As many as 60 different titles may be available for free on Free Comic Book Day, yet not all the participating publishers have specified what they will be. But Dark Horse, DC, Image, and Marvel are all producing special editions of selected titles just for FCBD. And here they are.
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Justice League Adventures No. 1 — FCBD Edition
by Ty Templeton, Min S. Ku, & Dan Davis
32 pp., DC
Spun off from the Cartoon Network series comes this team book featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Hawkgirl investigating the landing of a meteor in an American suburb and a threat of intergalactic war.
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Star Wars Tales: A Jedi Weapon — FCBD Edition
by Henry Gilroy, Manuel Garcia, & Jimmy Palmiotti
16 pp., Dark Horse
New story set shortly before the events of Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, features Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker visiting an isolated planet of warrior-thieves on a mission to welcome them into the galactic Republic.
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Tomb Raider No.1/2 — FCBD Edition
by Dan Jurgens, Michael Lopez, & Eric Basaldua
24 pp., Image
Queen of the video game and popcorn movie heroine gets her origin told as she embarks on a quest for — what else? — a legendary relic.
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Ultimate Spider-Man No. 1 — FCBD Edition
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, & Art Thibert
32 pp., Marvel
You saw the movie, now read the comic! Marvel created the “Ultimate” line to relaunch its signature heroes in the 21st century, so this debut issue has Peter Parker getting the bite of his life and starting his wall-crawling adventures!
This article appears in May 3 • 2002.