IDW and Marvel Lock In Sonic, TMNT, and a New Hulk Launch for Comics Giveaway Day 2027

Comics Giveaway Day is coming back for a second year, and IDW and Marvel have just confirmed the first wave of freebies for the May 1, 2027 event. IDW is leaning hard into its licensed stable: a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles anthology one-shot splits three five-page stories across different animated Turtles universes, while a Sonic the Hedgehog giveaway story sets up the publisher's ongoing series as it barrels toward a landmark issue #100. IDW is also using the day to tease its upcoming comic adaptation of the web serial Worm with a free prequel one-shot.

The Turtles anthology stacks "Saturday Morning Adventures" (Erik Burnham and Dan Schoening, who also draws the cover), "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Andrew Joustra and Chalky Wong), and "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Andy Suriano, Ian Busch, Russ Carney, and Ron Corcillo, with art by Brye Collins) into one giveaway book, sending the Turtles rampaging through conventions and a Thanksgiving Day parade. The Sonic story, The Road to #100, comes from Evan Stanley, Bixie Mathieu, and Riley Farmer with art and cover by Min Ho Kim, and doubles as a lead-in to whatever IDW has planned for Sonic's triple-digit milestone issue.

Marvel's contribution is the bigger swing: rather than the usual one-shot or prequel giveaway filler, the publisher is using the slot to launch a brand-new Hulk ongoing from writer Chris Condon and artist Alessandro Cappuccio, picking up the fallout of the Infernal Hulk storyline as Bruce Banner looks for a way to finally cut ties with his monstrous other half. Giving a new ongoing series its debut issue away for free is a rarer move for Marvel's giveaway slate, and a sign of how much weight the publisher is putting behind relaunching the character.

Source: CBR