OUT OF THE PAGES OF EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS ... BLOOD TYPE IS BORN! Before she rises from the grave and stakes her claim to EC's landmark, first-ever solo series this May, re-discover the perilous first appearance of the blood-thirsty, bon vivant vampire always in search of a good time ... and a fresh kill! Plus: An encore presentation of some of this year's most shocking, fan-favorite EC Comics stories from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS, CRUEL UNIVERSE and CRUEL KINGDOM ... and an exclusive look ahead at next summer's sinister wave of horrifying new EC Comics titles!

Preview the graphic novel on the life of Will Eisner, a pivotal figure in comics. From his immigrant roots and the creation of The Spirit to coining the term "graphic novel" with A Contract with God, Eisner's journey celebrates his vision and belief in comics as a legitimate art form.

The biggest names in comics bring you the biggest FCBD release of the year with three all new stories from the Energon Universe featuring G.I. JOE, TRANSFORMERS, and VOID RIVALS! A perfect jumping-on point for new readers with huge revelations for long-time fans!

In advance of Marvels First Family arriving on the big screen this summer, Ryan North and Humberto Ramos craft an unusual story in which the FANTASTIC FOUR respond to a most unusual interdimensional summons! And on the eve of the birth of the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT X-MEN, there is one extra mutant in attendance. WHO is it? Only Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing can tell you! Plus, ANOTHER surprise from Chip Zdarsky! Were simply too good to you!

VENGEANCE TEN CENTURIES IN THE MAKING! The tragic tale of Demona, sworn enemy of Disney's Gargoyles, begins in Dynamite Entertainment's special Free Comic Book Day issue #0 of Gargoyles: Demona! For a thousand years, while the heroic Gargoyles slept, their nemesis Demona has been wide awake - scheming and plotting her revenge against humanity for destroying her kind. And although Goliath and his clan of Gargoyles will do everything they can to protect their adopted New York City, they are not prepared for the lengths to which Demona will go in order to enact her twisted plan for justice - or for how large a part they themselves will play in carrying it out! Written by Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN, illustrated by acclaimed artist (and veteran of the original animated series) FRANK PAUR, and featuring a stunning cover by MEGHAN HETRICK, Gargoyles: Demona #0 kicks off an electrifying new chapter in the timeless saga of the Manhattan Clan - culminating in an unbelievable four-page preview that will leave readers old and new clamoring for more!

In July 2025, a bold new Godzilla story is coming& but you can get your first look here! Godzilla: The New Heroes FCBD 2025 features an original ten-page prelude to the new IDW Godzilla continuity, as well as preview pages for other books set in the new Godzilla shared universe. Each of these books is a fresh exploration on what it means to be a Godzilla comic from a group of mercenaries that fly through space in Mechagodzilla to a strange wasteland inhabited by a half-kaiju, half-human freak, to a bold superhero take on G-Force. A new era of Godzilla comics starts here!

Celebrate 10 years (10 YEARS?!?!) of I HATE FAIRYLAND with a stroll down memory lane...literally, as the lovably psychotic Gert revisits the various lands and kingdoms that she's terrorized throughout the first 40+ issues of her adventures. Join superstar cartoonist **SKOTTIE YOUNG **for a look back at the landmark series and a tantalizing glimpse of the next 10 years (10 MORE?!?!) of I HATE FAIRYLAND...

A hilarious original series filled with comics, mischief, and misadventure starring the Hulk! From the mind of New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown. Bruce Banner, AKA the Hulk, is a genius scientist and super hero whose rage-outs have led him to damage way too much public property. After his latest meltdown, Tony Stark arranges a PR move to smooth things over. Hulk will perform community service -- by teaching. Can Banner make it through the school year without destroying everything? And can middle school kids really learn anything when the HULK is their teacher? This all-new middle grade story told through comics, journal entries, doodles, newspaper clippings, spot-illustrations, and two-color artwork offers a laugh-out-loud take on middle school. It ain't easy being green.

Hit the lights and explore your new home for horror, but don't get too comfortable& IDW Dark launches in 2025 with nightmare fuel for everyone, from blockbuster licensed properties to bold new original stories. IDW Dark: Find Your New Fear spotlights the imprint's upcoming originals with exclusive first looks at Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring, the shocking sequel to Patrick Horvath's breakout hit series, and 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun, an expansion of IDW's legacy vampire franchise from co-creator Steve Niles and red-hot writer Rodney Barnes. This sampler also includes debut previews of IDW Dark's NIGHTCAPS, a line of oversize original one-shots showcasing sensational writer-artists. In Sean Peacock's Blood Honey, betrayal triggers a schoolwide duel when sweethearts at a gothic prep academy plot murder to avoid a breakup; and in Gavin Fullerton's Tuatha, a princess shepherds the head of her fallen king across a land of warring clans and forgotten gods.

