Learn More About The Four Marvel Comics Give Away Day™ Titles

By Chad Burdette

on February 8, 2026

Announced last month by Penguin Random House, Comics Giveaway Day™, the day that gives participating comic book shops a chance to hand out special Comics Giveaway Day™ issues to visitors free of charge, will be held on May 2.

Marvel Comics will publish four Comics Giveaway Day™ titles: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026, ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026, ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026, and SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD.

Get a sneak peek at artwork from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026 and ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026, which will prepare readers for the year’s most anticipated stories: ARMAGEDDON, the epic summer event from writer Chip Zdarsky

Related Armageddon News:

QUEEN IN BLACK, an upcoming symbiote event spinning out of Al Ewing’s work on Venom; the yet-to-be-announced next X-Men milestone; AND the historic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000! The issues will also include stories tied to Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein’s Infernal Hulk and reveal what’s next for Doctor Doom.

Also available, don’t miss ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026, spotlighting Marvel’s acclaimed 20th Century Studios storytelling with new stories set in some of the world’s most iconic sci-fi franchises. And for little ones, SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD 2026 provides the best first comic book experience you can get with a Spidey & his Amazing Friends adventure guest starring Jeff the Land Shark and Symbie!

Read on to learn more!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026

The road to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000 takes a big turn here as fate bears down on Peter Parker!

The Queen in Black has been coronated, and Mary Jane Watson as Venom is not ready for her! The Eldest has taken control of the Hulk, and what happens next will make every past Hulk battle look like a skirmish!

Written by JOE KELLY, AL EWING & PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by JOHN ROMITA JR., IBAN COELLO & NIC KLEIN
Cover by DIKE RUAN

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ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026

The heroes of the Marvel Universe assemble to take on the Red Hulk in a critical story by Chip Zdarsky that sets the stage for this summer’s Marvel event…ARMAGEDDON! Armageddon is here, and no one is safe from the coming end.

PLUS: Your first look at this summer’s big X-MEN event…and DOOM!

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY, JED MACKAY & RYAN NORTH
Art by FEDERICO VICENTINI, FRANK ALPIZAR & DELIO DIAZ, & FRANCESCO MOBILI
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

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ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026

In this issue, you’ll find stories from across 20th Century Studios – from ALIEN to PREDATOR to PLANET OF THE APES! Saladin Ahmed presents a tale set on a planet that’s already succumbed to Xenomorphs! And in Jordan Morris’ story, a Yautja warrior stalks one of Earth’s greatest fighters.

All this and a return to the Planet of the Apes!

Written by SALADIN AHMED, JORDAN MORRIS & GREG PAK
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI, EMILIO LAISO & ALAN ROBINSON
Cover by DAVIDE PARATORE

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SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD 2026

SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, Spin and Ghost-Spider, think they have their web-shooting hands full when JEFF THE LAND SHARK pays them a visit! But they haven’t seen anything yet – because shapeshifting alien SYMBIE is here to turn Jeff’s world upside down!