[SPS] It's Free Comic Book Day, so I put together a list of 12 free comics & manga

It's hard to believe that it's already been 20 years since the first Free Comic Book Day. It was started on May 4th, 2002, and except for last year, usually falls on the first Saturday in May.

While it's traditionally intended to promote new traffic at indie comic book shops in coordination with the release of a superhero film, with the rise of digital comics it's become an online celebration as well.

With that in mind, I put together a list of 12 indie science fiction comics and manga that are completely free to read. Let me know your thoughts on any you check out.

Enjoy!

1. BounD, 163 pages - Published by Hexapus Ink

When Seth appears to Natalia, he reveals a part of the universe that is unraveling and threatens what is left of mankind. - Natalia will have to accept the dark realities around her before she can save herself.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Hexapus Ink

2. Salvagers, 222 pages - Published by Source Point Press

In the distant future, the habitable planets are connected through the trade of natural and artificial resources. The import and export business is flourishing for some systems, while leaving others at the mercy of major trade corporations. After the end of the Galactic War, peace blanketed the galaxy; however, planets with little shipping resources turned to piracy or developed small guerilla...

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Bob Salley, DeSiKa, George Acevedo, HdE Ponsonby-Jones, Joshua Werner

3. Black Beacon, 139 pages - Published by Heavy Metal

There's an intergalactic space station out there bigger than our solar system that wants everyone to come along and meet up. The beacon made it sound like a utopia, but what Niko finds upon her arrival is a lawless expanse where everyone is out for themselves and she's so late she doesn't even have a seat at the table.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Ryan Lindsay and Sebastian Piriz

4. Worldeater, 44 pages - Published by Lesser Known Comics

34-page “manga style” comic book written and illustrated by MoMANoCA about a young hero’s fight against an unstoppable intergalactic destroyer.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Lesser Known Comics

5. AinoloniA - Return to Parascythe, 22 pages - Published by J.KBorealis

In a world destroyed in an ancient catastrophe, there is a city that rises above all else. The duo makes their way back to it, to free themselves from the limitations forced upon them.

3D models reference material: Street Env. 3 hazmhox Cyberpunk Apartment Vanredravend Living Room prof.alessandrolima Memento 2 Motel Japanese Village Abandoned House Brick Building VamTastic All under CCBY

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by J.KBorealis

6. Trip Across the Multiverse, 96 pages - Published by Galactc Potato

Young man (cat?) Trip Freeman has always wanted to be part of the rangers, an organization in charge of regulating travel and deals across parallel universes. Will Trip ever see his dreams come true?

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Galactc Potato

7. Warcorns: Combat Unicorns, 133 pages - Published by Source Point Press

From the Franklin and Ghost universe comes the most fabulously elite military force in the galaxy. After having successfully evaded two complete dispatches of Retrieval Bots from Defilion, Franklin and Ghost are sent by their female accomplice, Delilah, to retrieve a rare weapon that is instrumental to the destruction of Defilion. Warcorns Special forces Group Alpha is dispatched, at the behest...

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Dave Lentz, Garrett Gunn, Kit Wallis

8. Celestial Chronicle Shion, 296 pages - Published by Cave Comics and Art

The crew of the Shion is fighting against draconic aliens, but what are these symbols they find? These sounds they hear? There's a bigger mystery that needs to be solved before the war can end.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Cave Comics and Art

9. The Adventures of Captain Orange, 144 pages - Published by Mrs. H

It's a scifi-adventure comic set in a futuristic Galaxy with planet-hopping ships. Characters Captain Orange travels through Space in his Güd Ship while doing odd jobs for astro-colonies on varying planets. Boldour-Fisk is the 'bot developed to ensure the safety and well-being of all crew members of the Güd Ship. Lucky Star is the Güd Ship's mechanic.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Mrs. H

10. Torchbearer, 294 pages - Published by Odd Truth

A blend of Corporate Espionage and Science Fiction, Torchbearer follows the story of the Torchbearers, a group that has risen up against the corporatocracy of Prometheus Inc, and the actions they take to stop the corporations before it's too late.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Ander Zarate, Dave Lanphear, Dennis Calero, Don Walker, Donna Gregory, Ken Branch, M.I. Annoni, Michael Montenat, Nicolas Dedual, Ron Riley

11. S.I.N, 73 pages - Published by HIME♔NAYA

◼"A Story Of Murder, Madness & Monsters"◼

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by HIME♔NAYA

12. Plant Life, 97 pages - Published by Iqbal A Comics

A detective discovers that a plant identical to the one she illegally owns is the principal suspect of a murder investigation--an investigation she is leading.

"Plant Life'' is a mildly surreal police procedural set in a world where plants are outlawed and illegal to own. Inspired by the movie "Melancholia" and akin to weird-fiction novels such as "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer.

^(This title is 100% free to read.)

Story and Art by Iqbal A Comics