First, armor up with Iron Man and his Awesome Friends, Iron Heart and Iron Hulk, in this not-to-be-missed all-new comic featuring characters from the forthcoming Disney Jr. show! Then the web-slinging fun continues with everyones favorite heroes from Marvels Spidey and His Amazing Friends! Theres no shortage of baddies creating mischief in New York and Spidey, Ghost-Spider, and Spin need help keeping the city safe through thrilling activity pages and easy-to-read stories.

Kagurabachi: Chihiro's father, Kunishige, is a renowned swordsmith whose six enchanted blades ended the nation's war. After retrieving and hiding the swords, sorcerers raid their home, killing Kunishige before Chihiro's eyes. Years later, Chihiro sets out with Kunishige's seventh and final blade to reclaim the stolen swords. Boruto: Two Blue Vortex: Naruto, once a mischievous shinobi, achieved his dream of becoming the greatest ninja and now graces the Hokage monument. But this isn't his story. A new generation, led by his son Boruto, rises in the swirling vortex of a new ninja era!

Is Jumpa ready to hop into action? Wonder Woman's home island of Themyscira holds many surprises...the most adorable having floppy ears and long tails! Kangas are companions and partners of the Amazons, beloved steeds and protectors of their bonded warriors. And on the island, a school exists to train the next generation of kangas for the many battles and challenges of the future. Jumpa has been training hard to compete against her friends in the Tournament of Kangas, but then Ares arrives to threaten Themyscira!

Is Jumpa ready to hop into action? Wonder Woman's home island of Themyscira holds many surprises... the most adorable having floppy ears and long tails! Kangas are companions and partners of the Amazons, beloved steeds and protectors of their bonded warriors. And on the island, a school exists to train the next generation of kangas for the many battles and challenges of the future. Jumpa has been training hard to compete against her friends in the Tournament of Kangas, but then Ares arrives to threaten Themyscira!

From his hit trading card series Mark Spears Monsters, superstar cover artist Mark Spears (Spawn, Power Rangers, Absolute Power) has created, written, and illustrated this bestselling comic book series! In this #0 issue special produced exclusively for Free Comic Book Day, Spears gifts fans with a chilling all-new tale that plunges into the darkest corners of the human soul. Mark Spears Monsters #0 sets the stage for a world filled with nightmarish creatures and unsettling mysteries. What terrors will you unleash? Plus: an all-new FCBD exclusive Kids These Days short by WWE NXT superstar "All Ego" Ethan Page and Toy creators Brett Murphy and Wilson Gandolpho!

Video game legend MEGA MAN returns with all-new comics from UDON! In this special one-shot adventure, the original Blue Bomber faces off against villainous robots masters like Cold Man, Wind Man, Skull Man, and more! The new era of Mega Man comics begins HERE!

Minecraft: The Manga: Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. What he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the ends of the Overworld. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could stand in his way? Beyblade X: Bladers are ready to battle it out! They've set their sights on the top of The X tower and prepare to fight their way to victory.

The Phantom, Lee Falk's highly influential superhero, is back in an all-new adventure series! The first story in an exciting publishing plan that is sure to satisfy both new and returning "Phans" of comics' beloved Ghost Who Walks. In true Phantom fashion, look forward to pulpy storytelling focused on justice, honor, mystery, and mythology-all told with heaps of action! Exclusive Original Material!

THEY PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. THEY GOT 25 TONS AND 18 WHEELS OF HOLY WEAPON.BIG RIG, created by Post Malone. The Dark Ages...Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, are in desperate need of a means to drive back the scourge and turn the tide of the onslaught. What crashes to earth is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest excommunicated from The Six Petals. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell behind the wheel of a demon-slaying machine. Written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel. Drawn by Barbaric co-creator and Dark Knights of Steel artist Nathan Gooden. Drive easy.

This is the moment you've been waiting for! After 30 years, the VR TROOPERS are back, blasting into comic shops around the country on Free Comic Book Day 2025! After making their long-awaited return in the pages of Power Rangers Prime, this issue will give fans a sneak peek at a new era of virtual reality powered action... alongside a special flipbook calling back to the original 1995 comics!

