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As development progresses on Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi sequel, Xu Xialing actor Meng'er Zhang is reuniting with her titular co-star Simu Liu early, on the first two days of New York Comic Con 2025. While Zhang's filming on the new season of Netflix's The Witcher is complete and with her MCU future ramping up, Zhang has signed on to meet all of you (and us!) on Thursday, October 9, and Friday, October 10 at NYCC 2025. With only two days, and all of that - plus a team-up with Simu for photo ops and maaaaaaaybe a panel, she's going to be busy. Good thing Popverse has you covered to get on her schedule.

Popverse will be having an exclusive pre-sale for its NYCC Superfans for Meng'er Zhang (and more!) beginning Friday, August 29, at 10 AM Eastern time. This'll be the first place to get Autographs and Photo Ops experiences with her. Any spots left remaining after our voracious Popverse Superfans book their times will go on sale Tuesday, September 2 at 12 PM Eastern.

After you book that, you should watch our hour-long interview with Meng-er Zhang we recorded at C2E2 2023.

Your year-long Popverse NYCC Superfan membership will not only give you first dibs on these experiences, but also all the major NYCC celebrity experiences, such as this, as well as a pre-sale on NYCC 2026 tickets. In addition to that, you'll also be able to watch all the major panels from New York Comic Con 2025 we'll be filming, as well as panels from previous years from this show, as well as Chicago's C2E2, Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con, and more. To top it all off, all Popverse members get exclusive first access to members-only interviews, features, and other articles Popverse does all year. 

Get ready for New York Comic Con 2025 (and all its spooky themes!) with our guides to who's appearing in Artists' Alley and Writers Block, as well as our pick of favorite panels at the show, not to mention the best places to eat near the Javits (and IN the Javits!), the whole bathroom situation at NYCC, and a map of all the iconic comic book locations you can visit while in NYC.