Now that the May 2018 solicitations have arrived with new number ones and new creative teams all around, Marvel has revealed the cover for its Free Comic Book Day Avengers #1 issue.

Aspen Comics is celebrating 15 years in the business with Worlds of Aspen 2018, which features two new properties – Dissension: War Eternal, and Nu Way.

Chapterhouse Comics has two comics coming our way for Free Comic Book Day.

Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2018 features an amazing selection of comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event which happens Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at participating comic book shops worldwide.

Dark Horse Comics is once again a Gold Sponsor for Free Comic Book Day 2018, and the publisher shared details on what it is bringing to the table, where you’ll get Overwatch and Black Hammer – FOR FREE!

Oni Press is a Gold Sponsor of Free Comic Book Day 2018 and is bringing an Invader ZIM issue to fans of all ages.

As we learned last week, BOOM! Studios is a Gold Sponsor for Free Comic Book Day 2018 and is bringing Power Rangers: Shattered Grid to the freebie table.

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the Gold Sponsors for the 2018 Free Comic Book Day event, taking play on Saturday, May 1st, 2018.

It’s only a few days until Halloween … tomorrow night, in fact! I just returned from a horror-themed convention named Spooky Empire, held in the Orlando area. All this made me think about the role of horror in the comics industry. I have to say … it’s a pretty big one!

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – Free Comic Book Day is one of the most creative and successful ways to attract new readers/customers into local comics shops ever conceived. Well, following on the heels of that success is Halloween ComicFest, which hasn’t quite caught on with the same vigor. However, I think it’s time to make this event another great one when it comes to spreading the word about our love for comics!

This year’s “Christmas in May” for comic book fans is now over, and it was a big success for many of us. Still, I believe some folks don’t quite understand what Free Comic Book Day is all about, so it didn’t work as well in some instances I heard about.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: The Sixth Gun is back, and it doesn’t stop being good. Marvel Secret Empire Free Comic Book Day lands in stores on Saturday. Also, reviews of Empowered and the Soldier of Love #3, Tekken #1, and House #2.

Indie publisher Z2 Comics is including something unexpected with their Free Comic Book Day release: a new song by bluesman Robert Finley and Grammy-Award winner Dan Auerbach.

If you were dismayed that you would have to wait until June to read Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, you are in luck as Marvel is releasing a lead-in issue featuring Spider-Man and Secret Empire!