As previously announced, DC is most definitely continuing its Summer of Superman celebration with this year’s Free Comic Book Day offerings. Taking place this Saturday, May 3rd, DC will be offering a can’t-miss selection of free comics showcasing their 2025 All In publishing plans and two new original graphic novels for Early and Middle Grade readers, available exclusively at local participating comic shops.
Ahead of annual event, DC has unveiled preview pages from its FCBD titles.
First up, for the DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1 the publisher is once again using the flipbook format after the success of DC All In Special one-shot that served as a launching pad for the “All In” initiative and Absolute DC.
One side of the flipbook will serve as a special “zero issue” installment of the forthcoming Superman Unlimited ongoing series from the creative team of writer Dan Slott artist Rafael Albuquerque and colorist Marcelo Maiolo.
Then, on the flip side of DC’s FCBD flipbook, DC’s Absolute Universe expands in a new story by the creative team of wrier Jeff Lemire and arists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi that will introduce a mysterious and powerful character working behind the scenes.
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 a preview of Superman’s Good Guy Gang graphic novel from Rob Justus. With the James Gunn-directed Superman movie flying into theaters in July, it’s the perfect comic for young readers before they head into the movie.
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.
Lastly, not to be upstaged by Krypto, Wonder Woman’s beloved pet kanga, Jumpa, gets the spotlight in Kanga-U: Tests And Tournaments from writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat.
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.
