This Free Comic Book Day, Mad Cave, Maverick, and Papercutz are taking over, with six FCBD titles landing at your favorite local comic shop! We’re honored to announce our 2025 Free Comic Book Day titles including SPEED RACER, THE PHANTOM, and PHINEAS AND FERB!
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is the biggest event in the comic book industry—a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops! Founded on the belief that for every person out there, there’s a comic book they’ll love, the annual event offers a huge selection of free titles designed to appeal to a broad range of age levels and their tastes. You can get the details about our 2025 Free Comic Book Day titles below!
SPEED RACER #0
Writers: David Pepose, Mark Russell – Artists: Various
Cover: Chris Batista
Synopsis: An all-new continuation of Tatsuo Yoshida’s classic manga/anime, MachGoGoGo, known to Western audiences as Speed Racer!
David Pepose has the storytelling keys to the featured story in issue #0, which ignites Mad Cave’s ongoing Speed Racer series. Meanwhile, Mark Russell drives 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.
PHINEAS & FERB FCBD 2025 SPECIAL
Writers: Scott Peterson, Joshua Pruett
Artists & Cover Artist: Various
Synopsis: From Disney’s Phineas and Ferb writers Scott Peterson and Joshua Pruett comes two FREE COMIC BOOK DAY stories IN ONE! When Dr. Doofenshmirtz tries to use Free Comic Book Day to take over the Tri-State Area, his inator sends Doof and Perry the Platypus INTO ANOTHER COMIC BOOK, a story featuring Phineas and Ferb! Can Perry stop Doof and escape the comic before the whole thing self-destructs? Find out Saturday, May 3rd, 2025!
THE PHANTOM #0
Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist/Cover Artist: Various
FCBD 2025 PRINCESS GWENEVERE & KING ARTHUR CROSSOVER
Writers: Jordie Bellaire, Joseph Corallo
Artists: Various
Cover Artist: Gaia Cardinali
Synopsis: The worlds of Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders and King Arthur & the Knights of Justice have never overlapped until now. Thirty years of cartoon nostalgia has all led to this moment!
Join Eisner Winner Jordie Bellaire and GLAAD award-winner Joseph Corallo as they take you to Camelot and Avalon. Merlin is lost in the Wild Magic and finds himself unable to defeat Morgana once and for all. Using his last strength, he summons brave heroes from across the lands–bringing the Jewel Riders and the Knights of Justice together for the first time. The newly combined teams must use their magical powers and knightly prowess and join forces for the first time and save their worlds, once and for all.
FLASH GORDON ADVENTURES & FLASH GORDON: THE GIRL FROM INFINITY
Writers: Art Baltazar, Franco Aureliani, Mike Cavallaro, Marguerite Bennett
Artists: Art Baltazar, Mike Cavallaro, Bev Johnson
Cover Artist: Art Baltazar
Synopsis: What’s going on with Flash Gordon and why does he look so different? The only way to get all of the answers is to read this story! The Flash Gordon Adventures series returns with a brand-new story by the Eisner Award-Winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco! Plus, a new story by Mike Cavallaro (Nico Bravo) and more!
Plus: Introducing The Girl from Infinity by New York Times bestseller Marguerite Bennett and Bev Johnson (artist of Adventures in Fosterland)! In the future, voyager Dale Arden discovers a shooting star — containing a girl named Flash Gordon, Defender of the Universe! But Flash has no memory. Together, she and Dale must uncover her past, save Dale’s family, and rescue the planet Omnia from the clutches of the cruel Emperor Azimuth!
HEROBEAR AND THE KID
Writer & Artist: Mike Kunkel
Synopsis: Herobear and the Kid return! Tyler discovers a special comic he’s been searching for. Unable to pay for it, he instead creates his own comic about Herobear and trades it with the store owner, who is surprised to get it signed and delivered by the actual real-life Herobear.
We can’t wait to celebrate Free Comic Book Day at a local comic shop near you! All Free Comic Book Day releases drop in shops May 3rd, 2025.
Ready to join the festivities? Click here to find a participating retailer near you!
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