBD rules,[...]

Daredevil? What's this? The Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day comic book arrives in comic book stores on August 14th Okay, well, clearly it has arrived now, but it will be available then And the series will kick off both the new Venom series and the new thrice-weekly Amazing Spider-Man creative relaunch as Beyond.  But it also includes[...]

Free Comic Book Day Avengers/Hulk kicks off the new Hulk series by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman But it also consolidates Jason Aaron's Avengers series heading to Avengers #50 And, just like the movies and the TV shows right now, it's all about the Multiverse, as portrayed by Iban Coello. As we are introduced to the[...]

The Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day comic book arrives in comic book stores on August 14th Okay, well, clearly it has arrived now, but it will be available then And the series will kick off both the new Venom series and the new thrice-weekly Amazing Spider-Man creative relaunch as Beyond. The featured Spider-Man in a story called "Test-Drive"[...]

But it seems those pages will also be in the Free Comic Book Day Venom story as well, which sees Dylan Brock coping with being the new Venom on Earth And it seems that there is trouble in paradise already. While Eddie Brock goes off and lives the God life God of all symbiote that is,[...]

Ram V, Al Ewing, and Bryan Hitch are relaunching Venom for Marvel Comics in October, and it is taking on the new status quo set up by Donny Cates and Ryan