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PREVIEWS #304 (VOL. XXIV #1, JAN14) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 GOLD SPONSORS ARCHIE COMICS ARCHIE COMIC DIGEST FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) George Gladir, Various (A) Fernando Ruiz, Various (CA) Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski, Rosario “Tito” Peña The world’s most famous teenagers for over seven decades are all here in this FREE digest! Packed with non-stop laughs and gaffs, we challenge you to find a FCBD offering with more pages than this! The perfect introduction to the world of Archie and his friends, this digest is filled with stories from some of the best creators in the business! Digest, 96pgs, FC FREE! BONGO COMICS BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL! FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Matt Groening, Various It’s the foremost FCBD four-color giveaway of the year! Bart and Milhouse seek superheroic origin stories by attempting to acquire “accidental” superpowers… and learn that with trying to obtain great power comes great irresponsibility! Plus: Bart and Prof. Frink become trapped in between dimensions when a science demonstration goes awry, and C. Montgomery Burns takes us on a guided tour through the bowels of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant! 32pgs, FC FREE! BOOM! STUDIOS KABOOM! SUMMER BLAST 2014 FCBD EDITION (W/A/CA) Various KaBOOM! publishes some of the highest quality, most accessible all-ages titles in the industry and their KaBOOM! Summer Blast is the perfect way to share timeless properties like Peanuts, Garfield, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, and Herobear & The Kid with new readers young, old, and everyone in between! Not only is it an issue filled with your favorite all-ages titles, but the KaBOOM! Summer Blast also features the debut of a brand new all-ages series! 32pgs, FC FREE! DARK HORSE COMICS AVATAR/ ITTY BITTY HELLBOY/ REXODUS FCBD 2104 EDITION 1 (W) Gene Luen Yang, Art Baltazar, Franco, David Lapham (A) Faith Erin Hicks, Art Baltazar, David Lapham (CA) Faith Erin Hicks Three All-Ages Favorites in One! In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sokka follows Suki as she gives a lesson in manners and encourages a young girl's strength! Itty Bitty Hellboy has fun toying with nemesis Rasputin, and the Juice Squeezers crew leap into action to defend one of their own against a persistent bully. Hilarity ensues! 32pgs, FC FREE! DC ENTERTAINMENT DC COMICS—THE NEW 52: FUTURES END FCBD 2014 SPECIAL EDITION (W) Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen, Dan Jurgens (A) Ethan Van Sciver, Jesus Merino, Aaron Lopresti, Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen (CA) Ryan Sook Jump on board DC Comics’ epic weekly series beginning with this all-new FCBD issue that features tomorrow’s Dark Knight, Batman Beyond (making his first appearance in The New 52), battling an army of cyborgs to avert an Apocalypse in the future which could destroy the DC Universe of the present! But that's not all; there are still more surprises to come. Stay tuned for more details! 32pgs, FC FREE! FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS UNCLE SCROOGE: “A MATTER OF SOME GRAVITY” FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Don Rosa In "A Matter of Some Gravity" by fan-favorite Don Rosa, saucy sorceress Magica De Spell turns Scrooge's life sideways — literally! — when she distorts the forces of gravity! Then, in "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink", Lucky Gladstone Gander faces a 24-hour luck jinx — and battles to hide it from a gloating Cousin Donald! Only ever published in the USA in under-printed mid-1990's editions, these Rosa classics are back like you've never seen them before! 32pgs, FC FREE! IDW PUBLISHING TRANSFORMERS VS. G.I. JOE FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Tom Scioli, John Barber (A/CA) Tom Scioli Two titans of pop culture clash in the kick-off of an all-new, all-action ongoing series! When Earth is threatened by giant machine life from outer space, the planet's greatest heroes unite—but will they be enough? From the pulse- pounding pen of visionary artist Tom Scioli begins the most cosmic crossover of all time! 32pgs, FC FREE! 2 IMAGE COMICS RISE OF THE MAGI #0 (W/A/CA) Marc Silvestri Asa Stone, a young guardian at the gates of our reality, has seen a truth meant to be hidden and never seen. With his life a shattered ruin, he finds himself, keeper of a terrible secret and a list of seven names; Seven magicians, sorcerers, thieves, and killers who can be neither trusted nor believed and yet, stand as the only weapon mankind has against an unstoppable evil! Marc Silvestri (The Darkness, Cyber Force) presents a new fantasy-adventure series series! 32pgs, FC FREE! MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Nick Bradshaw (CA) Sara Pichelli In an all-new story by award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis and acclaimed artist Nick Bradshaw, the Guardians of the Galaxy welcome Venom and Captain Marvel to the team for the launch of a not-to-be-missed death-defying epic! PLUS: Writer Dan Slott lays the foundation for 2014’s top secret Spider-Man event that will rock the Wall Crawler’s world forever! 