DC Comics took a page out of the manga industry earlier this year with the release of its very affordable Compact Comics series, and for Black Friday, nearly all of these travel-friendly graphic novels are available as part of the site’s Buy Two, Get One Free Black Friday promotion. Like previous B2G1 events, you can grab three items and the lowest-priced product in your basket will be a freebies; all of these books are $8-$10, so you’ll get three DC graphic novels for $20 or less.
B2G1 Free DC Compact Comics
DC Compact Comics are designed to be approachable entry-points into various comic books from the publisher, focused primarily on characters like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. They’re collections of the best stories starring the heroes, and they’re also smaller than your average graphic novel, allowing them to be affordable alternatives. The line has been fairly successful since it debuted earlier this year, and will expand next year with even more releases of fan-favorite stories.
Right now, you can pick most of these up for around $9 each, so with the B2G1 promotion, you can quickly build up a library of travel-friendly graphic novels. One of the highlights here is Batman: Hush, a landmark series illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair. Written by Jeph Loeb, the series followed Batman as he hunted down Hush, a mysterious killer with ties to his past, and it featured guest appearances by several DC Comics heroes and villains.
Other must-read titles include Far Sector, a Green Lantern story that puts a fresh spin on the idea of the intergalactic cops. For six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein protected the City Enduring, but after the first murder in 500 years threatened the peace of the massive metropolis of 20 billion people, it was up to this rookie Emerald Knight to get to the bottom of this mystery. You can also grab All-Star Superman, an epic tale that is still considered to be the very best Man of Steel story more than 20 years after it was first published.
A celebration of Superman across the ages, the 12-issue series chronicled the final days of the last son of Krypton, as a fatal overdose of solar radiation left him with mere months to live and 12 impossible labors to complete if he wanted to ensure the future of his adopted homeworld. The only exception to this sale is Scott Snyder and Stephen King’s American Vampire, but at $9.30, it’s still an affordable read to pick up.
Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, this paperback collects the first 11 issues of the series spread across American history’s most distinctive eras. From Wild West action to the founding of Las Vegas during the height of the Mafia’s power in the ’30s, this is a fascinating trip through history.
Below you’ll also find a list of B2G1 Batman graphic novels currently on sale. There are some excellent stories here by superstar teams, including the classic tale The Long Halloween and recent releases like The Batman: First Knight. Easily the best value for money here is Batman: One Bad Day, a collection of eight hardcover graphic novels in a stylish slipscase.
Each graphic novel focuses on one of Batman’s greatest villains and the days that defined them, and with several of DC’s greatest creative teams working on these stories, each one tells a definitive tale about Batman’s greatest nemeses.
Batman B2G1 Free Graphic Novels
