Free Comic Book Day has begun announcing some of its releases for its 2022 event, which will take place on Saturday, May 7, 2022. On Tuesday, the Free Comic Book Day Committee announced its eleven Gold Sponsor comic titles for the coming year, and highlights include new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Stranger Things” comics.
This Free Comic Book Day, BOOM! Studios will celebrate 25 years of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with a Free Comic Book Day special that will look back on fan-favorite character moments from the past two decades. This special comic book retrospective will be presented in a yearbook format featuring yearbook photos, vignettes, and more from the array of artists and writers who have worked on the Buffy series over the last 25 years.
“Stranger Things” has been a popular Free Comic Day title in years past, with releases from Dark Horse Comics in 2019 and 2020. Just in time for “Stranger Things 4,” Dark Horse Comics is bringing “Stranger Things” back to Free Comic Book Day alongside “Resident Alien.”
In “Stranger Things” Eleven, Will and Jonathan go to a drive-in theater for a double creature feature, but the local festivities and scary costumes bring back haunting memories. Then, in “Resident Alien,” Dr. Harry and nurse Asta help an elderly patient in the small town of Patience investigate a ghostly presence in her house!
In addition to the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Stranger Things” comic books announced, horror fans may also be interested in the Free Comic Book Day offering from Image Comics. On Free Comic Book Day, Image Comics will release a prelude to “The Bone Orchard Mythos,” a new interconnected horror universe from the Eisner Award winning team of Andrea Sorrentino and Jeff Lemire.
In “The Bone Orchard Mythos Prelude,” a troubled writer books a secluded cabin on a serene lake in an attempt to get away from his troubled marriage and looming deadlines. But what he doesn’t know when he arrives is that he is already in the cabin. In fact, he may have always been there. Face-to-face with his own demons, the writer discovers the first terrifying pieces of The Bone Orchard Mythos.
You can view all 11 Gold Sponsor comics announced on FreeComicBookDay.com. The full 2022 Free Comic Book Day lineup will be announced on Thursday, December 16.
