PREVIEWS #328 (VOL. XXVI #1)
Previews PUBLICATIONS
PREVIEWS #330
MARCH 2016
THIS MONTH’S COVER ART: New projects from Marvel Comics and DC Comics!
THIS MONTH’S THEME: Women in Comics!
Since 1988, previewshas been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop… revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus previewsexclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, previewsis here to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future!This March issue features items scheduled to ship in May 2016 and beyond.
Catalog, 8x11, 500+pg, PC$3.99
PREVIEWS #330 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — MARCH 2016
Previews makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This March issue features items scheduled to ship in May 2016 and beyond.
FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS
Comic-sized, 62pg, PCPI
MARVEL PREVIEWS VOLUME 3 #8
Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This March issue features items scheduled to ship in May 2016 and beyond.
FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS
Comic-sized, 120pg, FC$1.25
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #193
Game Trade Magazine, the monthly publication of Alliance Game Distributors, is your guide to what's new in the worlds of gaming! With articles on new and upcoming games, previews, reviews, game-related comics and fiction, self-contained mini-games or game modules, plus product information on upcoming game releases, Game Trade Magazine is your essential guide to gaming today! This March issue features items scheduled to ship in May 2016 and beyond.
Magazine, 8x11, FC$3.99
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ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Fiona Staples
Comic superstars Mark Waid and Fiona Staples reimagine an icon in this special FCBD reprint of the best-selling first issue of Archie! Change has come to Riverdale in the can't-miss kick-off to Archie's new ongoing series! As the new school year approaches, you'd think Archie Andrews would be looking forward to classes and fun — but nothing is as it seems in the little town of Riverdale. Is this a one-off, or a sign of bigger changes awaiting America's favorite teens... and the entire town? Find out in this exciting, remarkable and critically acclaimed first issue! (STK697832)
32pgs, FCFREE!
BONGO COMICS
BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) Matt Groening
Get in line for the foremost Free Comic Book Day four-color giveaway of the year! Pieman and the Cupcake Kid take on a new crime team, Glutenus Maximus and his sidekick Gluten Tag, whose pastry-related misdeeds have led to a ban on all baked goods in Springfield! How will the heroic duo battle their foes without their arsenal of pies and cupcakes, and what's worse…what will Homer do without his daily dose of donuts? Then, after an unfortunate trip to the dentist, Principal Skinner is mistaken for a vampire. It doesn't help that Bart fuels the fire (and supplies the pitchforks) to an unruly mob uprising. All that and much, much more — and it's all free! (STK698612)
32pgs, FCFREE!
BOOM! STUDIOS
BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A) Box Brown & Various (CA) Kat Leyh
In the BOOM! Studios 2016 Summer Blast, read all-new, original short stories of David Petersen's Mouse Guard and Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Plus, get sneak peeks of the upcoming new Adventure Time: Comics series, the Lumberjanes: Don't Axe, Don't Tale special, and this summer's highly anticipated original graphic novel from Archaia, The Cloud. As a bonus, we've included preview pages from Goldie Vance, our newest BOOM! Box debut. There's something in this Free Comic Book Day issue for everyone! (STK699256)
48pgs, FCFREE!
DARK HORSE COMICS
DARK HORSE SERENITY/HELLBOY/ALIENS FCBD 2015 EDITION
(W) Mike Mignola & Various (A) Tristan Jones & Various (CA) Sean Cooke
Need a reason to pick up Dark Horse Comics' 2016 Free Comic Book Day offering? Here's three: From Mike Mignola and Richard Corben, a lesson from Hellboy's past is shared. From Brian Wood, a peek into the Aliens: Defiance series with an original tale. And from the world of Joss Whedon, a glimpse at the crew of the Serenity, following the film and the smash-hit series Leaves on the Wind! (STK699264)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DC COMICS
DC COMICS GOLD BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) TBD
A special, Top Secret project too big to announce! Please check back in the February issue of PREVIEWS and at freecomicbookday.com for future updates!
