What Titles Will Be Available on Free Comic Book Day 2017?

Free Comic Book Day will return once again next year, but you can already scope out a list of the free comics that will be given out in May.

Free Comic Book Day is not, in fact, a myth. It just happens to be a once-a-year event, so if you miss it, you’ll have to wait another 364 days or so. Now, it may seem like a pretty irrelevant thing to go to, particularly if you’re not a fan of Marvel and DC Comics, right?

That’s not actually true. Entertainment Weekly has revealed the list of free comic books that will be available on Saturday, May 6. The titles fall into either the gold or silver categories. Just two titles remain a complete secret: a gold title from both Marvel and DC.

Free Comic Book Day Gold Comics

• Betty & Veronica #1 — FCBD 2017 Edition: Adam Hughes, Archie Comics
• Bongo Comics Free-for-All  — FCBD 2017 Edition: Matt Groening, Bongo Comics
• Boom! Studios Summer Blast  — FCBD 2017 Edition: David Petersen, Kyla Vanderklugt, Boom! Studios
• Briggs Land/James Cameron’s Avatar — FCBD 2017 Edition: Sherri Smith, Brian Wood, Doug Wheatley, Werther Dell’Edera, Dark Horse Comics
• DC Comics unannounced title
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Unbroken — FCBD 2017 Edition: Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J. K. Woodward, IDW
• I Hate Image — FCBD 2017 Edition: Skottie Young, Image Comics
• Marvel unannounced title
• Rick & Morty  — FCBD 2017 Edition: Zac Gorman, Tini Howard, CJ Cannon, Maximus Pauson, Oni Press
• Doctor Who — FCBD 2017 Edition: Alex Paknadel, Mariano Laclaustra, Titan Comics
• X-O Manowar Special — FCBD 2017 Edition: Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire (A) Tomas Giorello & Various (CA) Tomas Giorello, Valiant Entertainment
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/Ocarina of Time — FCBD 2017 Edition: Akira Himekawa, Viz Media

Gold Titles to Watch

As a pretty big The Legend of Zelda fan, yours truly will keep her eye out for the Twilight Princess/Ocarina of Time comic from Viz Media. Major TV series also have some great representation here between Rick & Morty, Doctor Who, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Now, to the big two superhero comic book houses. Both have kept their cards close to their chests in this announcement. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t do a little speculating.

This year, Marvel used Free Comic Book Day to launch its Civil War II story line as one of the premiere titles. Will something similar happen this year? It seems like that might be the case. Alternatively, Marvel could promote Thor or Spider-Man, since both have movies arriving in 2017.

DC, meanwhile, promoted Suicide Squad with a oneshot comic featuring none other than Harley Quinn on the cover. Since next year marks the release of a little film called Justice League, it seems safe to guess that that might be DC’s title.

