Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025
Comic-Con is the premier event for all things comics and related popular art, including movies, television, gaming, interactive multimedia, and so much more! Enjoy cosplay galore and take part in unique programming, exclusive previews, and presentations, not to mention the expansive and diverse Exhibit Hall featuring merchandise and displays representing all fandoms.
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Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 Spotlight
Everything we learned about Starfleet Academy at Comic-Con
At the Star Trek Panel at San Diego Comic Con, fans were shown their first look at Starfleet Academy, and met the cadet cast including Holly Hunter.
Ernie Estrella
Wizards of the Coast printed more copies of Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy than any other MTG set in history - and they now realize it wasn't enough
Magic: The Gathering has never been bigger than it is right now, thanks to Universes Beyond crossovers like Final Fantasy
Jules Chin Greene
How James Gunn's Superman movie leads into HBO Max's Peacemaker season 2
Speaking at San Diego Comic Con, Gunn himself gave us a little window into the bridge between this summer's Superman and Peacemaker season 2, and by extension, a little window into the DCU
Grant DeArmitt
San Diego Comic-Con is where I can be who I am - an adult who brings their toddler to the It: Welcome to Derry screening
He is screaming and begging to leave because he is having a good time at the It prequel series screening
Grant DeArmitt
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Follow along as DC unveils 2025 Batman plans, as well as his Gotham City friends, live from SDCC 2025
Get all the news about Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and more as DC goes full-on Gotham City at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025.
Jules Chin Greene
Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils the Endgame of its Ultimate Marvel line (and more) in its Next Big Thing panel from SDCC 2025
Avengers: Endgame was the highpoint of the MCU so far, and now Marvel Comics is looking to do it their way.
Graeme McMillan
Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils its big 2025 X-Men event Age of Revelation at SDCC 2025
Marvel EiC C.B. Cebulski, top X-Men boss Tom Brevoort, and more talk about the drastic revamp of the X-Men line coming this fall as part of Age of Revelation.
Graeme McMillan
Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 Feed
Everything we learned about Starfleet Academy at Comic-Con
At the Star Trek Panel at San Diego Comic Con, fans were shown their first look at Starfleet Academy, and met the cadet cast including Holly Hunter.
Ernie Estrella
Wizards of the Coast printed more copies of Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy than any other MTG set in history - and they now realize it wasn't enough
Magic: The Gathering has never been bigger than it is right now, thanks to Universes Beyond crossovers like Final Fantasy
Jules Chin Greene
How James Gunn's Superman movie leads into HBO Max's Peacemaker season 2
Speaking at San Diego Comic Con, Gunn himself gave us a little window into the bridge between this summer's Superman and Peacemaker season 2, and by extension, a little window into the DCU
Grant DeArmitt
San Diego Comic-Con is where I can be who I am - an adult who brings their toddler to the It: Welcome to Derry screening
He is screaming and begging to leave because he is having a good time at the It prequel series screening
Grant DeArmitt
Hazbin Hotel creator VivziePop explains what happen to people who "die" in Hell, using Disney's Coco as an example
"There is essentially a second death in the show," says the Hellaverse originator, also known as Vivienne Medrano
Grant DeArmitt
One of the keys to Demon Slayer's dominance in anime has been keeping the team at Ufotable intact since the first episode
Demon Slayer's director confirms that he has been able to keep his core team intact for more than six years, which has made following up the success of the Mugen Train movie that much easier.
Trent Cannon
Why John Stewart is in Lanterns and Guy Gardner is in Superman, according to Justice League's Green Lantern, Phil LaMarr
LaMarr, who introduced a host of non-comic readers to the Green Lantern in the animated Justice League, has thoughts on the current state of the Lanterns in pop culture (as well as hopes for the future)
Grant DeArmitt
A ban for Lief...eld. Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld explains the San Diego Comic-Con permaban he almost got 33 years ago
A San Diego Comic Con without Rob Liefeld? It sounds impossible, but had there not been some very chill folks in Hall B in 1992, it might've been a reality
Grant DeArmitt
The hottest character to draw in superhero comics is Absolute Batman - because he’s huge! Just ask Nick Dragotta and Daniel Warren Johnson
At DC Comics’ Gotham City panel, the love for Big Boy Batman from Absolute Batman was tangible from the artists
Jules Chin Greene
There will be love, suffering, and love: How Starz' Outlander franchise is creating younger versions of your favorite characters with the Blood of My Blood prequel
Outlander executive producer and showrunner Matthew B. Roberts shared his approach in writing young versions of Dougal and Murtag.
Ernie Estrella
Longtime Eisner Awards boss Jackie Estrada has given out her last award, ending a 35-year run with San Diego Comic-Con
For 35 years, Jackie Estrada helped us understand what were the best comics and who was making them with the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
Chris Arrant
Bruce Wayne no more: when Batman was Bruno Diaz for Mexican fans, as recounted by fan-turned Spider-Man superstar artist Humberto Ramos
Mexican comics changed secret identites of superheroes, so Batman was Bruno Diaz
Graeme McMillan
Marvel is mistreating Cable says co-creator Rob Liefeld, but he's given up on doing anything with the character ever again
Rob Liefeld isn't looking back at his Marvel creations - especially Cable.
