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San Diego Comic-Con is a place where fans can see conversations they can’t find anywhere else — and this year’s Marvel Fanfare panel is a prime example of this, bringing together Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige on stage for the first time… maybe anywhere…? We’d call it a clash of the titans, except we’re expecting more agreement than “clash,” if we’re being honest.

Cebulski and Feige aren’t the only people who are going to be talking to the Friday afternoon crowd in Room 6DE at the San Diego Convention Center; Marvel is also teasing “some special surprise creators” showing up, which is an immediately tantalizing suggestion: classic creators of comic runs that Cebulski and Feige grew up with, creators of new and upcoming Marvel comics, or something else entirely? The possibilities are, if not endless, then certainly pretty wide open, and that’s exactly the kind of thing that gets us excited.

If you’re not sitting in the room for the panel itself, don’t fret; we’re here to make sure that you can keep up to date with everything as it happens, by following along with our play-by-play below. Bookmark this page and come back at 3pm Pacific on Friday, July 26 (for those of you on the East Coast, that’s 6pm) to read along live, or else come back after 4pm Pacific (7pm Eastern) to catch up with everything once the panel is over. It’s a celebration of all things Marvel, and it’s right here for you.

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