Free Comic Book Day happens the first Saturday in May. It’s a chance when all of the comic publishers print new stories and put them in a special free book. In some cases they’ll publish snippets of old stories, regardless, Free Comic Book Day is awesome and a great chance to find new books and introduce your children to all age comics to help with the lifelong habit of reading.
Some comic book stores will have a limit or certain books will have a limited quantity. For example our local store lets you get five comics. Some of the comics will still be in stock the next day because there are more of them available. This guide will show you all of the all age comics, there are many others that are geared to teens or mature audiences.
Bongo Comics Free-For All!
Bongo Comics publish Simpsons Comics and a couple other titles. This one is all Simpsons and every year they have one of the most entertaining entries for Free Comic Book Day.
Capstone presents March Grand Prix
Nothing says all ages like a rabbit in a race car. From the creator of Jellaby, Kean Soo comes this rabbit on the race track tail.
Boom! Studios Tenth Anniversary Special
Boom! Studios have so many great titles. Peanuts, Garfield, Regular Show, Adventure Time and Archaia’s Mouse Guard and other titles are sure to be in this 48 page free comic.
From Dynamite Entertainment, Bob’s Burgers is based on the hit TV show and this Free Comic Book Day entry compiles stories previously featured in the comic. The comic is done by the same team that does the television show, yet with totally different stories.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
This 32 page book has an all new story featuring Bumblee battling Decepticons. It also features a look at the other books that IDW and Hasbro have coming out this year.
This is a great all ages book and their FCBD is laid out the same way. It consists of one new story and two or three small stories. SpongeBob, what is not to love?
It’s 32 pages of all new Pokemon story from Viz Media & Perfect Square.
Gronk is a cat loving monster. It’s all age comic fun from this very clever book by Katie Cook on Action Lab Comics.
Worlds Unite in this flip-book that has stories from Mega Man and Sonic the Hedgehog.
From Red 5 Comics this is the kind of gem that you discover on FCBD. A troll gets hijacked into a little girl’s tea party. It’s perfect for all ages.
You don’t have to be Canadian to love this. It’s an all ages reboot to the classic comic hero from Chapter House.
This is possibly a teen book, but as popular as The Avengers are now your child will want to pick it up, just read it with them initially.
This all ages preview takes a look at Avatar: The Last Airbender, Plants Vs. Zombies and Bandette in three new stories.
It’s two tales from two of the best known women in comics. Kate Beaton brings Step Aside Pops! and Jillian Tamaki presents SuperMutant Magic Academy. This is sharp humor with an all ages indie edge.
Cleopatra in Space. Aside from the title the name Scholastic should attract people to this one. It’s Cleopatra, zapped through time and space to end up in….space.
Terrible Lizard from Oni Press
Terrible Lizard is a great all ages comic. A teen girl befriends a dinosaur, other monsters attack the world, she has to save the universe and deal with her scientist dad.
The Rabbids from the television show are in the comics too. It’s very short stories, no words and great for all ages.
Teen Titans Go!/Scooby-Doo Team-Up
This offering from DC Comics has two of the best all age comics in one Free Comic Book Day comic. Teen Titans Go! is one of the best known all ages comics, so kids (and you) will want this one. Scooby-Doo Team Up is a nice mash up of the gang and various DC heroes.
Thx for the comics update. Last year I took my son and daughter into a very heavy card/RP playing comic shop. The perpetual YOUTHS behind the counter said “We don’t do free comic day.” Yeah, cuz why would you want to grow your client base? Or replace the future sure-to-have-coronaries sitting around that card table?