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel reveals that Ultimate Spider-Man is ending in December
Jonathan Hickman says his run on Ultimate Spider-Man is ending this year - on his own terms.
Chris Arrant
Marvel's Ultimate Endgame is "the craziest and most impactful crossover idea since Crisis on Infinite Earths" - but its not the end of the Ultimate Universe
Marvel reveals the plot and creators of its upcoming Ultimate Endgame event.
Chris Arrant
How the Aztec Batman movie founds its villain in turning the real-life villain, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, into Two-Face
Aztec Batman producer Aaron Berger and José Carlos Garcia de Letona, Head of Ánima Studios explain how they came to Two-Face and Joker to be the villains.
Ernie Estrella
The Traitors host Alan Cumming will be in Critical Role's Mighty Nein series; now Critical Role wants to be on The Traitors
Don't pretend you wouldn't watch Ashley Johnson absolutely annihilate a slate of Faithfuls. You would! We ALL would!
Grant DeArmitt
The MCU Fantastic Four: First Steps comic took twice as long as usual, because getting those actor likenesses right (for everyone!) is harder than you think
Ensuring that the cast of the new Marvel Studios movie looked like their on-screen selves wasn't a fast process, says artist Mark Buckingham
Graeme McMillan
The Five Nights at Freddy's movie cast don't play the original games - because they're too hard and/or they're too scared!
Not everyone is a gamer, even if they're bringing the games to life on the big screen, explain the FNAF cast
Graeme McMillan
The wizard assassins the Volstrucker will play a much bigger role in Prime Video's Mighty Nein series, says Critical Role stars
The antagonists of the Mighty Nein campaign will not only get more screentime, but will look badass during it, says Critical Role DM Matt Mercer
Grant DeArmitt
Prepare to meet the Absolute Bat-Family in DC's Absolute Batman, beginning with (a) Robin
Absolute Batman is a loner - but his family is coming sooner than you think.
Chris Arrant
Marvel brings the original Nova back for first ongoing series in 8 years - but without the Nova Corps
Richard Rider is out of the Nova Corps and working his way through the Cosmic side of the Marvel Universe
Trent Cannon
She-Hulk is stuck on Sakaar in new ongoing comic series launching this fall
Jennifer Walters made the mistake of telling her cousin she would look after Sakaar for a few days but Hulk left her stranded.
Trent Cannon
Now hiring: Sorcerer Supreme. Apply at Marvel Comics' offices
New Sorcerer Supreme, who dis?
Chris Arrant
Friday night draft feeling a little stale? Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man set is introducing a new draft format that's faster & more casual
If your local game shop’s FNM isn’t fast enough for you, Marvel’s Spider-Man will introduce a whole new draft format to Magic: The Gathering to speed things up
Jules Chin Greene
Absolute Wonder Woman is crossing over with Absolute Batman this December
Absolute Wonder Woman is becoming the team builder inside DC's Absolute Universe, beginning with Batman.
Chris Arrant
Some of Marvel's most iconic Spider-Man covers have been officially transformed into Magic: The Gathering cards (but we're still waiting on a Chip Zdarsky MTG card)
Magic: The Gathering’s Spider-Man crossover set gives credit where credit’s due by turning comic book covers into cards
Jules Chin Greene
Hellaverse creator VivziePop says Helluva Boss season 3 is raunchiest yet, needed Prime Video for uncensored jokes
" There's certain lines that I don't want to cross, visually," says VivziePop AKA Vivienne Medrano, "But we go right up to that line in season 3 of Helluva Boss."
Grant DeArmitt
The moral of Five Nights at Freddy's is not to be William Afton, according to the movie's cast
Who knew that 'not being a serial killer' was the lesson that audiences needed to bear in mind? (No bear pun intended.)
Graeme McMillan
Marvel Rivals is moving from the screen to your walls with a 2026 poster book
The fan-favorite fighting game will have a poster book featuring 20 "gallery quality" prints released in January 2026
Graeme McMillan
The Magic: The Gathering x Spider-Man crossover set wouldn't exist without the Spider-Verse
Without Miles Morales, Ghost-Spider, and other characters from the Spider-Verse, Magic: The Gathering wouldn’t have enough material to create a Spider-Man set
Jules Chin Greene
Finally, Venom is stealing Spider-Man's original red-and-blue costume for his next outfit upgrade
Venom took over the Spider-Man costume in Amazing Spider-Man #252 - now the shoe's on the other foot in Venom #252
Chris Arrant
Frank Miller returns to DC's Dark Knight Returns AND Marvel with an old Batman vs. old Wolverine crossover
Old Man Logan vs. The Knight Returns Batman is not the matchup we were expecting, but Frank Miller knows how to make grizzled old heroes iconic.
Trent Cannon
Captain America is traveling through time to save the U.S.A. ahead of country's 250th birthday in Marvel's 1776
Captain America is going to team up with America's founding fathers.
