COMICS: Marvel and DC's FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2015 Offerings Revealed

Since 2002, Free Comic Book Day has celebrated the diverse world of comics, with retailers being supplied a treasure trove of free titles to give away to customers. It takes place on the first Saturday in May -- FCBD will be held on May 2nd in 2015 -- and is one-and-done event that attempts to get new readership through free stuff. Everyone loves free stuff, right? Well, the release details for all of the comics on offer for next year's event, and below you can check out what DC and Marvel are putting out. Both are publishing a Gold-tier book, with Marvel's focusing on the Battleworld of Secret Wars, and DC's being far more cryptic... though the issue won't be fully unveiled until February, it's widely speculated it will tie-in to Convergence. The Big Two are also releasing Silver-tier titles: Avengers #1, featuring the roster from Joss Whedon's upcoming film Avengers: Age of Ultron, and another top-secret DC book. You can check out all 50 books here, but for now, below are those Marvel and DC details... 

A special, Top Secret project too big to announce! Please check back in the February issue of PREVIEWS and at freecomicbookday.com for future updates!

A special, Top Secret project too big to announce! Please check back in the February issue of PREVIEWS and at freecomicbookday.com for future updates!

SECRET WARS #1 - FCBD 2015 EDITION
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Prepare yourself for the final days of the Marvel Universe as you know it as the march to the biggest comic event of the year continues! From the ashes of a decimated cosmos rises… Battleworld! Amid the strange, patchwork realm, refugees from thousands of obliterated universes struggle for survival. Even if they can endure the horrors of Battleworld — the home they knew has been destroyed! Time has run out, and the opening salvo of Secret Wars has been fired. But can anything restore the Marvel Universe that once was?

AVENGERS #1 - FCBD 2015 EDITION
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What better way to celebrate Free Comic Book Day then by assembling Earth’s Mightiest — and most popular — Heroes?! Iron Man! Captain America! Thor! Black Widow! Hawkeye! Hulk! The Vision! Everyone’s favorite heroes take on a dangerous new threat in this FCBD spectacular!