Free Comic Book Day Silver Comics

• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir — FCBG: Bryan Seaton, Brian Hess, Action Lab Entertainment
• Underdog — FCBD 2017 Edition: American Mythology Productions
• STEAM Wars: Strike Leader — FCBD 2017 Edition: Joe Wight, Antarctic Press)
• Sonic: Genesis of a Hero — FCBD 2017 Edition: Ian Flynn, Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, Jamal Peppers, Gary Martin, Archie Comics
• The Looking Glass Wars: Crossfire — FCBD 2017 Edition: Frank Beddor, Curtis Clark, Sami Makkonen, Vincent Proce, Automatic Pictures
• Lady Mechanika — FCBD 2017 Edition: Joe Benitez, Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald, Benitez Productions
• SpongeBob Freestyle Funnies — FCBD 2017 Edition: Jay Lender, James Kochalka, Jacob Chabot, James Kochalka, R. Sikoryak, United Plankton Pictures
• Fresh Off the Boat — FCBD 2017 Edition: Gene Luen Yang, Boom! Studios
• Captain Canuck  — FCBD 2017 Edition: Jay Baruchel, Marcus To, David Finch, Chapterhouse Comics
• FCBD 2017 Dark Horse All Ages Buffy High School & PVZ: Kel McDonald, Paul Tobin, Yishan Li, Rachel Downing, Dark Horse Comics
• DC Comics unannounced title
• Colorful Monsters: A 64-Page D+Q Enfant Sampler — FCBD 2017 Edition: Anouk Ricard, Elise Gravel, Drawn & Quarterly
• Guy DeLisle & Findakly/Trondheim Sneak Previews — FCBD 2017 Edition: Drawn & Quarterly
• Animal Jam — FCBD 2017 Edition: Fernando Ruiz, Pete Pantazis, D.E.
• Tex Patagonia — FCBD 2017 Edition: Mauro Boselli, Pasquale Frisenda, D.E.
• World’s Greatest — FCBD 2017 Edition: Noah Van Sciver, Fantagraphics
• Spill Night — FCBD 2017 Edition: Scott Westerfeld, Alex Puvilland, :01 First Second
• Graphix Spotlight: Time Shifters — FCBD 2017 Edition: Chris Grine, Graphix
• The Incal — FCBD 2017 Edition: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Moebius, U-Jin, Humanoids Inc.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Prelude to Dimension X  — FCBD 2017 Edition: Tom Waltz, Cory Smith, IDW
• Kid Savage — FCBD 2017 Edition: Joe Kelly, Ilya, Image Comics
• Attack on Titan — FCBD 2017 Edition: Jody Houser, Emi Lenox, Paolo Rivera, Kodansha Comics
• Catalyst Prime: The Event — FCBD 2017 Edition: Christopher Priest, Joseph Illidge, Marco Turini, Jessica Kholinne, Lion Forge
• Guardians of the Galaxy #1 — FCBD 2017 Edition: Marvel Comics
• The Tick — FCBD 2017 Edition: Jeeff McClelland, Duane Redhead, New England Comics
• Hilda’s Back — FCBD 2017 Edition: Luke Pearson, Nobrow Press
• Bad Machinery — FCBD 2017 Edition: John Allison, Sarah Stern, Oni Press
• Barbie — FCBD 2017 Edition: Sarah Kuhn, Tini Howard, Jules Rivera, Alitha Martinez, Papercutz
• The Loud House — FCBD 2017 Edition: Kevin Sullivan, Jared Morgan, Papercutz
• 2000 AD Special — FCBD 2017 Edition: Rebellion / 2000 AD
• Keyzer Soze/The Rift — FCBD 2017 Edition: Paul Ens, Livia Pastore, Leno Carvalho, Red 5 Comics
• Monster High — FCBD 2017 Edition: Abby Denson, Arianna Florean, Titan Comics
• FCBD 2017 TokyoPop Disney Descendants DCOM #1: Jason Muell, Natsuki Minami, TokyoPop
• Street Fighter V: Wrestling Special — FCBD 2017 Edition: Ken Siu-Chong, Jeffrey Chamba Cruz, Udon Entertainment Inc
• FCBD 2017 Viz Dragon Ball Super & Boruto: Akira Toriyama, Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media LLC
• Malika: Warrior Queen — FCBD 2017 Edition: Youneek Studios
• The Ballad of Franklin Bonisteel — FCBD 2017 Edition: Gabe Soria, Warren Pleece, Z2 Comics
• Grimm Fairy Tales #1 — FCBD 2017 Edition: Zenescope Entertainment

Silver Titles to Watch

Now that we’ve gotten through that massive list, let’s take a moment to break down some of the bigger titles available here. First, DC has once again declined to announce even its silver title. Meanwhile, Marvel has informed us that we’ll be getting Guardians of the Galaxy, a nod to the upcoming film.

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir has gotten a rather robust following on social media sites like Tumblr. A comic book will almost certainly pull in some of its fanbase. (The show will also premiere its second season in May.) Additionally, the ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat has gotten a comic book of its own now.

Furthermore, anime fans have two titles to choose from. Attack on Titan, which returns in April of 2017 as a series with season 2, will draw in fans looking for a taste of what’s to come. Meanwhile, Dragon Ball Super and Boruto could easily snag old-school Dragon Ball Z fans as well as more modern Naruto enthusiasts.

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Free Comic Book Day takes place on May 6, 2017.