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.

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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))

Series beginnings are always great places to get started in comic books. Here is the Main Publication History for Frozen comic books.

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• 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)

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)

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.