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*'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, 2009. | *'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, 2009. | ||
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from [[The Arrival issue 5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]]. | *'''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from [[The Arrival issue 5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]]. | ||
*'''Cover B:''' [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] (maybe Origins?) cover by ??? | *'''Cover B:''' ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' (maybe ''Origins''?) cover by ??? | ||
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (comic)|Transformers Animated]]: [[The Arrival]]'' | **'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (comic)|Transformers Animated]]: [[The Arrival]]'' | ||
***'''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills]]" | ***'''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills]]" | ||
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*''[[Destiny]]: [[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' and ''[[Defiance]]'' | *''[[Destiny]]: [[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' and ''[[Defiance]]'' | ||
*''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volume 1-3 | *''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volume 1-3 | ||
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*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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Revision as of 02:22, 11 February 2010
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 money attention to the series they were taken from.
Free Comic Book Day issues
2003
- Published by: Dreamwave Productions.
- Date: May 3rd, 2003.
- Cover: Reprint of a panel from Armada issue 3 by James Raiz, Rob Armstrong and Erik Sander.
- Featured series: Armada
- Story: "Armada Free Comic Book Day"
- Featured series: Armada
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- Armada
2006
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 6th, 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
- Story: The Gathering issue 1 (preview)
- Featured series #2: Generation One
- Story #1: Stormbringer issue 1 (preview)
- Story #2: Infiltration issue 3 (preview)
- Featured series #3: Evolutions
- Story: Hearts of Steel issue 1 (preview)
- Featured series #1: Beast Wars
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- Beast Wars: The Gathering
- Stormbringer #1
- Generations
- Infiltration
- Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #1
2007
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 5th, 2007.
- Cover: Reprint of the back half of the Official Movie Prequel issue 1 wraparound cover by Don Figueroa.
- Featured series: Transformers
- Story: Official Movie Prequel issue 1 (preview)
- Featured series: Transformers
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2008
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 3rd, 2008.
- Cover: Reprint of the stock-art cover from Animated Volume 1, re-cropped to show more of the image.
- Featured series: Transformers Animated
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- The Reign of Starscream
- Animated Volume 1-4
2009
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 2nd, 2009.
- Cover A: Reprint of cover A from The Arrival issue 5 by Marcelo Matere.
- Cover B: G.I. Joe (maybe Origins?) cover by ???
- Featured series #1: Transformers Animated: The Arrival
- Story: "Survival Skills"
- Featured Series #2: G.I. Joe
- Story: "One Word"
- Featured Series #3: G.I. Joe: Origins
- Story: "In and Out"
- Featured series #1: Transformers Animated: The Arrival
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- The Arrival TPB
- Animated Volume 1-4
- Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation
- Destiny: 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.
2010
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 1st, 2010.
- Details yet to be announced
Further information in this article is coming soon as it pertains to information that may not yet have been officially released. |
Other free Transformers comics
"Halloween Special Edition"
- Published by: Marvel Comics.
- Date: October 31st, 1993.
- Cover: Original art by Geoff Senior.
- Featured series: Generation 2
- Story: "Ghosts"
- Featured series: Generation 2
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