>2026 is shaping up to be an outstanding year in the Marvel Universe with epic events, historic milestones, and exciting new launches, and you can dive right into it all with upcoming Comics Giveaway Day™ titles!>Announced earlier today by Penguin Random House, Comics Giveaway Day™ will be held on May 2. Participating comic book shops will be able to give special Comics Giveaway Day™ issues to visitors free of charge, gearing them up for some of the year’s most anticipated stories and showing them all that the Marvel Universe has to offer! Designed to grab new readers and show appreciation for loyal fans and retailers, Comics Giveaway Day™ promises to be the most exciting day for the industry, and fans can look forward to FOUR Comics Giveaway Day™ issues from Marvel Comics!>Experience every corner of the main Marvel Universe with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026 and ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026 continues the countdown to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000; sets up the upcoming symbiote event, QUEEN IN BLACK; and teases what’s on the horizon for the monstrous INFERNAL HULK! ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026 will present a key chapter for Marvel’s 2026 summer event, ARMAGEDDON; deliver a prelude to the next X-Men milestone; and check in with Marvel’s First Family.>Then, enjoy Marvel’s acclaimed 20th Century Studios storytelling with stories set in some of the world’s most iconic sci-fi franchises with ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026. And for little ones, SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD 2026 provides the best first comic book experience you can get with a Spidey & his Amazing Friends adventure guest starring Jeff the Land Shark and Symbie!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026Written by JOE KELLY, AL EWING & PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSONArt by JOHN ROMITA JR., IBAN COELLO & NIC KLEINCover by DIKE RUANAvailable 5/2>The road to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000 takes a big turn here as fate bears down on Peter Parker! The Queen in Black has been coronated, and Mary Jane Watson as Venom is not ready for her! The Eldest has taken control of the Hulk, and what happens next will make every past Hulk battle look like a skirmish!
So new free comic book day now that Lunar owns the trademark.
ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026Written by CHIP ZDARSKY, JED MACKAY & RYAN NORTHArt by FEDERICO VICENTINI, FRANK ALPIZAR & DELIO DIAZCover by RYAN STEGMANAvailable 5/2>The heroes of the Marvel Universe assemble to take on the Red Hulk in a critical story by Chip Zdarsky that sets the stage for this summer’s Marvel event…ARMAGEDDON! Armageddon is here, and no one is safe from the coming end. PLUS: Your first look at this summer’s big X-MEN event… and DOOM!
>>151747440Should've been Carol
ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026Written by SALADIN AHMED, JORDAN MORRIS & MOREArt by ROLAND BOSCHI AND MORE!Cover by DAVIDE PARATOREAvailable 5/2>In this issue, you’ll find stories from across 20th Century Studios – from Alien to Predator to Planet of the Apes! Saladin Ahmed presents a tale set on a planet that’s already succumbed to Xenomorphs! And in Jordan Morris’ story, a Yautja warrior stalks one of Earth’s greatest fighters. All this and a return to the Planet of the Apes!
>>151747427>QUEEN IN BLACK #1They simply have zero creativity or new ideas
SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD 2026Written by DANIELLE KREGERArt by GOODMAN YAMADACover by PACO MEDINAAvailable 5/2>SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, Spin and Ghost-Spider, think they have their web-shooting hands full when JEFF THE LAND SHARK pays them a visit! But they haven’t seen anything yet – because shapeshifting alien SYMBIE is here to turn Jeff’s world upside down!>Stay tuned for more news about COMICS GIVEAWAY DAY™ and inquire at your local comic shop regarding availability!SOURCE:https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-comics-giveaway-day-may-2026-armageddon-queen-in-black
>>151747440YO SOMEBODY GET THE DOOR
>>151747440they better not suck PKJ's actually-enjoyable Hulk storyline into the bullshit mess of Knull
>>151747440>takes a big turn here as fate bears down on Peter Parker!Wonder if this is going to be related to him being OAA's avatar and favorite boy(as well as Destiny and Fate') or just random shit
>>151747440So the currently solicited Spider-Man and pals event hasn't even come out yet, and the next one is announced?
>>151747879Its all connected. Basically as soon as Pete gets back from space its back to back events with #1000 squeezed in.People need to temper their expectations as these numbered issues are typically dogshit.
>>151747779HULK KING OF MONSTERSHULK SMASH BLACK GOO QUEEN
>>151747447Does this shit even move copies anymore. I don't really pay attention to sales numbers, but I gotta imagine even the worst consumers are getting tired of "It's the end of the world!" events every few years
>>151747427So Free Comic Book Day? But with a lame name?
>>151747447>PLUS: Your first look at this summer’s big X-MEN eventOh great, another X-Men event just as they announced that we're getting a new X-Men ongoing in MarchFire Brevoort
>>151748031Gotta reclaim the name and brand it so it’s all about you
>>151747440so MJ and pete survive death spiral
>>151748427Maybe that anon was right about it being Flash
>>151747460Gimme.
>>151747440Wild that we're getting almost two years of MJ as Venom. I really thought it'd last about 15-20 issues, but we're going even longer, I guess.>>151748427Appears like it. >>151748437I wonder if they'll go all-out and kill off Paul. Maybe Dylan? Flash makes enough sense, but he just came back. Might be a little too cheap.
>>151748960Venom is incredibly decompressed.
>>151747427>>151747442So wait, what exactly happened with Free Comic Book Day? And will this affect other publishers like DC and Image?
>>151747440MJ's becoming QiB at the end and disappearing from ASM until some writer decides to user her again
>>151747447Red Hulk has been massively nerfed since the Loeb days, right? I don't think he'd be able to take on a bunch of heroes at once. Is he getting a power-up, or will he have allies?
