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[[File:FCBD logo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|It's the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year.]]
[[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.


In celebrating FCBD, publishers will usually go with one of two options:
In celebrating FCBD, publishers typically opt for 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.
#Create entirely new mini-comics that feature brand new stories that have not been, and will likely never be, available by other means. It can prove to be quite an expensive and time-consuming project to undertake, so this 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.
#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 publishers to produce several books of this kind while adhering to the same budget and schedule.
It's swings and roundabouts, really.
It's swings and roundabouts.


==Free Comic Book Day issues==
==Free Comic Book Day issues==
===2003===
===2003===
[[File:FCBD 2003 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[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]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of a panel from ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' [[Dreamwave Armada issue 3|issue #3]] by [[James Raiz]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Erik Sander]].
* '''Cover:''' Reprint of a panel from ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' [[Dreamwave Armada issue 3|#3]] by [[James Raiz]], [[Erik Sander]], and [[Rob Armstrong]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''Armada''
** '''Featured series:''' ''Armada''
***'''Story:''' [[Armada Free Comic Book Day|Free Comic Book Day special]]
*** '''Story:''' [[Armada Free Comic Book Day|Free Comic Book Day Edition]]


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*''Armada''
* ''Armada''
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[[File:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:FCBD 2006 coverA.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:FCBD 2006 coverB.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55]]
[[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]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of page 1 from ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 2|issue #2]] by [[Don Figueroa]].
* '''Cover A:''' Reprint of page 1 from ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 2|#2]] by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover D from ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' [[Infiltration issue 1|issue #1]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
* '''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover D from ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' [[Infiltration issue 1|#1]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering''
** '''Featured series #1:''' ''The Gathering''
***'''Story:''' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue #1]] (preview)
*** '''Story:''' ''The Gathering'' [[The Gathering issue 1|#1]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #2:''' [[2005 IDW continuity]]
** '''Featured series #2:''' [[2005 IDW continuity]]
***'''Story #1:''' ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|issue #1]] (preview)
*** '''Story #1:''' ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]] (preview)
***'''Story #2:''' ''Infiltration'' [[Infiltration issue 3|issue #3]] (preview)
*** '''Story #2:''' ''Infiltration'' [[Infiltration issue 3|#3]] (preview)
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]: [[Hearts of Steel]]''
** '''Featured series #3:''' ''[[Hearts of Steel]]''
***'''Story:''' [[Hearts of Steel issue 1|Issue #1]] (preview)
*** '''Story:''' ''Hearts of Steel'' [[Hearts of Steel issue 1|#1]] (preview)


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*''Beast Wars: The Gathering''
* ''[[List of Beast Wars comics|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering''
*''Stormbringer'' #1
* ''Stormbringer'' #1
*''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]''
*''Infiltration''
* ''Infiltration''
*''Evolutions: Hearts of Steel'' #1
* ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]: Hearts of Steel'' #1
{{-}}
{{-}}


===2007===
===2007===
[[File:FCBD 2007 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[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|#1]] wraparound cover by [[Don Figueroa]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Movie (comics)|Transformers]]: Official Movie Prequel''
** '''Featured series:''' ''Movie Prequel''
***'''Story:''' Issue #1 (preview)
*** '''Story:''' ''Movie Prequel'' #1 (preview)


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===2008===
===2008===
[[File:FCBD 2008 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[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]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of the stock-art cover from ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|Volume 1]], re-cropped to show more of the image.
* '''Cover:''' Reprint of the stock-art cover from ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|Volume 1]], recropped to show more of the image.
**'''Featured series:''' ''Transformers Animated''
** '''Featured series:''' ''Animated''
***'''Story:''' Volume 1 (preview)
*** '''Story:''' ''Animated'' Volume 1 (preview)


