Compilations | 1st Appearance | Origin Story | Main Publication History | Secondary Publication History | Key Storylines | Media Source Material | Key Issues
by snowbi-wan, updated Nov 2019
FROZEN is the 53rd animated feature film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, released in Nov 2013 with a sequel in 2019. Princess Anna and her trusty friends must locate Anna's sister Queen Elsa, whose power to freeze things with a touch has gone haywire. The feature film received critical praise and two Academy Awards and has become one of Disney's premiere modern-day franchises. Joe Books put out comic books based on Frozen in the 2014-2017 timeframe at the same time Redan was doing one of their standard kids' property magazines. Dark Horse began publishing Frozen comic stories in 2018.
Compilations
In modern comic publishing, it's common (and expected) for individual comic book issues to be collected into compilations of trade paperbacks and/or hardcovers, as well as other special compilations. Unlike the individual source issues, the collected editions typically stay in print for long periods and are less 'collectible.' If individual issues are out of reach or are not of interest to you or if you just need reading copies, the following collected editions of Frozen comic books are the most recent in-print editions and are the perfect alternative to get started right away with Frozen. The following compilations are presented in a chronologically-based suggested reading order with softcover editions before any hardcover editions (unless the only in-print editions are hardcover--these are integrated into the softcover list).
The Joe Books material is either out-of-print or headed that way. The secondary market is the best place to locate them. Dark Horse is just getting started with their material; compilations of it will likely be available for some time to come.
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| Cover | Release Month | Series / Number / Storyline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quick View | Nov 2014 | DISNEY FROZEN: THE CINESTORY [2014-SC] CURRENT PRINTING (out-of-print) |  | Go to Amazon | |
![FROZEN COMICS COLLECTION [VOL 01]: HEARTS FULL OF SUNSHINE](images/comics/JAN17/JAN171840.jpg) Quick View | Mar 2017 | FROZEN COMICS COLLECTION [2017-TPB] [VOL 01]: HEARTS FULL OF SUNSHINE CURRENT PRINTING (out-of-print) | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2017 | FROZEN COMICS COLLECTION [2017-TPB] VOL 02: TRAVEL ARENDELLE CURRENT PRINTING (out-of-print) | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jan 2019 | DISNEY FROZEN: BREAKING BOUNDARIES [2018-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2019 | DISNEY FROZEN: REUNION ROAD [2019-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Nov 2019 | DISNEY FROZEN: THE HERO WITHIN [2019-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2019 | DISNEY FROZEN ADVENTURES: FLURRIES OF FUN [2019-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Feb 2020 | DISNEY FROZEN: TRUE TREASURE [2019-TPB] | UNAVAILABLE | $9.34 | |
 Quick View | Feb 2020 | DISNEY FROZEN ADVENTURES: SNOWY STORIES [2020-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2020 | DISNEY FROZEN AND FROZEN II: THE STORY OF THE MOVIES IN COMICS [2020-HC] | UNAVAILABLE | $12.74 | |
 Quick View | Apr 2020 | DISNEY FROZEN ADVENTURES: ICE AND MAGIC [2020-TPB] | UNAVAILABLE | $9.34 |
1st Appearance
The first appearance of a character in comic book form is often the most valuable issue featuring that character. It's a nice place to get started in Frozen, if it's within your budget. Joe Books published a movie adaptation in their 'cinestory' graphic novel format in 2014. The first standard comic book appearance of Frozen was also from Joe Books in 2015. This was also a movie adaptation. We include both entries in the list below with qualifiers.
- DISNEY FROZEN: THE CINESTORY [2014-SC] (1st appearance of Frozen (in softcover graphic novel format))
- FROZEN [2015] (1st appearance of Frozen (in standard comic book format))
Origin Story
The original presentation of an origin story or a retelling/recounting of it can be a good place to get started with a character or subject. The 'origin' of a superhero/villain is typically the event or circumstances surrounding how they gained their powers and/or began fighting/committing crime. But, Frozen is a musical fantasy, not a superhero story. The original film was adapted in comics by Joe Books in 2014 and 2015 (see other sections of this guide for further details).
Main Publication History
Series beginnings are always great places to get started in comic books. Here is the Main Publication History for Frozen comic books.
- DISNEY FROZEN: THE CINESTORY [2014-SC] (softcover movie adaptation)
- FROZEN [2015] (standard comic book movie adaptation)
- FROZEN MAGAZINE [2015-MAG] #1-19 (typical magazine contents with articles, puzzles, games and limited comic material)
- DISNEY FROZEN FUNBOOK [2015-SC]
- FROZEN MAGAZINE HOLIDAY SPECIAL [2015-MAG]
- DISNEY FROZEN [2016] #1-8 (1st short-lived ongoing series with original stories)
- FROZEN COMICS COLLECTION [2017-TPB] #[1]-2 (collects stories from magazine and the ongoing series)
- FROZEN 2017 ANNUAL [2017]
- DISNEY FROZEN: BREAKING BOUNDARIES [2018] #1-3 (1st Dark Horse mini-series)
- DISNEY FROZEN: REUNION ROAD [2019] #1-3 (2nd Dark Horse mini-series)
- DISNEY FROZEN: TRUE TREASURE [2019] #1-3 (lead-up to Frozen 2 animated film)
- DISNEY FROZEN II [2020-SC] run (expanded retelling of the sequel film from the perspectives of Anna and Elsa)
Media Source Material
If you've enjoyed non-comic media for Frozen, this section describes the comic book source material for some of the most popular non-comic media. However, with Frozen, movies and other media are not created from comic book source material. The original film was adapted in comics by Joe Books in 2014 and 2015 (see other sections of this guide for further details).
Key Issues
A key issue can be an acceptable place to get started with Frozen, but they are more of a collector's checklist, as they can carry high price tags. The issues listed in this section are predominantly non-variants (i.e. main covers).
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- DISNEY FROZEN: THE CINESTORY [2014-SC] (1st appearance of Frozen (in softcover graphic novel format))
- FROZEN [2015] (1st appearance of Frozen (in standard comic book format))
- DISNEY FROZEN [2016] #1 (1st issue of this series)