Earlier this week we learned that “Stranger Things” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be among the Gold Sponsor titles released during Free Comic Book Day 2022. On Thursday, the Free Comic Book Day Retailer Selection Committee announced the full 46 title lineup for next year’s event and there are plenty of titles for horror fans to be excited about.
Check out the lineup of horror and horror adjacent titles that will be available at participating comic shops on Saturday, May 7, 2022 for Free Comic Book Day.
Trese: Last Seen After Midnight
The Free Comic Book Day release of “Trese” features a preview of the forthcoming Trese Volume 4: Last Seen After Midnight, along with bonus material on the comic, including some of Alexandra’s journal entries chronicling her creature encounters and more. It also includes a sneak peek at The Art of Trese Anime, featuring art, sketches, photos, interviews and more on the making of the hit Netflix anime series..
Bunny Mask Tales
This Free Comic Book Day 2022 release will feature two brand-new “Bunny Mask” tales! The Snitch has been defeated and a truce has been struck with the mysterious creature known as Bunny Mask, so a hopeful Tyler Severin returns to life as normal, only to learn he’s still just a toy in the uncanny games she plays. Meanwhile, a criminally nosy neighbor deals with the consequences of seeing more than he’d thought possible, and far, far too much.
Hollow
For Free Comic Book Day 2022, Boom! Studios will release a preview of its upcoming YA Graphic Novel “Hollow.” From Shannon Watters, the co-creator of “Lumberjanes,” and co-writer debut author Branden Boyer-White, rising star artist Berenice Nelle (“Wanderlicht”), and colorist Kaitlyn Musto (“Specter Inspectors”), “Hollow” is a supernatural queer romance and adventure set in the infamous town of Sleepy Hollow.
Izzy Crane is new to Sleepy Hollow, and already sick of the town’s hokey obsession with Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. She has no time for superstition with a new school, a new home, and a new crush on Vicky Van Tassel, AKA the town’s teen royalty, descended from one of the families featured in the famous old story.
When it turns out that the Headless Horseman might be more than just a story though, it’s up to Izzy, Vicky, and class clown Oscar to uncover a sinister, centuries old plot… and they’ve only got ’til Halloween to put a stop to it!
The full graphic novel will be available in September 2022.
Clementine #1
Fans of “The Walking Dead” and more specifically Telltale’s “The Walking Dead” video game series will be excited to see that Skybound is releasing “Clementine” issue one for Free Comic Book Day ahead of the graphic novel release “The Walking Dead: Clementine Book One,” which is due to hit comic shops on June 22 of next year. This Free Comic Book Day release will feature the complete first chapter of Clementine Book One, by award-winning author Tillie Walden.
The new series of graphic novels is said to continue Clementine’s story after the events in the Telltale games with this Free Comic Book Day release being our first look into that new adventure.
The Winchester Mystery House: The 100 Year Curse
In this Free Comic Book Day One Shot, a young woman on a tour of the Winchester Mystery House during its centennial, finds herself thrust into a supernatural experience that puts her in direct communication with the mansion itself, where she will learn the secret of the Hundred Year Curse. In this stand-alone one-shot comic, writer Joshua Werner and artist Damien Torres build upon “The Winchester Mystery House” comic book series based on the legendary mansion and inspired by true events.
Bloodborne
This Free Comic Book Day 2022 release is an exclusive lead-in to the new “Bloodborne” series, launching in May 2022. Enter the city of Yharnam through the eyes of its citizens, when new hunters take to the streets to fight against the cruel and unusual epidemic that has gripped the city. In the black of night, families and faith will be tested… Based on the critically-acclaimed “Bloodbourne” video game.
Further details around all of next year’s Free Comic Book Day titles are expected to be released in the January 2022 issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog, so I’ll be sure to update this story with any further details unveiled then. For more info on Free Comic Book Day 2022 or to see the full lineup of Free Comic Book Day 2022 comic books visit FreeComicBookDay.com.
*This article has been updated to include additional details on each of the comic book releases based on their PREVIEWSworld catalog descriptions.
