The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has selected the twelve Gold Sponsor comic book titles for the comic book industry’s most anticipated annual event, Free Comic Book Day. FCBD takes place every year on the first Saturday in May at participating comic book shops worldwide with next year’s event taking place on May 7th, 2016. The comics were carefully chosen by comic shop retailers on the FCBD Selection Committee and feature something for everyone from superheroes, to action-adventure, and all-ages favorites. The Gold Sponsor publishers include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment Titan Comics, Valiant Entertainment and Viz Media.
“This is a very exciting time for Free Comic Book Day as we celebrate our 15th anniversary, and we couldn’t be more thrilled at the selection of Gold level comics this year,” said Dan Manser, FCBD Marketing Director. “The Gold Sponsors, who comprise the top publishers in the comics industry, have really brought a lineup of top-quality titles for all ages and tastes. We hope that this will be our biggest year yet, and that fans new and old will flock to their local comic shops on May 7th to help us celebrate this milestone for comics!
This year’s Silver Sponsor comic books will announced on Wednesday, December 16th. A complete listing of all fifty FCBD titles, including the twelve Gold Sponsor comic books and thirty-eight Silver Sponsor comic books, can be found in the January issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog, on sale at all comic book shops December 23rd, 2015.
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Free Comic Book Day 2016: Gold Comics
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS| ARCHIE #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
BONGO COMICS| BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL FCBD 2016 EDITION
BOOM! STUDIOS| BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2016 EDITION
DARK HORSE COMICS| DARK HORSE SERENITY/HELLBOY/ALIENS FCBD 2016 EDITION
DC COMICS| DC COMICS GOLD BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT| BOB’S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION
IDW PUBLISHING| ROM: SPACE KNIGHT #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
IMAGE COMICS| CAMP MIDNIGHT FCBD 2016 EDITION
MARVEL COMICS| AVENGERS #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
TITAN COMICS| DOCTOR WHO: FOUR DOCTORS SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT| VALIANT 4001 A.D. SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
VIZ MEDIA/ PERFECT SQUARE| PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS: POKÉMON POCKET COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
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ARCHIE #1 FCBD 2016 EDITIONARCHIE COMICS (W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Fiona StaplesComic superstars 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 year approaches, you’d think Archie Andrews would be looking forward to classes and fun — but nothing is as it seems in the little town of Riverdale. Is this a one-off, or a sign of bigger changes awaiting America’s favorite teens… and the entire town? Find out in this exciting, remarkable and critically acclaimed first issue! 32pgs, FC
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BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL FCBD 2016 EDITIONBONGO COMICS (W/A/CA) Matt GroeningGet in line for the foremost Free Comic Book Day four-color giveaway of the year! Pieman and the Cupcake Kid take on a new crime team, Glutenus Maximus and his sidekick Gluten Tag, whose pastry-related misdeeds have led to a ban on all baked goods in Springfield! How will the heroic duo battle their foes without their arsenal of pies and cupcakes, and what’s worse…what will Homer do without his daily dose of donuts? Then, after an unfortunate trip to the dentist, Principal Skinner is mistaken for a vampire. It doesn’t help that Bart fuels the fire (and supplies the pitchforks) to an unruly mob uprising. All that and much, much more — and it’s all free!32pgs, FC
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BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2016 EDITIONBOOM! STUDIOS (W/A) Box Brown & Various (CA) Kat LeyhIn the BOOM! Studios 2016 Summer Blast, read all-new, original short stories of David Petersen’s Mouse Guard and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Plus, get sneak peeks of the upcoming new Adventure Time: Comics series, the Lumberjanes: Don’t Axe, Don’t Tale special, and this summer’s highly anticipated original graphic novel from Archaia, The Cloud. As a bonus, we’ve included preview pages from Goldie Vance, our newest BOOM! Box debut. There’s something in this Free Comic Book Day issue for everyone!48pgs, FC
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BOB’S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT(W/A) Various (CA) Sara RichardThe Belcher Family proudly celebrates this year’s Free Comic Book Day event with three wild and zany adventures featuring those lovable scamps Tina, Gene, and Louise, plus guest stars Bob, Linda, and all your favorites from Bob’s Burgers! It’s the official Bob’s Burgers comic book based on the fan-favorite (and Emmy Award-winning) Fox animated sitcom, jam-packed with the mouth-watering flavor that longtime fans and curious newcomers can enjoy!32pgs, FC
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DARK HORSE SERENITY/HELLBOY/ALIENS FCBD 2016 EDITION
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Mike Mignola & Various (A) Tristan Jones & Various (CA) Sean Cooke
Need a reason to pick up Dark Horse Comics’ 2016 Free Comic Book Day offering? Here’s three: From Mike Mignola and Richard Corben, a lesson from Hellboy’s past is shared. From Brian Wood, a peek into the Aliens: Defiance series with an original tale. And from the world of Joss Whedon, a glimpse at the crew of the Serenity, following the film and the smash-hit series Leaves on the Wind!