32pgs, FCFREE!
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
BOB'S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A) Various (CA) Sara Richard
The Belcher Family proudly celebrates this year's Free Comic Book Day event with three wild and zany adventures featuring those lovable scamps Tina, Gene, and Louise, plus guest stars Bob, Linda, and all your favorites from Bob's Burgers! It's the official Bob's Burgers comic book based on the fan-favorite (and Emmy Award-winning) Fox animated sitcom, jam-packed with the mouth-watering flavor that longtime fans and curious newcomers can enjoy! (STK698622)
32pgs, FCFREE!
IMAgE COMICS
CAMP MIDNIGHT FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Steven T. Seagle (A/CA) Jason Adam Katzenstein
Add a touch of spooky to your Free Comic Book Day this year with the first chapter of Ben 10 and Big Hero 6 creator Steven T. Seagle and New Yorker Magazine cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein's Camp Midnight! Not wanting to please her "step monster," reluctant Skye is dead-set on not fitting in. But when she's accidentally sent to the wrong summer camp — Camp Midnight, where everyone attending is a full-fledged monster — Skye realizes that not fitting in will be the very least of her challenges! Camp Midnight is the perfect book for readers who love Raina Telgemeier's Smile but wish it had more bowls of gooey eyeballs in the lunch scenes. (STK698783)
32pgs, FCFREE!
Art (Pending)
IDW PUBLISHING
ROM: SPACE KNIGHT #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Christos N. Gage, Chris Ryall (A) David Messina, Paolo Villanelli (CA) Zach Howard
He strikes from outer space... hurtling Earthward on his dread mission of cosmic vengeance! Rom the Space Knight is back for the first time in decades, and nothing can stop him! This introductory story re-introduces the character and leads into July's all-new, ongoing series! (STK698017)
32pgs, FCFREE!
MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) TBD
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes return in an all-new FCBD 2016 edition! (STK699301)
32pgs, FCFREE!
TITAN COMICS
DOCTOR WHO: FOUR DOCTORS SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Nick Abadzis & Various (A) Eleonora Carlini & Various
Jump on board the TARDIS with FOUR all-new short tales of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors! Whether you're a whiz with a Sonic Screwdriver or completely new to Who, this is the perfect Free Comic Book Day adventure for SF fans of all ages! Written and illustrated by the creative teams of the regular comics, this is the ideal place to start reading! (STK698676)
32pgs, FCFREE!
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
VALIANT 4001 A.D. SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Matt Kindt & Various (A) Clayton Crain & Various (CA) Clayton Crain
The most ambitious Valiant event yet starts right here on Free Comic Book Day with a shocking new vision of the future in 4001 A.D.! The war for the fate of the 41st century begins here with an exclusive, never-before-seen prelude to the blockbuster comics event of the summer by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and superstar artist Clayton Crain. Rai! Eternal Warrior! X-O Manowar! Bloodshot! Geomancer! Armstrong! And more! The future of the Valiant Universe begins here! Plus: An all-new look inside Valiant's next hit ongoing series, A&A, from Rafer Roberts and David Lafuente; Divinity II from Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine; and brand-new interviews, special features and surprises that no comic fan can afford to miss! (STK697828)
32pgs, FCFREE!
VIZ MEDIA
PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS: POKÉMON POCKET COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) Santa Harukaze
To the forest! To the sea! To Legendary Island! Join our Pokémon pals on a quest through Unova for the Legendary joke — while testing your Pokémon knowledge and laughing all the way! (STK699265)
32pgs, B&WFREE!
SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
AWAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Susan Beneville (A/CA) Brian Hess
In this prequel to the ongoing series, Awake, Regn learns to use her powers, and gets into trouble, with fellow cadet, Joppin, on the Dola training planet, Exterra, while Chay rescues young Picar from an angry mob! (STK698784)
32pgs, FCFREE!
