#NCBD 9/06/17: FCBD's 10 Comics for New Comic Book Day!

Sep 06, 2017

Free Comic Book Day was founded on the belief that there's a comic book perfect for everyone out there! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day (#NCBD) in comic book shops, where new comics release hit the shelves of comic book shops for eager fans to pick up and purchase.

We've highlighted ten comics that are perfect recommendations for anyone looking to get into comics!

In this week's list, for books coming out 9/06/17, there's definitely something for everyone: game on with Animal Jam, visit a galaxy far far away in Star Wars Adventures and Captain Phasma, the Kingsman return in an all new mini-series, and more!

What will you be picking up this week? Let us know over Facebook or Twitter!

ACTIONVERSE ONGOING #1
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ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

(W) Vito Delsante
(A) Sean Izaakse & Various
(CA) Sean Izaakse

From the ashes of the Actionverse, Stray is back! New York City is on the brink of a civil war, and only Stray can stop it! What threat from his past has come back to haunt him, and what does the formation of TeenAegis have to do with it? Join as as we look back at "The Rottweiler Years" and introduce artist Lee Gaston to the Actionverse! 80's Homage cover by Sean Izaakse and retailer incentive cover by David Golding (Infested Earth)!

LAZARETTO #1 (OF 5)
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BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Clay Chapman
(A) Jey Levang
(CA) Ignacio Valicenti

"After a pandemic strikes, a dorm complex at a small American college is quarantined with all of the students trapped within. What first starts out as youthful freedom from authority soon devolves into a violent new society-it's Lord of the Flies on a college campus."

"From writer Clay McLeod Chapman (Spider-Verse, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Vertigo Quarterly), whose most recent play, "Stump Speeches," was a New York Times Critics' Pick; and introducing artist Jey Levang."

ANIMAL JAM #3 (OF 3)
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D. E.

(W) Fernando Ruiz, Eric Esquivel
(A) Fernando Ruiz, Tony Fleecs
(CA) Fernando Ruiz

Three words: MAD SCIENTIST MONKEY. Graham--Jamaa's resident banana-chomping genius--takes center stage in this exciting issue of Dynamite Entertainment's ANIMAL JAM, based on the MASSIVELY popular video game by National Geographic and WildWorks (with over 30 million players worldwide)!

BOMBSHELLS UNITED #1
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DC COMICS

(W) Marguerite Bennett
(A) Marguerite Sauvage
(CA) Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

The Bombshells are back in an all-new series! As our new tale begins, the year is 1943, and Wonder Woman is called to Arizona for help by two young girls named Cassie Sandsmark and Donna Troy! The girls' friends and families are being displaced from their homes and forced into internment camps! To save them, can Wonder Woman fight against the same people she once fought alongside?

POPPIES OF IRAQ HC
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DRAWN & QUARTERLY

(W/A) Brigitte Findakly, Lewis Trondheim
(CA) Lewis Trondheim, Brigitte Findakly

Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly's nuanced chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein's state control, and her family's history as Orthodox Christians in the arab world. Poppies of Iraq is intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one's homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged.

STAR WARS ADVENTURES #1 CVR A CHARM
JUL170510

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Cavan Scott
(A/CA) Derek Charm

Introducing an exciting new era in all-ages Star Wars comics! Each issue in this monthly series will feature two stories, starring your favorite Star Wars characters from all the films! This debut issue will reveal Rey's early adventures on Jakku as well as a comical tale of clone catastrophe!

KINGSMAN RED DIAMOND #1 (OF 6)
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IMAGE COMICS

(W) Rob Williams
(A) Simon Fraser
(CA) Frank Quitely

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (starring Channing Tatum and Colin Firth)is in cinemas in September, and we're launching the sequel to the hit comic book series by MARK MILLAR and DAVE GIBBONS with KINGSMAN: THE RED DIAMOND. Working-class super-spy Eggsy follows in his mentor's footsteps but is still rough around the edges for a Kingsman agent. Rejected by his high school crush and hot on the heels of a rescue mission to save Prince Phillip, he embarks on an international terror plot in a story that starts where James Bond draws the line. ROB WILLIAMS (Suicide Squad, Action Comics) and SIMON FRASER take the helm for this stunning six-issue miniseries.

GENERATIONS IRON MAN & IRONHEART #1
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MARVEL COMICS

(W) Brian Michael Bendis
(A) Marco Rudy
(CA) Skan

• Riri Williams is given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet Tony Stark...Sorcerer Supreme!
• Join Ironheart as she discovers things about the Iron Man legacy that will change her forever.
• IRON MAN writer and Riri co-creator Bendis teams up with the award-winning multimedia artist Marco Rudy to give you a beautiful, unique look at the first step into a new era of Iron Man!

JOURNEY SW LAST JEDI CAPT PHASMA #1 (OF 4)
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MARVEL COMICS

(W) Kelly Thompson
(A) Marco Checchetto
(CA) Paul Renaud

As the excitement ramps up for this December's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, come back with us to the final moments of The Force Awakens and the destruction of Starkiller Base to learn the fate of Captain Phasma! Captured by the Resistance and thrown into a garbage masher, we follow the chrome-adorned warrior from the site of the First Order's biggest defeat to the doorstep of this holiday season's biggest blockbuster! Written by Kelly Thompson (HAWKEYE, STAR WARS ANNUAL 2016) and drawn by Marco Checchetto (STAR WARS: SHATTERED EMPIRE, STAR WARS: SCREAMING CITADEL), Captain Phasma will recondition you to love Star Wars again!

MILLENNIUM GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE #1 (OF 2)
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TITAN COMICS

(W) Sylvain Runberg
(A) Manuel Gonzales
(CA) Claudia SG Iannicello

THE MILLENNIUM SAGA CONTINUES WITH THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE: THE SECOND CHAPTER IN STIEG LARSON'S BEST-SELLING NOVEL SERIES. IN THIS EXCITING COMICS ADAPTATION, ANARCHIST-HACKER LISBETH SALANDA FINDS HERSELF ON THE RUN AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF A TRIPLE-MURDER AND ONLY RENOWNED JOURNALIST MIKEL BLOMKVIST HAS THE SKILLS TO HELP CLEAR HER NAME!

Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny, and follows in his father's footsteps, joining the Chicago Police Force. Officer Malcolm Dragon's first adventures as he faces off against a host of new foes: Wrath! Rag Doll! Fountainhead! Devil Ray! Tantrum! And the birth of the next generation of Savage Dragon offspring! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #206-211 - See more at: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/savage-dragon-legacy-tp#sthash.9W4GYun0.dpuf

All of these comics are available at your local comic shop! To find a comic shop near you, visit Comicshoplocator.com!