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She’s traveled through time and space in three seasons of Doctor Who keeping everyone safe from the Daleks, the Silence, and the threat of history collapsing into itself, before moving into the MCU as a psychopathic cyborg made good throughout the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers movies — and this October, Karen Gillan is following all of that up by heading to the Javits Center and New York Comic Con 2025.

Karen Gillan will be returning to NYCC this year, appearing at the show Friday, October 10. She’ll be there to meet fans, sign autographs, and take part in photo opp experiences — but with such a one day appearance, fans will have to move quick to make sure they get to take advantage of her schedule.

Popverse will be having an exclusive pre-sale for its NYCC Superfans for Karen Gillan (and the many other celebrity guests and everything else happening at the show!) beginning Tuesday September 16, at 10 AM Eastern time. This'll be the first place to get Autographs and Photo Ops experiences with him. Active Popverse NYCC Superfans will be able to access the presale with a link sent to the email address they signed up with, or by logging into the patron portal.

Any spots left remaining after our voracious Popverse Superfans book their times will go on sale September 18 at 10 AM Eastern.

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, 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.