Marvel on Monday announced five Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles, some offering warm-ups to big summer storylines, some offering sampler platters of regular titles, and one advertising shows on Disney Jr.
Perhaps most relevant to this website’s interests, a Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men book teases “the birth of the All-New, All-Different X-Men,” in a story written by the NYX “Hivemind” of Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly. Could this be the merging of Cyclops’ and Rogue’s teams after “Raid on Graymalkin,” or something much, MUCH else?
(It may be worth nothing the Giant-Size X-Men logo combines the 1970s style “Giant-Size” with a 2010-style “X-Men,” from the volume of the adjectiveless book that gave us “Curse of the Mutants.” Or that may just be a coincidence to throw everyone off the scent. WHO KNOWS?!)
There also will be a Ryan North-penned Fantastic Four story ahead of the release of the movie in July. And a Chip Zdarsky … something.
Other books will offer a Spider-Man story by Joe Kelly and John Romita Jr., an Ultimate Universe event prequel by Deniz Camp, Cody Ziglar and Jonas Scharf; Star Wars content; a new Ironheart story timed to the TV show debuting on Disney+; select stories from previous Marvel’s Voices anthologies, and a Disney Jr. two-fer pairing Spidey and His Amazing Friends and the new Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, in which a preschool-sized Hulk, apparently, also gets a mech suit.
Check out Marvel’s press release and covers below:
Free Comic Book Day is on May 3 this year, and once again, Marvel Comics celebrates this exciting day for the industry with something for every fan! Readers can look forward to the entry points for all-new eras of Fantastic Four and Amazing Spider-Man, a prelude to an upcoming X-Men saga, and a glimpse at the very first event set in the new Ultimate Universe!
For the second year in a row, Marvel also proudly presents a Star Wars Free Comic Book Day title which explores the what’s to come in the galaxy far, far away. Plus, see creators and characters from different cultures, communities, and identities spotlighted in a special Free Comic Book edition of Marvel’s Voices. And last but not least, you’ll find the perfect first comic book for the young ones in your life with an all-new Free Comic Book Day: Spidey & His Amazing Friends.
Read on to learn more!
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
Cover by Humberto Ramos
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
Cover by Pat Gleason
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
Cover by Phil Noto
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
Cover by Edwin Galmon
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.
Dan Grote is the editor and publisher of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Paul Winston Wisdom.
