Free Comic Book Day

2010-05-01T05:12:47Z

71.88.47.5: IDW's free comic this year is G.I. Joe 155.5; there will be no Transformers comic

[[Image:FCBD logo.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
'''Free Comic Book Day''', aka '''FCBD''', is a wondrous event in which good little boys and girls all over the world get free comics! ''FREE!'' It is held on the first Saturday of May every year.

In celebrating FCBD, publishers will usually go with one of two options:
#Create entirely new mini-comics that feature brand new stories that have not been, and will likely never be, available by other means. This can prove to be quite an expensive and time-consuming project to undertake, so usually limits the publisher to making only a handful of releases of this kind without affecting their regular business.
#Reprint parts of stories from a few current comic lines in a bid to draw <s>money</s> attention to the series from which they originated. Since these stories are already written and drawn, this option is considerably cheaper than the first, allowing the publishers to make several books of this kind while sticking to the same budget and schedule.
It's swings and roundabouts, really.

==Free Comic Book Day issues==
===2003===
[[Image:FCBD 2003 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2003]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of a panel from ''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]'' [[Dreamwave Armada issue 3|issue 3]] by [[James Raiz]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Erik Sander]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''Armada''
***'''Story:''' [[Armada Free Comic Book Day|Free Comic Book Day special]]

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*''Armada''
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===2006===
[[Image:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
[[Image:FCBD 2006 coverB.jpg|thumb|100px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, [[2006]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of ??? from ''[[The Gathering]]'' issue ??? by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover D from ''[[Infiltration]]'' [[Infiltration issue 1|issue 1]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering''
***'''Story:''' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue 1]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation One]]''
***'''Story #1:''' ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|issue 1]] (preview)
***'''Story #2:''' ''Infiltration'' [[Infiltration issue 3|issue 3]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''[[Evolutions]]: [[Hearts of Steel]]''
***'''Story:''' [[Hearts of Steel issue 1|Issue 1]] (preview)

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*''Beast Wars: The Gathering''
*''Stormbringer'' #1
*''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]''
*''Infiltration''
*''Evolutions: Hearts of Steel'' #1
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===2007===
[[Image:FCBD 2007 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]]th, [[2007]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the back half of the ''[[Movie Prequel (2007)|Official Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1]] wraparound cover by [[Don Figueroa]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Movie (comics)|Transformers]]: Official Movie Prequel''
***'''Story:''' Issue 1 (preview)

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===2008===
[[Image:FCBD 2008 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2008]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the stock-art cover from ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|Volume 1]], re-cropped to show more of the image.
**'''Featured series:''' ''Transformers Animated''
***'''Story:''' Volume 1 (preview)

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*''[[The Reign of Starscream]]''
*''Animated'' Volume 1-4
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===2009===
[[Image:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
[[Image:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|thumb|100px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, [[2009]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from ''[[The Arrival]]'' [[The Arrival issue 5|issue 5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover B from [http://www.yojoe.com/comics/idw/idw01b.shtml ''G.I. Joe'' #1] by [[Robert Atkins]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''Transformers Animated: The Arrival''
***'''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills]]"
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''G.I. Joe''
***'''Story:''' "One Word"
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''G.I. Joe: Origins''
***'''Story:''' "In and Out"

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*''The Arrival'' TPB
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' Volume 1-4
*''[[Revenge of the Fallen (comic series)|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Destiny]]: [[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' and ''[[Defiance]]''
*''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volume 1-3

;Notes
*The online preview for this issue showed an image made up of equal parts of the ''Transformers Animated'' and ''G.I.Joe'' covers, divided diagonally.
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==Other free Transformers comics==
==="Halloween Special Edition"===
[[Image:MarvelUSG2-00.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Marvel Comics]].
*'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, [[1993]].
*'''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"

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==External link==
*[http://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com]

[[Category:Comics]]

Free Comic Book Day

2010-04-19T02:16:45Z

71.88.47.5: /* 2009 */

[[Image:FCBD logo.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
'''Free Comic Book Day''' is a wondrous event in which good little boys and girls all over the world get free comics! ''FREE!'' It is held on the first Saturday of May every year.

Publishers often give away (sometimes partial) reprints of stories from a few of their current comic lines in a bid to draw <s>money</s> attention to the series they were taken from.

==Free Comic Book Day issues==
===2003===
[[Image:FCBD 2003 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, 2003.
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of a panel from [[Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada issue 3]] by [[James Raiz]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Erik Sander]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Armada Free Comic Book Day]]"

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*''Armada''
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===2006===
[[Image:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
[[Image:FCBD 2006 coverB.jpg|thumb|100px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, 2006.
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of ??? from ''[[The Gathering]]'' issue ??? by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover D from [[Infiltration issue 1]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]''
***'''Story:''' [[The Gathering]] [[The Gathering issue 1|issue 1]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation One]]''
***'''Story #1:''' [[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]] [[Stormbringer issue 1|issue 1]] (preview)
***'''Story #2:''' [[Infiltration]] [[Infiltration issue 3|issue 3]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''[[Evolutions]]''
***'''Story:''' [[Hearts of Steel]] [[Hearts of Steel issue 1|issue 1]] (preview)

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*''Beast Wars: The Gathering''
*''Stormbringer'' #1
*''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]''
*''Infiltration''
*''Evolutions:'' Hearts of Steel #1
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===2007===
[[Image:FCBD 2007 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]]th, 2007.
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the back half of the [[Movie Prequel issue 1|Official Movie Prequel issue 1]] wraparound cover by [[Don Figueroa]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Movie (comics)|Transformers]]''
***'''Story:''' [[Movie Prequel (2007)|Official Movie Prequel]] [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1]] (preview)

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{{-}}

===2008===
[[Image:FCBD 2008 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, 2008.
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the stock-art cover from [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|''Animated'' Volume 1]], re-cropped to show more of the image.
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (comic)|Transformers Animated]]''
***'''Story:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|Volume 1]] (preview)

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*''[[The Reign of Starscream]]''
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' Volume 1-4
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===2009===
[[Image:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
[[Image:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|thumb|100px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, 2009.
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from [[The Arrival issue 5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover B from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' #1 by Robert Atkins.
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (comic)|Transformers Animated]]: [[The Arrival]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills]]"
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''G.I. Joe''
***'''Story:''' "One Word"
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''G.I. Joe: Origins''
***'''Story:''' "In and Out"

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*''The Arrival'' TPB
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' Volume 1-4
*''[[Revenge of the Fallen (comic series)|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Destiny]]: [[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' and ''[[Defiance]]''
*''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volume 1-3

;Notes
*The online preview for this issue showed an image made up of equal parts of the ''Transformers Animated'' and ''G.I.Joe'' covers, divided diagonally.
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===2010===
[[Image:FCBD 2010 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 1]]st, 2010.
;Details yet to be announced
{{Coming soon|unreleased}}
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==Other free Transformers comics==
==="Halloween Special Edition"===
[[Image:MarvelUSG2-00.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Marvel Comics]].
*'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, 1993.
*'''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"

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{{-}}

==External link==
*[http://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com]

[[Category:Comics]]

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