Introducing three new adventures from Red 5! In an exclusive prologue for "Enigmatown", you know the story of the child's plaything becoming a real boy, but what happens when the real boy becomes a child's toy? Then, after acid rain destroys the world, Jocelyn Alvarez must venture into the wasteland in search of "Something Beyond the Petrichor". And when teenager Jennifer Gaitlin dons the ancient helmet of Wukong, she gains the experiences and abilities of every warrior who has ever worn it to become "Snow Monkey"!

An all-new continuation of Tatsuo Yoshida's classic manga/anime, MachGoGoGo, known to Western audiences as Speed Racer! David Pepose and Davide Tinto have the storytelling keys to the featured story in issue #0, which ignites Mad Cave's ongoing Speed Racer series. Meanwhile, Mark Russell and Chris Batista drive a backup tale that leads directly into a Racer X spin-off series. One part Drive, another part Baby Driver, and another part Fast and Furious  with classic anime/manga inspiration throughout  fans new and old are given a front-row seat to exciting tales of action, adventure, overcoming challenges, and family. Exclusive original material!

Celebrating the new era of Star Wars comics! Luke Skywalker finds himself in a wretched hive of scum and villainy facing off against pirates! Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn & Tensu Run are on the hunt for the villainous Corlis Rath! Who is the mysterious Vanee and what is his connection to Darth Vader & Kylo Ren?

The blue menace is hungry for more! Stitch returns to Izayoi Island and reunites with his friend Yuna, who teaches him the joy of good food and even better friends. But whenever this little alien comes to town, it's always a recipe for disaster. Stitch and friends will face dangers - and flavors - of gigantic proportions! Mayhem has never tasted so good!

The Worlds Warriors hit the books, as the heroes of Street Fighter collide with the quarrelsome students of Rival Schools! Chun-Li, Dan, and Sakura square off against Batsu, Edge, Kyoko, and more in a schoolyard brawl that may give them all detention! The perfect way to gear up for the long-awaited re-release of Rival Schools 2 in the upcoming Capcom Fighting Collection 2 video game!

DC's debut early reader graphic novel for ages 5-7! Nine-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super-fast, super-strong, and super-cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super-powered kids Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner, a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they'll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow to-gether, and maybe earn some good-guy points along the way. Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more as the Good Guy Gang grows!

TWO TITANS OF ANIMATION - TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! In the greatest crossover since peanut butter met jelly, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS travel to Third Earth and discover the world of the THUNDERCATS! After being trapped in a runaway rocket by Mojo Jojo, the Townsville Trio find themselves on a strange planet where their super-powers don't work. Luckily, someone named Snarf is there to provide a situation report - and wouldn't you know it, there's evil that needs defeating! But without their Chemical X-enhanced abilities, what can Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup do against a foe like Mumm-Ra? Find out as writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU and artist COLEMAN ENGLE open up the Treasures of Thundera in Dynamite's Free Comic Book Day special ThunderCats/Powerpuff Girls #0 - featuring an instantly iconic cover from the author!

Kodansha presents exclusive previews of two new action manga, before they arrive in stores! Manga master Tsutomu Nihei (BLAME!, Knights of Sidonia) brings his genius to bear on the fantasy genre for the first time in Tower Dungeon, which pits a precocious farmboy against a crumbling world of malformed creatures, wounded soldiers, and labyrinthine darkness. Issak follows a Japanese warrior's journey to Europe in search of vengeance, at the height of the Thirty Years' War. Vinland Saga meets Shogun in this American Manga Awards-nominated masterwork.

The FIRST APPEARANCE of Ballpoint, everyones new FAVORITE Decepticon comes in this special first look at the most anticipated new graphic novel of the yearTRANSFORMERS: WORST BOT EVER!Plus, meet the most unexpected family of superheroes, with a special look inside the soon-to-be YA OGN phenomenon known as FAMILY FORCE V from **MATT BRALY **(the creator of Amphibia) and AINSWORTH LIN!

ENTER THE UNDEADSIDE! After the shocking events of RESURGENCE, the heroes of the Valiant Universe are scattered and broken! Those who have survived find themselves in a world overrun by flesh eating creatures intent on their destruction - THE UNDEADSIDE! Out of hope, out of time, the Valiant superheroes will uncover the secrets of the Undeadside in an ALL-NEW story that sets up the Valiant Comics event of 2025!

Are you ready to learn the ways of the Force? And bend the elements with the Avatar? We got you! In Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures everyone's favorite Jedi younglings Kai, Lys, and Nubs travel to a mysterious (and smelly) swamp, where Master Yoda has set up an elaborate scavenger hunt. As the younglings look for clues, they find an unexpected friend and learn an important lesson about what it means to be a Jedi Knight. Samurai Appa and Ronin Momo roam the Four Nations, righting wrongs wherever they go. In this special Avatar: The Last Airbender FCBD tale, the sky bison and winged lemur find themselves at a beleaguered Fire Nation noodle house where some of the clientele are tougher customers than the owner would like. Can the duo bring some order to chaos-and maybe earn themselves lunch in the process? Or will they be out on their tails?