32pgs, FC
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DC COMICS GOLD BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION DC COMICS(W/A/CA) TBDA special, Top Secret project too big to announce! Please check back in the February issue of PREVIEWS and at freecomicbookday.com for future updates!32pgs, FC
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ROM: SPACE KNIGHT #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION IDW PUBLISHING(W) Christos N. Gage, Chris Ryall (A) David Messina, Paolo Villanelli (CA) Zach HowardHe strikes from outer space… hurtling Earthward on his dread mission of cosmic vengeance! Rom the Space Knight is back for the first time in decades, and nothing can stop him! This introductory story re-introduces the character and leads into July’s all-new, ongoing series!32pgs, FC
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CAMP MIDNIGHT FCBD 2016 EDITION IMAGE COMICS(W) Steven T. Seagle (A/CA) Jason Adam KatzensteinAdd a touch of spooky to your Free Comic Book Day this year with the first chapter of Ben 10 and Big Hero 6 creator Steven T. Seagle and New Yorker Magazine cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein’s Camp Midnight! Not wanting to please her “step monster,” reluctant Skye is dead-set on not fitting in. But when she’s accidentally sent to the wrong summer camp — Camp Midnight, where everyone attending is a full-fledged monster — Skye realizes that not fitting in will be the very least of her challenges! Camp Midnight is the perfect book for readers who love Raina Telgemeier’s Smile but wish it had more bowls of gooey eyeballs in the lunch scenes.32pgs, FC
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DOCTOR WHO: FOUR DOCTORS SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION TITAN COMICS(W) Nick Abadzis & Various (A) Eleonora Carlini & VariousJump on board the TARDIS with FOUR all-new short tales of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors! Whether you’re a whiz with a Sonic Screwdriver or completely new to Who, this is the perfect Free Comic Book Day adventure for SF fans of all ages! Written and illustrated by the creative teams of the regular comics, this is the ideal place to start reading!32pgs, FC
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AVENGERS #1 FCBD 2016 EDITIONMARVEL COMICS (W/A/CA) TBDEarth’s Mightiest Heroes return in an all-new FCBD 2016 edition!32pgs, FC
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VALIANT 4001 A.D. SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT(W) Matt Kindt & Various (A) Clayton Crain & Various (CA) Clayton CrainThe most ambitious Valiant event yet starts right here on Free Comic Book Day with a shocking new vision of the future in 4001 A.D.! The war for the fate of the 41st century begins here with an exclusive, never-before-seen prelude to the blockbuster comics event of the summer by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and superstar artist Clayton Crain. Rai! Eternal Warrior! X-O Manowar! Bloodshot! Geomancer! Armstrong! And more! The future of the Valiant Universe begins here! Plus: An all-new look inside Valiant’s next hit ongoing series, A&A, from Rafer Roberts and David Lafuente; Divinity II from Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine; and brand-new interviews, special features and surprises that no comic fan can afford to miss! 32pgs, FC
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PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS: POKÉMON POCKET COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION VIZ MEDIA/PERFECT SQUARE (W/A/CA) Santa HarukazeTo the forest! To the sea! To Legendary Island! Join our Pokémon pals on a quest through Unova for the Legendary joke — while testing your Pokémon knowledge and laughing all the way!32pgs, B&W