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IDW's free comic this year is G.I. Joe 155.5; there will be no Transformers comic
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*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]]th, [[2007]].
*'''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]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the back half of the ''[[Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1]] wraparound cover by [[Don Figueroa]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Movie (comics)|Transformers]]: Official Movie Prequel''
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Movie (comics)|Transformers]]: Official Movie Prequel''
***'''Story:''' Issue 1 (preview)
***'''Story:''' Issue 1 (preview)
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*''The Arrival'' TPB
*''The Arrival'' TPB
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' Volume 1-4
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Animated]]'' Volume 1-4
*''[[Revenge of the Fallen (comic series)|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Revenge of the Fallen (comic series)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
*''[[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


Revision as of 06:43, 17 January 2011

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:

  1. 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.
  2. Reprint parts of stories from a few current comic lines in a bid to draw money 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

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  • Armada


2006

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  • Beast Wars: The Gathering
  • Stormbringer #1
  • Generations
  • Infiltration
  • Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #1


2007

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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
      • Story: Volume 1 (preview)
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2009

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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.


Other free Transformers comics

"Halloween Special Edition"

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