By Chad Burdette

on November 9, 2026

Once a year, comic book publishers and retailers join forces for Comics Giveaway Day, reigniting the industry with free giveaway comics!

Marvel Comics has long been at the forefront of this celebration, seizing the opportunity to deliver can’t-miss entry points and previews for its biggest upcoming stories.

But this year, Marvel is smashing all the rules, going all in on a single Comics Giveaway Day title, giving fans the complete first issue of an all-new run of one of its most iconic characters: HULK #1 by Chris Condon and Alessandro Cappuccio!

On May 1, fans can pick up a copy of the debut issue of the brand-new ongoing series, featuring Cappuccio’s main cover, for free at participating local comic shops.

Variant covers for the issue will only be available inside HULK #1 TRUE BELIEVERS BLIND BAGS, which go on sale the same day.

Special 20-Bag Display Boxes will also be available, each containing 20 copies of HULK #1 (19 True Believers Blind Bags and 1 True Believers Display Box-exclusive “Gamma Irradiated” Glow-in-the-Dark Variant Cover by superstar artist Patrick Gleason.

Unrelenting mystery, monstrous action, and a decisive choice that changes everything, Condon and Cappuccio’s new run takes the iconic Jade Giant into uncharted territory.

Launching on one of the comic book industry’s most important days, this bold new approach to Comics Giveaway Day paves the way for the book’s success by welcoming longtime fans and newcomers alike to experience this incredible new era from the very start!

New Marvel EiC Stephen Wacker said about

“Marvel’s Comic Giveaway Day offering should not only give people a reason to run to their comic shops, but also a reason to come back!

That’s why we’re choosing it to launch HULK, giving away the entire first issue of his new ongoing series,”

“We believe strongly in what Chris and Alessandro are building here and while PKJ and Nic are definitely a hard act to follow, we want as many people as possible to get their huge green mitts on the Hulk’s next adventure!”

Incoming Hulk scribe Christopher Condon

“Dreams do come true, it seems, even if it comes at the suffering of poor Bruce Banner”

“I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the team chronicling the next era of the Jade Giant at Marvel, and to be reteamed with my pal Alessandro Cappuccio–as well as legendary Hulk editor Mark Paniccia–makes it all the more exciting.

I’ve loved the Hulk since I was a kid and that love has continued to this very day, so I hope people know that what we’re crafting is in tribute to everything from Lee & Kirby’s initial debut to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, & company’s horrifyingly brilliant Infernal Hulk saga.

We are taking things in an exciting new direction for our day and age, but don’t worry, HULK STILL SMASH.”

Artist and Marvel Stormbreaker Alessandro Cappuccio added:

“There are characters you meet professionally, and others who, in some way, stay with you/

The Hulk definitely belongs to the second category. Behind his immense strength lies a universe of fragility, conflicts, and contradictions that continues to fascinate me. He’s a character who seems to have an endless supply of stories to tell, and that’s exactly what makes him so special.”