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY
THE PINK PANTHER FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) S.L. Gallant, Various
He's been the coolest cat in all of cartoondom for over 50 years! The Pink Panther is back in brand new adventures to tickle your funny bone and test the sanity of The Little Man! Join all of Pink's pals from the DePatie-Freleng stable including The Inspector and The Ant and The Aardvark, as we welcome The Pink Panther to 21st Century comic books in style! This special FCBD issue is chock-full of fun with new and classic Pink Panther adventures, including the hilarious antics of “The Mighty Pan-Thor”! 2016 is the year of The Pink Panther, and it all starts here on Free Comic Book Day! (STK699306)
32pgs, FCFREE!
ARCANA STUDIOS
STAN LEE'S THE UNKNOWNS/HOWARD LOVECRAFT FCBD 2016 EDITION
Comic book legend Stan Lee's newest creation, The Unknowns, makes it's world debut on Free Comic Book Day! Two average teens help alien protectors disguise themselves as a touring rock group in order to take out undercover cells of invaders! Also included is the next chapter in the Howard Lovecraft series (just in time for the animated feature film, Howard Lovecraft & The Frozen Kingdom), as everyone's favorite Cthulhu teams up with young H.P. Lovecraft in Howard Lovecraft & The Squid Kids! 32 pages of all-ages animated fun! (STK699198)
32pgs, FCFREE!
ARCHIE COMICS
SONIC SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A) Various (CA) Jamal Peppers, Gary Martin
Get the best of both worlds with the Sonic Sampler! Hot on the heels of the all-new epic Sonic comics event, "Panic in the Sky," comes a supersonic sampling of stories for Free Comic Book Day! Join Sonic and friends as they band together to save the world from the evil ambitions of Dr. Eggman in these select stories from Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe! Plus, get a sneak peek of what's to come with a special "Fast Forward Feature" that you'll have to see to believe! (STK698177) NOTE: Not available in Australia and New Zealand.
32pgs, FCFREE!
ASPEN, MLT
WORLDS OF ASPEN FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) J. T. Krul, Joshua Hale Fialkov (A) Jordan Gunderson (CA) Jordan Gunderson, Peter Steigerwald
The crossover event every Aspen fan has been waiting for has finally arrived! Aspen Matthews is a woman of two worlds, the one above and the one below. Now, both worlds face certain annihilation at the hands of a supreme being from another universe — the Soulfire Universe! Prepare to experience the Worlds of Aspen as you've never seen before as Michael Turner's flagship creations, Fathom and Soulfire come crashing together for the first time ever! And the results will be nothing short of a new Aspen Universe altogether! This. Changes. Everything. (STK698718)
32pgs, FCFREE!
AUTOMATIC PICTURES
CON MAN’S SPECTRUM FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Pj Haarsma, Alan Tudyk (A) Sarah Stone (CA) Kenneth Rocafort, Sarah Stone
Firefly stars Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion present the first Spectrum comic from their highly successful webseries, Con Man! Our planet has been ravaged by two alien attacks and life on Earth is very different. Captain James Raaker is tasked with cleaning it up, but this is just a set-up to destroy everything he loves and quite possibly life on Earth itself! (STK697545)
32pgs, FCFREE!
BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS
LADY MECHANIKA #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Joe Benitez (A/CA) Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald
Introduce new readers to this best-selling series, remarkably successful with female readers as well as fans of the popular "steampunk" genre! This special FCBD issue includes the original 14-page one-shot — introducing Lady Mechanika, a young woman in Victorian England with mechanical limbs and no memory of how she got them, searching desperately for the secrets to her past — plus excerpts from two Lady Mechanika trade paperbacks, on sale by FCBD! (STK698675)
32pgs, FCFREE!
