Free Comic Book Day

So DC's Free Comic Book Day title this year is 20 pages of superheroes getting killed. That's not a joke. That's actually what they're putting out as an enticement for readers who are going into comic book stores, looking to find out more about these characters at a time when superheroes are the most popular thing in the world, is a full-color comic promoting their new crossover, where characters

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Transformers vs. G.I. Joe is a crossover that sells it self, but the downside of that is that it's been done often enough that it can be difficult to get excited about the next version. Unless, of course, you tell me that it's going to be co-written, drawn, and lettered by Tom Scioli, the man who wrote the line "Robot Dracula is an efficient torturer" and rendered all other comics obsole

Last week, Diamond Comic Distributors unveiled the 12 comic titles that are in its "gold level" Free Comic Book Day offerings for this year. Today, it has released solicitations for the 48 other books, the "silver sponsor comics," that will be available for free on May 3, 2014. Check out all of those listings, which include comics featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, Teen Titans Go!,

From the looks of what Diamond Comic Distributors has release so far, Free Comic Book Day 2014 on May 3, will once again be a most family-friendly affair. Diamond unveiled what it's calling its "gold-level title" list today, 12 books from publishers including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Archie, Dark Horse, Viz Media, Bongo Comics, Boom! Studios and Fantagraphics. The fare is almost all kid

Upcoming: Marvel has released a closer look at its Free Comic Book Day 2013 lead-in by Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung to its Thanos-centric Infinity miniseries launching in August. LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed('limelight_player_120630'); Animation: The latest clip from DC Nation's new Teen Titans Go...

Movies: In the proud tradition of Transmorphers and Transmorphers: Fall of Man, The Asylum is planning on an... Atlantic Rim release. Will the main difference from Pacific Rim be that the kaiju will prefer yachting to surfing? Toys: Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum have revealed two more Iron Man 3 Minimates, including a partially armored Tony Stark and an "Extremis Soldier... Read Mor

Free Comic Book Day has become an important annual awareness event and comic shop sales opportunity since its inception back in 2002, but this year's is already shaping up to be its biggest yet. Diamond Comics Distribution is reporting that more than 4...

After months of SHIELD-like secrecy, Marvel has finally revealed details about its previously "classified" Free Comic Book Day 2013 release. Written by Jonathan Hickman and featuring the art of Jim Cheung, it looks like Infinity is all about reestablishing Thanos as one of the biggest and purple-est threats to the Marvel universe...

Even though Christmas is still looming ahead of us, those of us who enjoy comics and/or not paying for things are already looking forward to the second most wonderful time of the year: Free Comic Book Day! And now, we know exactly what to expect when May 4th rolls around next year, with the announcement of the full lineup of books...