Celebrating a year of Marvel's Voices with a brand-new story starring Ironheart! Bestselling writer Justina Ireland blasts Ironheart into Chicagos past for a story of Black innovation through the ages! And explore the past year of Voices anthologies with selections from Mystique and Destiny's star-studded wedding issue, Patriot's explosive return to super-heroing, the introduction of a brand-new Ghost Rider, and more!

Nominated for "Best Kids Comic" by the Ringo Awards, Matt Cole's Glopple now teams with Keenspot! You'll be rooting for this unlikely hero created by Dr. Vinel, a greedy professor obsessed with world domination. The Glopple must choose between becoming a force for good to save Dallas, Texas, or succumbing to Vinel's dark influence. This all-ages adventure comic is full of action, humor, and heart, captivating readers of all ages.

The finale of the Goon 25th anniversary miniseries, Them That Don’t Stay Dead! Dorothy Die and the man in the hat have played all their cards, but it’s the Goon who gets the final turn. And he’s about to show them all why he runs Nameless Town. Plus, Franky slaps a hairy Baptist with a sausage. Don’t miss it! • The Goon returns in an all-new, black and white series!

The next chapter of legendary horror author R.L. Stine's coming-of-age teen thriller is here! The members of the Graveyard Club attempt to move on from the disturbing events of last semester but the strange disappearances of Parker and Rhonda's fathers is too big of a mystery to ignore. A return to the scene of the crime may be just what they need to discover the terrifying truth of that night... but can they survive their investigation long enough to uncover the lurking darkness within

THE CLIMAX OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NACELLEVERSE IS UPON US . . . AND OUT OF THE ASHES, THE GREAT GARLOO RISES! Since the events of NacelleVerse #0, the orphaned alien Garloo has crossed the cosmos-gearing up with ROBOFORCE, racing alongside the BIKER MICE FROM MARS, witnessing the power of the SECTAURS, WARRIORS OF SYMBION, and so many more heroes along the way. Now, on his newly adopted home of Earth, hes found his true purpose and made peace with his destiny as the last remaining survivor of the doomed planet Larlon-or so he thought! When faced with an epic choice between his friends and a new kind of destiny among the cosmos, can Garloo discover what it takes to be not just good but GREAT? Capping off the first epic year of the NacelleVerse-and setting the stage for what comes next-rising stars Leon Reiser (Aliens: What If?) and A.J. Jothikumar (Ultraman: Rising) unite for an action-packed, 40-page odyssey guest-starring the BIKER MICE FROM MARS and a literal cast of thousands!

Jess finds herself off-balance and uncertain as a wave of emotions threatens even her immense ability to suppress them. But just who exactly is she falling in love with, and what secrets do they hold about Annabel and Adira?

WAR IS HELL! The FINAL BATTLE between the Nazis, the Unhallowed and the unkillable HELLHUNTERS! Newly empowered with the strength and hellfire of Zarathos, the Hellhunters are all that stands between Bruckner's undead legions and the end of the Allied Forces! Will they be enough? And even if they succeed, what will they owe to Zarathos in exchange for his gifts? Don't miss this EPIC CONCLUSION to the first adventure from Marvel's new HELLHUNTERS!

Writer Seanan McGuirre and artist Countandra continue the story of the Heretic, SkekGra. Meanwhile, Shobo and V.V. Glass bring us a Yoruba storyteller tale about Ijapa the Tortoise. Discover a rare moment of introspection from Jareth the Goblin King written and illustrated by Kyla Vanderklugt. Finally, delight in the tale of a baking + architecture contest amongst the Doozers written by Aabria Iyengar and illustrated by Jared Cullum.

A new generation of Bastards is back and bolder than ever! A special 3-issue oversized prestige format mini-series from Jimmy's creators GARTH ENNIS and RUSS BRAUN!

With things stabilized at home, Henry sets out to navigate the paused landscape with his newly made allies Halima and Jack. With all of New York City still eerily quiet and frozen in time, they have to decide their next course of action. Do they start getting things back to normal and unpause everyone they see? Or do they take advantage of this free vacation and indulge in a city theirs for the taking? And when they're faced with an impossible decision, who decides what's right or wrong in a frozen world with no rules?