Chris Arrant
Percy Jackson's cyclops half-brother is a marvel of VFX wizardry and great acting from Daniel Diemer
In an interview at SDCC 2025, Tyson actor Daniel Diemer unpacks how you go about making a one-eyed cyclops believable in Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Jules Chin Greene
Even before Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is out, Matthew Lillard and Jason Blum tease a third movie - and which major character he would kill in it
If the new movie is a success, everyone would be "very excited" to make a third - and Matthew Lillard knows what will happen in it
Graeme McMillan
Critical Role's Laura Bailey is excited to finally reveal the full origin of Jester in the Mighty Nein animated series on Amazon's Prime Video
Bailey teased her tiefling cleric's arc in the upcoming animated adaptation of the Mighty Nein campaign - and she did it in Jester's voice, so we know it's true
Grant DeArmitt
How DC is reimagining Batman as an Aztec warrior for Clash of the Empires animated movie
In the latest Batman animated film, Aztec Batman: Clash of the Empires, it might be difficult to imagine the translation but it works really well.
Ernie Estrella
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will have three times as many animatronics as the first movie - including Withered Bonnie and Mangle, promises director
Want to see Mangle and Withered Bonnie on the big screen? They're on their way in Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Graeme McMillan
The Percy Jackson Disney+ series is giving creator Rick Riordan the chance to try out story elements he decided against when he was writing the books 20 years ago
All of the changes that the Percy Jackson show on Disney+ makes from Rick Riordan's original books are run by the author first
Jules Chin Greene
Batman is picking a fight with all the Robins who grow up and replace him in new DC series Knightfight
Batman is going to jump through time to fight all Batmen who replace him
Chris Arrant
The darkest Superman variant, Superboy Prime, is back for redemption, and he's a big fan of those DC Absolute comics
Superboy Prime is out to save Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes... but can we trust him?
Chris Arrant
Follow along as DC unveils 2025 Batman plans, as well as his Gotham City friends, live from SDCC 2025
Get all the news about Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and more as DC goes full-on Gotham City at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025.
Jules Chin Greene
Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils the Endgame of its Ultimate Marvel line (and more) in its Next Big Thing panel from SDCC 2025
Avengers: Endgame was the highpoint of the MCU so far, and now Marvel Comics is looking to do it their way.
Graeme McMillan
Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils its big 2025 X-Men event Age of Revelation at SDCC 2025
Marvel EiC C.B. Cebulski, top X-Men boss Tom Brevoort, and more talk about the drastic revamp of the X-Men line coming this fall as part of Age of Revelation.
Graeme McMillan
Follow along as DC unveils its big 2025 event plans for Absolute Evil, DC K.O, Absolute Batman - and Absolute everything from SDCC 2025
Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder, Superman's Joshua Williamson, Justice League Unlimited's Mark Waid, and more convene to unveil DC's big plans for the rest of 2025 and beyond.
Graeme McMillan
Fans can pick up their own Daily Planet newspaper and celebrate the history of DC Comics at SDCC 2025
DC is bringing the Daily Planet, and sneak peeks at its future (and past!) to San Diego Comic-Con 2025
Graeme McMillan
Ignition Press brings cosmic horror to San Diego Comic-Con 2025 with Roots of Madness from Wonder Woman: Nubia writer and House of Slaughter artist
The new series from start-up indie publisher Ignition Press will debut at SDCC 2025, along with exclusive merch
Graeme McMillan
Upstart comics publisher Ignition Press announces standalone 'Ignition Press Room' location for San Diego Comic-Con 2025
Want to be part of SDCC 2025 but don't have a pass? Ignition Press has you covered
Graeme McMillan
Coming to San Diego Comic-Con? Maybe you'd want to watch a Sumo show with Godzilla as a guest-star
Godzilla will officially be joining the Super Power Show!, a sumo and Japanese culture live event coming to SDCC 2025 (and then going to New Jersey afterwards)
Graeme McMillan
Marvel Studios to skip its traditional Hall H panel for San Diego Comic-Con 2025
With Avengers: Doomsday in production and not ready for release until December 2026, Marvel Studios won't be holding its traditional Hall H extravaganza at SDCC 2025 according to reports
Graeme McMillan
Don't expect a Superman movie panel at San Diego Comic-Con; DC Studios co-head James Gunn says it's all Peacemaker and John Cena this year
With Superman hitting the box office earlier that month, the stage will be clear to focus on Peacemaker season two for DC at San Diego Comic-Con.
Trent Cannon
A comic con surival kit, from convention experts to you ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and more
Here it is - the ReedPop insider's con survival guide. Accumulated and documented over years of con travel by numerous people here at ReedPop, this isn't the basics - this is the #protip of all pro tips on making your con travels easier.
Chris Arrant
San Diego Comic-Con has announced its 2025 dates
Book your flights and your hotel, because the Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 dates have been announced.
Chris Arrant
Comic Con Essentials: If you're going to a comic con, you'll need this (and this, and this)
It's dangerous to go alone - take this! A comprehensive guide of things to bring to a comic convention
Lauren Sisselman
