No need to check your calendar, it’s still November. But like how Halloween decorations get jettisoned immediately for Christmas ornaments, Marvel is jumping all the way ahead to May, 2025 to reveal next year’s Free Comic Book Day offerings. And it’s an array of heavy hitters including Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-Man, Star Wars and more.
Held on May 3, 2025, the annual celebration allows fans to pick up free comic books, though of note the retailers purchase them so it’s not free to everyone. regardless, to get you hyped for six months from now, here’s what to expect.
First up there’s Fantastic Four/Giant Size X-Men, which finds the FF responding to an interdimensional summons right before they hit the big screen in July. On the X-Men side, there’s an X-tra X-Man being teased. And Chip Zdarsky has something in this book, too, which sounds ominous.
Then in Amazing Spider-Man/Ultimate Universe, Joe Kelly and John Romita Jr. team up for a Spidey story, and Deniz Camp and company kick of an Ultimate Universe event. And in the Star Wars special, we’re getting a bunch of short stories from throughout the galaxy.
That’s not all, though, as there’s also a Marvel Voices issue with a new Ironheart story from Justina Ireland, and an all-ages book with Iron Man, Spidey, and their awesome friends.
Check out the solicits and covers below, and start counting the days until Free Comic Book Day!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: FANTASTIC FOUR/GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1
Written by Ryan North, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing & Chip Zdarsky
Art by Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado, Chip Zdarsky & Iban Coello
In advance of Marvel’s First Family arriving on the big screen this summer, Ryan North and Humberto Ramos craft an unusual story in which the FANTASTIC FOUR respond to a most unusual interdimensional summons! And on the eve of the birth of the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT X-MEN, there is one extra mutant in attendance. WHO is it? Only Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing can tell you! Plus, ANOTHER surprise from Chip Zdarsky! We’re simply too good to you!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/ULTIMATE UNIVERSE #1
Written by Joe Kelly, Deniz Camp & Cody Ziglar
Art by John Romita Jr. & Jonas Scharf
Joe Kelly and John Romita Jr. remind us who Peter Parker and SPIDER-MAN are! Plus, an exclusive prologue to this summer’s blockbuster ULTIMATE event from Deniz Camp, Cody Ziglar & Jonas Scharf!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: STAR WARS #1
Written by Alex Segura, Charles Soule & Marc Guggenheim
Art by Phil Noto, Luke Ross, Stefano Raffaele & Madibek Musabekov
CELEBRATING THE NEW ERA OF STAR WARS COMICS!
LUKE SKYWALKER finds himself in a wretched hive of scum and villainy facing off against pirates! JEDI KNIGHTS QUI-GON JINN & TENSU RUN are on the hunt for the villainous CORLIS RATH! Who is the mysterious VANEE and what is his connection to DARTH VADER & KYLO REN?
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: IRONHEART/MARVEL’S VOICES #1
Written by Justina Ireland & More
Art by Julian Shaw & More
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF MARVEL’S VOICES WITH A BRAND-NEW STORY STARRING IRONHEART!
Bestselling writer Justina Ireland blasts Ironheart into Chicago’s past for a story of Black innovation through the ages! And explore the past year of Voices anthologies with selections from Mystique and Destiny’s star-studded wedding issue, Patriot’s explosive return to super-heroing, the introduction of a brand-new Ghost Rider and more!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: IRON MAN & HIS AWESOME FRIENDS/SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1
SWING INTO THIS YEAR’S FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SPECIAL WITH
NEW AND FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM TWO DISNEY JR. SHOWS!
FIRST, ARMOR UP with Iron Man and his Awesome Friends, Iron Heart and Iron Hulk, in this not-to-be-missed all-new comic featuring characters from the forthcoming Disney Jr. show! Then the web-slinging fun continues with everyone’s favorite heroes from Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends! There’s no shortage of baddies creating mischief in New York and Spidey, Ghost-Spider, and Spin need help keeping the city safe through thrilling activity pages and easy-to-read stories.
Check out the covers and stay tuned for more news about FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025 in the months ahead.
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