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Free Comic Book Day 2025: Mad Cave Studios Announces its Silver Titles

Mad Cave Studios has announced its Silver Titles for Free Comic Book Day, which includes The Phantom #0. Additionally, from Maverick, you can find the Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur Crossover, and from Papercutz, look for Flash Gordon Adventures & The Girl from Infinity, along with Herobear and The Kid!

The Phantom #0

(W) Ray Fawkes (A/CA) Various

The Phantom, Lee Falk’s highly influential superhero, is back in an all-new adventure series! The first story in an exciting publishing plan that is sure to satisfy both new and returning “Phans” of comics’ beloved Ghost Who Walks. In true Phantom fashion, look forward to pulpy storytelling focused on justice, honor, mystery, and mythology—all told with heaps of action!

Mad Cave Studios | THE PHANTOM #0

Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur

(W) Jordie Bellaire, Joseph Corallo
(A) Various (CA) Gaia Cardinalli

The worlds of Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders and King Arthur & the Knights of Justice have never overlapped until now. Thirty years of cartoon nostalgia has all led to this moment!

Join Eisner Winner Jordie Bellaire and GLAAD award-winner Joseph Corallo as they take you to Camelot and Avalon. Merlin is lost in the Wild Magic and finds himself unable to defeat Morgana once and for all. Using his last strength, he summons brave heroes from across the lands–bringing the Jewel Riders and the Knights of Justice together for the first time. The newly combined teams must use their magical powers and knightly prowess and join forces for the first time and save their worlds, once and for all.

Maverick | PRINCESS GWENEVERE & KING ARTHUR CROSSOVER

Flash Gordon Adventures & The Girl from Infinity

(W) Art Baltazar, Franco Aureliani, Mike Cavallaro, Marguerite Bennett (A) Art Baltazar, Mike Cavallaro,
Bev Johnson (CA) Art Baltazar

What’s going on with Flash Gordon and why does he look so different? The only way to get all of the answers is to read this story! The Flash Gordon Adventures series returns with a brand-new story by the Eisner Award-Winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco! Plus, a new story by Mike Cavallaro (Nico Bravo) and more!

Plus: Introducing The Girl from Infinity by New York Times bestseller Marguerite Bennett and Bev Johnson (artist of Adventures in Fosterland)! In the future, voyager Dale Arden discovers a shooting star — containing a girl named Flash Gordon, Defender of the Universe! But Flash has no memory. Together, she and Dale must uncover her past, save Dale’s family, and rescue the planet Omnia from the clutches of the cruel Emperor Azimuth!

Papercutz | FLASH GORDON & THE GIRL FROM INFINITY ADVENTURES

Herobear and The Kid

(W/A/CA) Mike Kunkel

Herobear and the Kid return! Tyler discovers a special comic he’s been searching for. Unable to pay for it, he instead creates his own comic about Herobear and trades it with the store owner, who is surprised to get it signed and delivered by the actual real-life Herobear.

Papercutz | HEROBEAR AND THE KID

Winx Graphic Novels to be Published in US through Mad Cave Studios’ Maverick and Papercutz imprints

Winx

Mad Cave Studios and Rainbow Group will publish Winx graphic novels for young adult and middle grade readers through Mad Cave’s Maverick and Papercutz imprints. 

Set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures, the beloved Winx stories originally premiered in 2004, becoming a ratings success in Italy and on Nickelodeon networks internationally. Unlike many other remakes, The Winx Club has been evolving in some way ever since its conception, keeping its original DNA alive while riding the wave of new trends over time.

Under the agreement, Mad Cave Studios will be publishing young adult graphic novels under their imprint Maverick as well as middle grade adaptations via their recently acquired middle grade imprint Papercutz. 

The first of a number of Winx stories will be released in 2024.

Maverick and Mad Cave Studios announce Paper Planes

Maverick and Mad Cave Studios have announced Paper Planes, an original graphic novel from writer Jennie Wood and artist Dozerdraws, publishing May 1, 2023. 

High schoolers Leighton Worthington and Dylan Render have always been inseparable, but when they’re both shipped off to a summer camp for troubled youth in the aftermath of a tragic event, their lifelong friendship is put to the test.

Neither ‘chose’ to be there, but they’ll need a positive evaluation from the camp to avoid being sent away, so they can continue attending high school with their friends.

The challenges of camp pushes the once-inseparable Dylan and Leighton onto personal journeys of self-discovery that force them to re-examine the incident that threatens their futures, explore the friendship they have shared for so long, and discover the type of person each of them truly wants to be.

Edited by Erica Schlutz and lettered by Micah Myers, Paper Planes is slated for release May 2023 and is now available for pre-order.

Paper Planes