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*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''
* ''[[Transformers (2007 comics)|Transformers]]: [[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''
*''Animated'' Volumes 1–4
* ''Animated'' Volumes 1–4
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[[File:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Stop steaming up my optics!]]
[[File:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Stop steaming up my optics!]]
[[File:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Yo us!]]
[[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]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|The Arrival]]'' [[The Arrival issue 5|issue #5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]].
* '''Cover A:''' Reprint of cover A from ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|The Arrival]]'' [[The Arrival issue 5|#5]] by [[Marcelo Matere]].
*'''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover B from {{i|G.I. Joe issue 1|''G.I. Joe'' #1}} by [[Robert Atkins]].  
* '''Cover B:''' Reprint of cover B from {{i|G.I. Joe issue 1|''G.I. Joe'' #1}} by [[Robert Atkins]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''Transformers Animated: The Arrival''
** '''Featured series #1:''' ''The Arrival''
***'''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills]]"
*** '''Story:''' "[[The Arrival issue 5#"Survival Skills"|Survival Skills]]"
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''{{i|G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe}}''
** '''Featured series #2:''' ''{{i|G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe}}''
***'''Story:''' "{{i|One Word}}"
*** '''Story:''' "{{i|One Word}}"
**'''Featured series #3:''' ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Origins}}''
** '''Featured series #3:''' ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Origins|Origins}}''
***'''Story:''' "{{i|In or Out?}}"
*** '''Story:''' "{{i|In or Out?}}"


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*''The Arrival'' TPB
* ''The Arrival'' TPB
*''[[Transformers Animated (IDW)|Animated]]'' Volumes 1–4
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW)|Animated]]'' Volumes 1–4
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
*''[[Transformers: Destiny|Destiny]], [[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Defiance|Defiance]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Destiny|Destiny]]'', ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Defiance|Defiance]]''
*''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volumes 1–3
* ''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' Volumes 1–3
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;Notes
;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.
* The online preview for this issue featured an image composed of equal parts of the ''Animated'' and ''G.I. Joe'' covers, divided diagonally.
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{{-}}


===2012===
===2012===
[[File:RG1 80pt5 cvr.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:RG1 80pt5 cvr.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]], [[2012]].
* '''Date:''' [[May 5]]th, [[2012]].
*'''Cover A:''' A scarred Optimus Prime amongst important Marvel G1 events by [[Andrew Wildman]].
* '''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]].
** '''Featured series:''' ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Counterpoint]]"
*** '''Story:''' "[[Counterpoint]]"


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*''[[The Transformers Classics]]''
* ''[[The Transformers Classics]]''
*''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]''
* ''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]''
*''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection]]''
*IDW ''Transformers'' comics in general
* IDW ''Transformers'' comics
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'' (including three-page preview)
* ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'' (including three-page preview)
*''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Retaliation'' prequel
* ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Retaliation'' prequel
*IDW ''G.I. Joe'' comics
* IDW ''G.I. Joe'' comics
 
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{{-}}


===2014===
===2014===
[[File:TFvsJoe0.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:TFvsJoe0.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' issue #0
* '''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2014]].
***'''Story:''' "[[The Golden Boys]]"
** '''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]''
*** '''Story:''' "[[The Golden Boys]]"


===2015===
===2015===
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 comic)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' #0
* '''Date:''' [[May 2]]nd, [[2015]].
***'''Story:''' "[[Fire, When Ready!]]"
** '''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 comic)|Robots in Disguise]]''
**'''Featured series #2:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]''
*** '''Story:''' "[[Fire, When Ready!]]"
***'''Story:''' "[[FCBD Funnies]]"
** '''Featured series #2:''' ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]''
*** '''Story:''' "[[FCBD Funnies]]"


===2018===
===2018===
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]]
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' #0
* '''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2018]].
***'''Story:''' "[[Our Darkest]]"
** '''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]''
*** '''Story:''' "[[Our Darkest]]"


