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[[File:FCBD logo.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD logo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|It's the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year.]] | ||
'''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. | '''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. | ||
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==Free Comic Book Day issues== | ==Free Comic Book Day issues== | ||
===2003=== | ===2003=== | ||
[[File:FCBD 2003 cover.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2003 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]] | ||
*'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2003]]. | *'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2003]]. | ||
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===2006=== | ===2006=== | ||
[[File:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]] | ||
[[File:FCBD 2006 coverB.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2006 coverB.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55]] | ||
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, [[2006]]. | *'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, [[2006]]. | ||
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**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering'' | **'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering'' | ||
***'''Story:''' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue #1]] (preview) | ***'''Story:''' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue #1]] (preview) | ||
**'''Featured series #2: | **'''Featured series #2:''' [[IDW 2005 continuity]] | ||
***'''Story #1:''' ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|issue #1]] (preview) | ***'''Story #1:''' ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|issue #1]] (preview) | ||
***'''Story #2:''' ''Infiltration'' [[Infiltration issue 3|issue #3]] (preview) | ***'''Story #2:''' ''Infiltration'' [[Infiltration issue 3|issue #3]] (preview) | ||
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]: [[Hearts of Steel]]'' | **'''Featured series #3:''' ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]: [[Hearts of Steel]]'' | ||
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===2007=== | ===2007=== | ||
[[File:FCBD 2007 cover.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2007 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]] | ||
*'''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 ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue #1]] wraparound cover by [[Don Figueroa]]. | *'''Cover:''' Reprint of the back half of the ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|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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===2008=== | ===2008=== | ||
[[File:FCBD 2008 cover.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2008 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]] | ||
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2008]]. | *'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2008]]. | ||
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===2009=== | ===2009=== | ||
[[File:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Stop steaming up my optics!]] | ||
[[File:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|thumb| | [[File:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Yo us!]] | ||
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, [[2009]]. | *'''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, [[2009]]. | ||
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===2012=== | ===2012=== | ||
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*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]], [[2012]]. | *'''Date:''' [[May 5]], [[2012]]. | ||
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===2014=== | ===2014=== | ||
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*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]. | ||
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' issue #0 | **'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' issue #0 | ||
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==Other free Transformers comics== | ==Other free Transformers comics== | ||
==="Halloween Special Edition"=== | ==="Halloween Special Edition"=== | ||
[[File:MarvelUSG2-00.jpg|thumb| | [[File:MarvelUSG2-00.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]] | ||
*'''Published by:''' [[Marvel Comics]]. | *'''Published by:''' [[Marvel Comics]]. | ||
*'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, [[1993]]. | *'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, [[1993]]. | ||
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*While [[IDW Publishing]] didn't release a ''Transformers'' comic for Free Comic Book Day 2016, they ''did'' release a dual [[Rom|ROM]]/[[Action Man]] issue, containing preludes to {{i|Earthfall: Prelude|each}} {{i|To the Victors the Spoils|of}} those [[Hasbro Universe]] titles. | *While [[IDW Publishing]] didn't release a ''Transformers'' comic for Free Comic Book Day 2016, they ''did'' release a dual [[Rom|ROM]]/[[Action Man]] issue, containing preludes to {{i|Earthfall: Prelude|each}} {{i|To the Victors the Spoils|of}} those [[Hasbro Universe]] titles. | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com] | *[http://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com] | ||
[[Category:Comics]] | [[Category:Comics]] | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 1 April 2019
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
moneyattention 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
- 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: Free Comic Book Day special
- Featured series: Armada
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- Armada
2006
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 6th, 2006.
- Cover A: Reprint of page 1 from The Gathering issue #2 by Don Figueroa.
- Cover B: Reprint of cover D from Infiltration issue #1 by Guido Guidi.
- Featured series #1: Beast Wars: The Gathering
- Story: Issue #1 (preview)
- Featured series #2: IDW 2005 continuity
- Story #1: Stormbringer issue #1 (preview)
- Story #2: Infiltration issue #3 (preview)
- Featured series #3: Evolutions: Hearts of Steel
- Story: Issue #1 (preview)
- Featured series #1: Beast Wars: The Gathering
- Advertisements
- 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 Movie Prequel issue #1 wraparound cover by Don Figueroa.
- Featured series: Transformers: Official Movie Prequel
- Story: Issue #1 (preview)
- Featured series: Transformers: Official Movie Prequel
- Advertisements
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)
- Featured series: Transformers Animated
- Advertisements
- The Reign of Starscream
- Animated Volumes 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: Reprint of cover B from G.I. Joe #1 by Robert Atkins.
- 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 or Out?"
- Featured series #1: Transformers Animated: The Arrival
- Advertisements
- The Arrival TPB
- Animated Volumes 1–4
- Revenge of the Fallen
- Destiny, Alliance and Defiance
- Speed Racer: The Next Generation Volumes 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.
2012
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Date: May 5, 2012.
- Cover A: A scarred Optimus Prime amongst important Marvel G1 events by Andrew Wildman.
- Featured series: The Transformers: Regeneration One issue #80.5 by Simon Furman.
- Story: "Counterpoint"
- Featured series: The Transformers: Regeneration One issue #80.5 by Simon Furman.
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- The Transformers Classics
- The Transformers Classics UK
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection
- IDW Transformers comics in general
- The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
- The Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- The Transformers: Autocracy (including three-page preview)
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation prequel
- IDW G.I. Joe comics
2014
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Featured series: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue #0
- Story: "The Golden Boys"
- Featured series: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue #0
2015
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Featured series #1: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #0
- Story: "Fire, When Ready!"
- Featured series #2: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
- Story: "FCBD Funnies"
- Featured series #1: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #0
2018
- Published by: IDW Publishing.
- Featured series: Transformers: Unicron #0
- Story: "Our Darkest"
- Featured series: Transformers: Unicron #0
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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Notes
- While IDW Publishing didn't release a Transformers comic for Free Comic Book Day 2016, they did release a dual ROM/Action Man issue, containing preludes to each of those Hasbro Universe titles.