>>151747442>>151749252https://www.freecomicbookday.comIt's a still a thing despite the Diamond bankruptcy Marvel's not in it thoughHow are retailers feeling over FCBD and not-FCBD being a thing co-existing?
>>151748960Marvel is filled with castrated men and masochistic women for allowing this shit with MJ.
>>151749356>Upper Deck>Wizards of the CoastWait, what are they doing here? They're not comic publishers.
>>151747460>Planet of the ApesBro thinks he's on the team.
>>151749415Fucking Bandai participated in FCBD and released a literal Tamagotchi ad
Should've gone with No-Charge Funnybook Day
>>151749415I don't know about Upper Deck, but maybe WotC is there to promote the upcoming Marvel Super Heroes Magic: the Gathering set.
>>151749436Seems to fit the minimum requirements of a Fox Sci-Fi movie property that is getting comics.
>>151749321Flash s becoming KIB and MJ will be his consort
>>151749549Anti-Venom limits him to being King in White at most.
>>151749789Flash can't become a King in White. He isn't a Beyonder by birth.
>>151748085>Fire BrevoortFuck off back to r/xmen. He sucks but this isn't a Brevoort problem. This is a Marvel problem and has been for 20 years.
>>151750236Fire him anyway Preferably out of a cannon and into the Hudson
>>151750236>>151750303Brevoort has been around for 20 years and everyone around him follows the same shitty guidelines.
>>151747779There hasn’t been a good hulk run since PAD. You PKJ fags are getting as insufferable as IH fags
>>151750236Shut up Brevoort youre a massive fat faggot.
>>151747440>>151747447>>151747460>>151747467>nothing to advertise the cosmic lineAnd then they will say "I told you so" when the line under preforms
>>151750414Wasn’t he around longer?I remember some commentary during the clone saga and he comes up
>>151749484>from 2017A year and a little bit from now, that’ll have been THREE decades of the industry’s death spiral.I’m getting old.
>>151750580Yeah you're right. He's the genius who came up with Octo-Spidey (it's somewhat cool as a design and with the glasses, but it just signals how lame Brevoort ideas became).>>151750695Marvel's bankruptcy probably spelled doom for them being swallowed up by a soulless corporation than it otherwise would have if they simply made better decisions earlier but I dunno, I can see it becoming soulless from a mile away. Just sucks it had deteriorate and fall into the hands of retards. DC should've known better as well.
>>151747779>PKJ's actually-enjoyable Hulk storylineWhat's that storyline? The one where they fucking let a demoness bodyjack Hulk?Fuck off
>>151747440They really are drooling adhd degenerates who cannot wait for their paycheck. Imagine soliciting your shit like this. Oh so nothing happens in the event that if I was a moron and decided to buy? Why the fuck would I buy that when you already show nothing has happened in the next 6 months for the next event to take place?
>>151748085It really is weird how Vince is such a bad guy who has done way worse shit to people than Marvel employees, yet Vince's charisma during those shows makes you disappointed it turned out that way while the way Marvel acts in a similar way to Vince's character, they come off way more unlikeable.
>>151750978I wouldn't put it past Slott to be involved something shady, if I'm being honest.He gives off very strong creep vibes.
>>151750857Hulk has been body jacked like a hundred times now Remember when everyone wanted to kill him for the downed Airplane And that want even the first downed airplane blamed on him
>>151747456>Eddie dies during Death Spiral>MJ manages to separate in QiB>Carol receives symbiote againYou just got to have a little FAITH
>>151751041Oh yeah totally. Slutt and Brevoort seem more sinister than Yoshida. Yoshida is just Reddit incarnate. Lowe seems like Roiland. I could see him snapping but that's very unlikely. But yeah Brevoort and Slutt especially is the Dan Schneider of comics.
>>151751170She-VenoMJ anon here. MJ separating is for the best at this point. It's a massive wasted mess of potential storytelling and coom/cheesecake possibilities but...I can't stand looking at that shit design and it prevents Gomez from drawing actually cool shit.
>>151751146And most of them have been unenjoyable. Enjoy your garbage trans-Hulk Eldest book
>>151749484Page aged like milk now with no one caring for SpongeBob and the animation industry in the west is being dismantled live and is now having to deal with China getting in on their game
>>151752345Anon the page only aged because the Diamond distribution monopoly has ceasedThe day itself is still relevantly satirized otherwise since FCBD is a band-aid on a gaping wound
Full list across publishers is steadily being uploaded on LOCGhttps://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/search/series?keyword=comics+giveaway+day+2026
>>151747440Why is the CHADulk involved in SpiderSHIT!!??
>>151753257It's not CHADulk, its some tranny wearing his corpse
>>151753198https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61239/prhps-reveals-2026-not-free-comic-book-day-titlesList was posted here actually
>>151750978Vince is literate rapist that also covered up little boys being raped by his employee and helped cover up a murder committed by another employee.
>>151747440>Peter and Mary Jane >#1000 wouldn't it be funny if somehow this is how they bring back the marriage? with Knull shit
>Angela's Final Hit Specific Hero (Hela): Sera sends her regards, vile witchIt's time to put the Rivals synergy into practice.
>>151747460This should be an ongoing anthology, throw in Star Wars and other Lucasfilm shit
>>151747879They already announced this Hela invades the earth with Symbiotes events at NYCC
>>151749489Shouldn't they do that on the Marvel day then, rather than FCBD?I guess they could be releasing some D&D/MtG comics. Dan Watters wrote a Theros comic recently
>>151754250shame she didn't get the Rivals outfit like Sue