BLACK MASK COMICS
WE CAN NEVER GO HOME/YOUNG TERRORISTS FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Matthew Rosenberg, Matt Pizzolo (A) Various (CA) Amancay Nahuelpan
Here's what you'll find on Black Mask's "Mixtape" for FCBD 2016... SIDE A: We Can Never Go Home: "Dead Set on Destruction"—Madison is dangerous. And a little danger is all Morgan and Dale ever wanted. This story bridges the gap between WCNGH Vol. 1 and the upcoming new series. SIDE B: Young Terrorists: "Me Against the World"—Sera learns the hard way you can't build an army without fighting a few (hundred) cops. Welcome to the Sovereign State of Greater Detroit! (STK699197)
32pgs, FCFREE!
COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
HELP THE CBLDF… DEFEND COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A) Lucy Knisley & Various (CA) Craig Thompson
An all-star, all-ages spectacular featuring the greatest in Kid's Comics! Stand up for your right to read with some of your favorite characters, and a cavalcade of great cartoonists! Fantasy, humor, adventure and more — all about defending the books we love the most! Cover by Craig Thompson (Space Dumplins, Blankets)! (STK697833)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DARBY POP
BRUCE LEE: THE DRAGON RISES #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Shannon Lee, Jeff Kline (A) Brandon McKinney, Zac Atkinson (CA) Bernard Chang
Bruce Lee never died. And he hasn't aged. But, he has no idea who he is, what's happened in the world in the past 40+ years, or why so many "thugs" want a piece of him. With the help of a fly BFF from the '70s — Joe Toomey, P.I. — and pair of precocious teens, Bruce will piece together a mystery more insidious than ever imagined, and find himself forced to do battle with both an enigmatic Villain and his very own conscience. The Dragon rises... and "walks on" once more! Co-written by Bruce's own daughter, Shannon Lee, and Jeff Kline (Jackie Chan Adventures, Indestructible)! (STK697539)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DARK HORSE COMICS
DARK HORSE ALL-AGES SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino & Various (A) Brian Churilla
Avatars, Dragons, and Zombies? What could be more friendly for all-ages than original tales from these prime Dark Horse worlds? Nothing. For Free Comic Book Day 2016, take a journey with the Avatar from The Legend of Korra, the dragon riders from How to Train Your Dragon, and the fundead of Plants vs. Zombies! (STK699267)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DC COMICS
DC COMICS SILVER BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) TBD
A special, Top Secret project too big to announce! Please check back in the February issue of PREVIEWS and at freecomicbookday.com for future updates!
32pgs, FCFREE!
DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS
DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS MIXTAPE FCBD 2016 EDITION
In this collection of short stories, we introduce new, never before seen Squarriors characters, reveal an original story of Mercy Sparx's youth from the world of Sheol as a prelude to Mercy Sparx: Year One, a short story featuring Badger vs. everyone's favorite shirtless world leader, and wrap with the Public Relations short "How to Dragon Your Train," where a train derailment PR disaster goes bad when a team of hungry dragons are sent to airlift out the victims. (STK699199)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MOONCOP: A TOM GAULD SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W/A/CA) Tom Gauld
Penned by the cartoonist of Goliath and You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, this FCBD offering features an exclusive excerpt from Tom Gauld's all-new graphic novel Mooncop, plus a selection of short humor strips. Mooncop details the deadpan day-to-day adventures of the last policeman on the colonized moon. Support good comics and see why Tom Gauld has regular comics in the Guardian, New York Times and the New Yorker! It's simple: he's brilliant and funny. (STK697538)
32pgs, FCFREE!
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
GRUMPY CAT (AND POKEY!) SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
(W) Royal McGraw & Various (A) Ken Haeser & Various (CA) Ken Haeser
Grumpy Cat, the Internet's cutest curmudgeon, brings her hilarious brand of sass to comic shops everywhere with the official Grumpy Cat Free Comic Book Day 2016 special! Readers of all ages will love the misadventures of this killjoy kitten and her high-spirited brother Pokey! 8,000,000 Facebook likes and 306,000 Twitter followers can't be wrong — Grumpy Cat is a worldwide sensation and a (devilishly) delightful giveaway for comic shop fans and newcomers! (STK698619)