Despite Diamond Comics Distributors filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, this year’s Free Comic Day is still scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 3rd. Today the DC Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles were announced. As described by the the publisher, the titles will showcase “their 2025 All In publishing plans and two new original graphic novels for Early and Middle Grade readers.”
Fans will recall that last October, the publisher released DC All In Special one-shot flipbook as a launching pad for the “All In” initiative and Absolute DC. After the success of that one-shot, the publisher is using the flipbook format for the DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1. As announced earlier today, writer Dan Slott joined by artist Rafael Albuquerque and colorist Marcelo Maiolo are launching a new Superman Unlimited ongoing series. DC’s FCBD special will service as a “zero issue” installment for the series that DC teases as the “prelude to the biggest Superman comic book adventure of the year, as well as an ominous new threat from the heavens that will change the course of Kryptonian life on planet Earth.”
On the proverbial flip side, DC’s incredibly successful Absolute Universe gets the spotlight in a new story by writer Jeff Lemire and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi.
Here’s what the publisher teases about the newly launched line:
Dark forces begin to gather in the shadows… forces that have been waiting a very long time to shape events and seize control. All the while, a mysterious figure watches—but who is this powerful new character, and what do they want with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the emerging heroes?
The DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition flipbook will be available exclusively at local participating comic shops on May 3 (available while supplies last). An additional foil variant cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi and Frank Martin will be available for purchase for $4.99 US. Additionally, DC’s All In FBCD flipbook will be available free-to-read with registration on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE.
On the young reader side of things, the DC Free Comic Book Day 2025 plans will include previews of upcoming DC graphic novels. With the James Gunn-directed Superman movie flying into theaters in July, it won’t come as a surprise that DC is pushing a “Summer of Superman” publishing initiative. Case in point, young readers can look forward to a Superman’s Good Guy Gang graphic novel from Rob Justus.
Here’s how the publisher describes the graphic novel:
In Superman’s Good Guy Gang, eight-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super-fast, super-strong, and super-cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super-powered kids Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner, a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they’ll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow together, and maybe earn some good-guy points along the way. Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more as the Good Guy Gang grows!
DC’s Superman’s Good Guy Gang 2025 FCBD Special Edition includes a chapter of the new super-powered buddy comedy from the creator behind Death and Sparkles, Rob Justus, and launches DC’s Early Reader initiative timed to DC’s Summer of Superman! Fans will delight in seeing characters from the film featured in this charming story perfect for first-time readers aged 5-7.
With Superman’s dog Krypto back in demand, there’s no better time to put a shine on some of the other super-pets of the DC Universe. Wonder Woman’s beloved pet kanga, Jumpa, gets the spotlight in Kanga-U: Tests And Tournaments from writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat.
Official description:
And in Kanga-U: Tests And Tournaments by writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat, is Jumpa ready to hop into action? Wonder Woman’s home island of Themyscira holds many surprises…the most adorable having floppy ears and long tails! Kangas are companions and partners of the Amazons, beloved steeds and protectors of their bonded warriors. And on the island, a school exists to train the next generation of kangas for the many battles and challenges of the future.
Bonding Day, the long-awaited time when Amazons are matched up with newly trained kangas to make the perfect pairs, is finally here. This special event only happens once every 20 years, but this Bonding Day is unlike any other because this is the year when Princess Diana—the only teenager on Themyscira—will choose a kanga for the first time.
Jumpa has been training hard to compete in the Tournament of Kangas, where all the kangas get to show off what they can do. She knows she has what it takes to match with the princess. The only catch is her friends Skippa, Rooth, Goldie, and Big Red are all determined to do the same—and the competition is fierce.
When Ares arrives on the island with a threat that forces the festivities to be canceled, Jumpa must convince her friends to work together for the good of Themyscira and to protect the princess they admire.
DC’s Kanga-U 2025 FCBD Special Edition features an excerpt from the middle grade original graphic novel by writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat. Fans will be charmed by this graphic novel suitable for readers aged 8-12.
Fans of early reader and middle grade storytelling will be treated to previews of upcoming DC graphic novels Superman’s Good Guy Gang and Kanga-U: Tests and Tournaments with two additional 2025 FCBD Special Edition comic books available for free on May 3 while supplies last. The two new DC graphic novels will be available this summer at all participating comic book shops, booksellers, and mass-market retailers. Kanga-U: Tests and Tournaments (ISBN 9781799501626) publishes on June 3 followed by Superman’s Good Guy Gang (ISBN 9781799504061) on July 1.
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