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*'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]].
*'''Published by:''' [[Dreamwave Productions]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 3]]rd, [[2003]].
*'''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]].
*'''Cover:''' Reprint of a panel from ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' [[Dreamwave Armada issue 3|issue 3]] by [[James Raiz]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Erik Sander]].
**'''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 special]]
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*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, [[2006]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 6]]th, [[2006]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of ??? from ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' issue ??? by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Cover A:''' Reprint of ??? from ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' issue ??? 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|issue 1]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering''
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Beast Wars (comic)|Beast Wars]]: The Gathering''
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*''Beast Wars: The Gathering''
*''Beast Wars: The Gathering''
*''Stormbringer'' #1
*''Stormbringer'' #1
*''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''
*''Infiltration''
*''Infiltration''
*''Evolutions: Hearts of Steel'' #1
*''Evolutions: Hearts of Steel'' #1
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===2012===
===2012===
[[Image:FCBD 2012 cover.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
[[Image:RG1 80pt5 cvr.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Published by:''' [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]], [[2012]].
*'''Date:''' [[May 5]], [[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]].
*'''Cover B:''' ???
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' issue 80.5 by [[Simon Furman]].
**'''Featured series #1:''' ''[[Regeneration One|The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' issue 80.5 by [[Simon Furman]].
***'''Story:''' "[[Counterpoint]]"
***'''Story:''' ???


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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 (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Retaliation'' prequel
*IDW ''G.I. Joe'' comics


;Notes
;Notes
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*'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, [[1993]].
*'''Date:''' [[October 31]]st, [[1993]].
*'''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''Cover:''' Original art by [[Geoff Senior]].
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel comic)|Generation 2]]''
**'''Featured series:''' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''
***'''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"
***'''Story:''' "[[Ghosts]]"


Revision as of 05:30, 2 June 2012

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

Stop steaming up my optics!
Yo us!
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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.


2012

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Notes
  • ???


Other free Transformers comics

"Halloween Special Edition"

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