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Universal Distribution Announces “Free Comic Book Day” Titles for 2026 Event

January 8, 2026 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The Announcement:
Free Comic Book Day is back and bigger than ever! Comic shops and game stores around the globe will be celebrating the creativity, community, and pure fun that comics bring to fans everywhere. This annual event is the perfect chance to dive into new stories, revisit favorite characters, and discover hidden gems…all for free. The 2026 lineup is packed with incredible titles from top publishers, spanning superhero adventures, indie favorites, and iconic franchises. Whether it’s legendary heroes, thrilling crossovers, or bold new worlds, this year’s selection has something for every fan.

Here’s a sneak peek at the 24 titles hitting shelves on Free Comic Book Day:

2026 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TITLES

Ablaze: THE CIMMERIAN: THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE

AMP Comics: GREATEST AMERICAN HERO
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Comics, Pop Culture

FCBD Retailer Selection Committee Announces 46 Titles for “Free Comic Book Day” 2025

November 21, 2024 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The Press Release:
The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Retailer Selection Committee has selected forty-six comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event to take place on Saturday, May 3, at participating comic shops worldwide.

A committee of comic shop retailers chose forty-six titles to be available on Free Comic Book Day: thirteen Gold Sponsor comics and thirty-three 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.
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Events, Reviews

PiercingMetal Goes To New York Comic Con 2011: Day 3; Part 3

October 24, 2011 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

Hello again my Comic Book legions and welcome back to the in-depth coverage of the 2011 NY Comic Con that we have been delivering to you on the official blog for PiercingMetal.com; The adventures at this year’s Con seem to have been the biggest in our personal experience and that brings me to the next chapter and the wonderful images and people that we encountered. That being said, let’s get back to work on the travels as we first encounter a cool couple of DC Comics cosplayers with Power Girl and Plastic Man. This was the second of each character that I remembered seeing as I wandered the massive halls.

ny comic con, ny comic con 2011, nycc 2011 — Power Girl Cosplay & Plastic Man Cosplay

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Books, Reviews

“Black Metal” by Rick Spears/Chuck BB

November 5, 2007 Steve Bunche Leave a comment

Author: Rick Spears, Chuck BB
Title: Black Metal
Publisher: Oni Press
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: 5/5

During my travails as a freelance graphic novel reviewer for a major weekly magazine that focuses on the publishing industry, I’m usually buried beneath mountains of cookie-cutter, disposable landfill that I wouldn’t use to wrap fish, But every now and then my efforts are rewarded by having a truly fun book I would otherwise never have heard of fall into my lap. The latest such book is Oni Press’ Black metal Vol. 1.

Heavy Metal is a rock ’n’ roll genre known for its guitar-worship/masturbation (yeah, I’m talkin’ about YOU, Yngwie Malmsteen; “I Am A Viking?” Oh, puh-leeze…), bombast and pomposity serving to fuel young men’s fantasies of heroism and machismo, sometimes involving elder gods, their amoral mythologies, and their inevitable return, in other words a subject ripe for lampooning, and this graphic novel just may be the funniest take on the clichés of the genre to come along since This Is Spinal Tap.
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