The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Retailer Selection Committee has selected 46 comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event to take place on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at participating comic shops worldwide.
A committee of comic shop retailers chose 13 Gold Sponsor comics and 33 Silver Sponsor comics that give fans an opportunity to discover new titles and genres. This year’s selection of Silver Sponsor comics includes beloved franchises such as Star Wars, Godzilla, Transformers, Mega Man, and Street Fighter. Other notable Silver Sponsor titles are available from Alien Books, First Second Books, Rebellion, and Vault Comics.
“Each year, we aim to deliver a memorable Free Comic Book Day experience for fans everywhere!” Free Comic Book Day spokesperson Ashton Greenwood said. “We know comic book retailers are looking forward to treating their communities to a fun-filled day celebrating comic books, and we think this year’s title selection truly captures that spirit! There’s something for every kind of fan, from long-time readers to the comic book curious.”
The Silver Sponsor books are Valiant Universe (Alien Books), BOOM! Studios 20th Anniversary Special (BOOM! Studios), Critical Role/Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics), Gargoyles: Demona #0 (Dynamite Entertainment), Lost Marvels (Fantagraphics Books), Bad Kitty Gets a Job (First Second Books), Godzilla: The New Heroes (IDW Publishing), Keenspot Toybox Special and Mark Spears Monsters #0 (Keenspot Entertainment), Tower Dungeon & Issak (Kodansha Comics), The Phantom #0 (Mad Cave Studios), Iron Man & His Awesome Friends/Spidey & His Amazing Friends, Ironheart/Marvel’s Voices #1, and Star Wars #1 (Marvel Comics), Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur Crossover (Maverick), Will Eisner: A Comics Biography (NBM), EC Comics Presents: Blood Type #0 (Oni Press), Flash Gordon & The Girl from Infinity Adventures and Herobear and the Kid (Papercutz), Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel (Penguin Young Readers), Best of 2000 AD (Rebellion), Red 5 Comics Young Adult Adventures (Red 5 Comics), Hulk Teach (Scholastic/Graphix), Transformers: Worst Bot Ever (Skybound Entertainment), Champion (Ten Speed Graphic), Black Mirror #1 (T-Pub/Twisted Comics), Diablo (Titan Comics), Stitch! Best Food Forever (TokyoPop), Mega Man #0 and Street Fighter vs. Rival Schools #1 (Udon Entertainment), Def Leppard’s Hysteria #0 (Vault Comics), and Kagurabach/Baruto: Two Blue Vortex (Viz Media).
The complete list of all 46 FCBD titles can be found in the December issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog, on sale at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 27.