===2024===
===2024===
[[File:Energon Universe Special 2024 FCBD Cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:Energon Universe 2024 Special FCBD Cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''Published by:''' [[Skybound Entertainment]]
**'''Featured series:''' [[Energon Universe 2024 Special]]
* '''Date:''' [[May 4]]th, [[2024]].
***'''Story:''' "''[[Transformers Energon Universe Special story|Transformers]]''"
** '''Featured series:''' [[Energon Universe 2024 Special]]
***'''Story:''' "''[[Void Rivals Energon Universe Special story|Void Rivals]]''"
*** '''Story #1:''' ''[[Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story|Transformers]]''
***'''Story:''' "''[[G.I. Joe Energon Universe Special story|G.I. Joe]]''"
*** '''Story #2:''' ''[[Void Rivals Energon Universe 2024 Special story|Void Rivals]]''
*** '''Story #3:''' ''[[G.I. Joe Energon Universe 2024 Special story|G.I. Joe]]''


===2025===
===2025===
{{stub}}
[[File:Energon Universe 2025 Special FCBD Cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:Energon Universe 2025 Special FCBD Cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Published by:''' [[Skybound Entertainment]].
[[File:Worst Bot Ever.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55]]
**'''Featured series:''' [[Energon Universe 2025 Special]]
* '''Published by:''' [[Skybound Entertainment]]
***'''Story:''' "''[[Transformers Energon Universe 2025 Special story|Transformers]]''"
* '''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2025]].
***'''Story:''' "''[[Void Rivals Energon Universe 2025 Special story|Void Rivals]]''"
** '''Featured series #1:''' [[Energon Universe 2025 Special]]
***'''Story:''' "''[[G.I. Joe Energon Universe 2025 Special story|G.I. Joe]]''"
*** '''Story #1:''' ''[[G.I. Joe Energon Universe 2025 Special story|G.I. Joe]]''
*** '''Story #2:''' ''[[Transformers Energon Universe 2025 Special story|Transformers]]''
*** '''Story #3:''' ''[[Void Rivals Energon Universe 2025 Special story|Void Rivals]]''
** '''Featured series #2:''' ''[[Transformers: Worst Bot Ever - Meet Ballpoint!]]''
*** '''Story:''' [[Transformers: Worst Bot Ever - Meet Ballpoint!#Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
 
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* ''Family Force V'' (including nine-page preview)


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==Other free Transformers comics==
==Other free ''Transformers'' comics==
==="Halloween Special Edition"===
==="Halloween Special Edition"===
[[File:MarvelUSG2-00.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[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]].
*'''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
* '''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''
** '''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"
*** '''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"


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==Notes==
==Notes==
*While [[IDW Publishing]] didn't release a ''Transformers'' comic for Free Comic Book Day 2016, they ''did'' release a dual [[ROM (comic)|ROM]]/[[Action Man (comic)|Action Man]] issue, containing preludes for ''[[Earthfall: Prelude|ROM]]'' and ''[[To the Victors the Spoils|Action Man]]''.
* While [[IDW Publishing]] didn't release a ''Transformers'' comic for Free Comic Book Day 2016, they ''did'' release a dual ''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' / ''[[Action Man (comic)|Action Man]]'' issue, containing preludes for ''[[Earthfall: Prelude|ROM]]'' and ''[[To the Victors the Spoils|Action Man]]''.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com]
* [https://www.freecomicbookday.com FreeComicBookDay.com]
* {{w|Free Comic Book Day}} at Wikipedia


[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Comics]]

Revision as of 06:20, 25 July 2025

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.

In celebrating FCBD, publishers typically opt for 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. It can prove to be quite an expensive and time-consuming project to undertake, so this 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 publishers to produce several books of this kind while adhering to the same budget and schedule.

It's swings and roundabouts.

Free Comic Book Day issues

2003

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  • Armada


2006

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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, recropped to show more of the image.
    • Featured series: Animated
      • Story: Animated Volume 1 (preview)
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2009

Stop steaming up my optics!
Yo us!
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Notes
  • The online preview for this issue featured an image composed of equal parts of the Animated and G.I. Joe covers, divided diagonally.


2012

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2014

2015

2018

2024

2025

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  • Family Force V (including nine-page preview)


Other free Transformers comics

"Halloween Special Edition"

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Notes

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