Marvel Comics Announce Selections For Comics Giveaway Day 2026

By Chad Burdette

on December 19, 2025

This week, Penguin Random House, Comics Giveaway Day™ an event to be held on May 2, 2026, and is shaping up to be an outstanding year in the Marvel Universe with epic events, historic milestones, and exciting new launches, readers can dive right into it all with upcoming Comics Giveaway Day™ titles!

Designed to grab new readers and show appreciation for loyal fans and retailers, Comics Giveaway Day™ promises to the most exciting day for the industry and fans can look forward to FOUR Comics Giveaway Day™ issues from Marvel Comics!

Participating comic book shops will be able to give special Comics Giveaway Day™ issues to visitors free of charge, gearing them up for some of the year’s most anticipated stories and showing them all that the Marvel Universe has to offer!

Read on to learn more:

Experience every corner of the main Marvel Universe with

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
SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 CGD 2026

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000/QUEEN IN BLACK #1 CGD 2026 continues the countdown to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000; sets up the upcoming symbiote event, QUEEN IN BLACK; and teases what’s on the horizon for the monstrous INFERNAL HULK!

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

A key chapter for Marvel’s 2026 summer event, ARMAGEDDON; deliver a prelude to the next X-Men milestone; and check in with Marvel’s First Family.

ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY, JED MACKAY & RYAN NORTH
ART by FEDERICO VICENTINI & MORE
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

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Then, enjoy Marvel’s acclaimed 20th Century Studios storytelling with stories set in some of the world’s most iconic sci-fi franchises with ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026.

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

Written by SALADIN AHMED, JORDAN MORRIS & MORE
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI AND MORE!
Cover by DAVIDE PARATORE

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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!