32pgs, FC FREE! PAPERCUTZ MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Various In 1993, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers burst onto the scene in an explosion of colorful combat, bizarre monsters, incredible robot battles, and Megazord- sized fun, spawning a global phenomenon and an ever-expanding storytelling universe. These comics present the stories fans have waited over 20 years for: all-new tales featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! This is a never- before-seen story starring the six Power Rangers, and is not a reprint of any existing material! 32pgs, FC FREE! UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Graham Annable, Jacob Chabot, Gregg Schigiel, Corey Barba, Various United Plankton’s all-new SpongeBob comic book for FCBD 2014 starts with "Relocate!", in which we finally learn the answer to the age-old question: "What if Squidward, SpongeBob, and Patrick's houses all became giant robot creatures and stomped around Bikini Bottom?" Also: the debut of the saltwater super- 3 sensation, Mermaid Girl, and SpongeBob schools Patrick in the ways of comic- book making in "SpongeBob ComicSnob!" Plus: comics from James Kochalka, Sam Henderson, Nate Neal, and Andy Rementer! 32pgs, FC FREE! VIZ MEDIA HELLO KITTY: SURPRISE! FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Various Hello Kitty and her friends star in all-new comic book adventures, and this time they're letting their imaginations run wild! Plus: Don't miss the sneak peek of Perfect Square's upcoming tribute book celebrating Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary! Bonus Feature! Perfect Square introduces exciting Bravest Warriors adventures featuring the irrepressible Catbug! 32pgs, FC FREE! SILVER SPONSORS ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT SKYWARD / MIDNIGHT TIGER FCBD 2014 EDITION (W/A) Jeremy Dale, Ray-Anthony Height, Dewayne Feenstra Behold the Berserkers! Quinn and crew find themselves facing uncomfortable truths as sins of the past come back to reveal themselves. Fans old and new won't want to miss the first look at what's on the horizon for Quinn and Jack! And in Midnight Tiger, sometimes all it takes to become a hero is an unfortunate incident and a single split second decision. The origin of Midnight Tiger! 32pgs, FC FREE! ZOMBIE TRAMP / ENMM THEORY FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Dan Mendoza, Brockton McKinney (A), Dan Mendoza, Larkin Ford (CA) Dan Mendoza Are you bold enough to take a ride with Janey the Zombie Tramp?!? If you pick her up, she might just share the story of how she came to be the street walking dead! Be brave so you can be ready for her all-new series following this special issue! You also get a mind-shattering sneak preview from the second volume of the coolest comic series you haven’t read yet… Ehmm Theory! 32pgs, FC FREE! ALTERNA COMICS FUBAR: ACE OF SPADES FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Chuck Dixon (A) Jeff McComsey, Steve Becker (CA) Steve Becker 4 It's 2003 and the hunt is on for Saddam Hussein. The men of Operation Urgent Surprise think they've found the Butcher of Baghdad but instead uncover weapons of mass destruction in the form of ZOMBIES! Shock and awe turns to bite and claw on the bloody sands of Iraq in this full-length FUBAR Spec-Ops spectacular. 32pgs, B&W FREE! ANTARCTIC PRESS STEAM WARS #1 (W/A/CA) Fred Perry A not so long time ago, in a galaxy relatively close by, an epic struggle plays out on a world seized in the grip of an evil Victorian empire. Only a ragged alliance of rebels opposes the Emperor and his black guard, and hope is fading. While fleeing from the steam-driven war machines of her Imperial pursuers, Duchess Imoen stumbles across the home of the last Dragoon: the legendary Storm Foil Warriors of ancient lore! This new (but strangely familiar) steam-fantasy epic will give thrills that haven't been felt since 1977! 32pgs, FC FREE! ARCANA STUDIO THE INTRINSIC VOLUME 2 FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Chris “Doc” Wyatt (A) TBD The Philosophers are an ancient secret order of magic-users who protect the Earth. One of their number, Ishmael Stone, known as Philosopher Rex, has assembled an elite team, called The Intrinsic to deal with the most serious threats from the outer realms. But how will The Intrinsic react when they are called not to protect the Earth, but to protect themselves from it? 32pgs, FC FREE! ARCHIE COMICS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG/ MEGA-MAN FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) Ian Flynn (A) Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante, Jennifer Hernandez, Lamar Wells, Rick Bryant, Gary Martin, John Workman, Jack Morelli and Matt Herms (CA) Ben Bates Its TWO free comic books in ONE! Hot off the heels of the ultra-successful Sonic/Mega Man crossover event, “Worlds Collide”, comes a showcase issue