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The Force is strong with New York this October.

New York Comic Con 2026 has announced its first wave of guests, and it’s a stacked line-up being led by two of the most powerful Force users in Star Wars history, Hayden Christensen and Ian McDiarmid — but if the presence of two Sith scares you, don’t worry: there’s a whole host of Supermen and family to bring some balance, with Tom Welling leading a Smallville cast that includes Kristin Kruek, Erica Durance, and Michael Rosenbaum, and Tyler Hoechlin, Michael Cudltiz, and Bitsie Tulloch from the CW’s dear departed Superman & Lois also making an appearance at the show.

Of course, that’s just a fraction of the Film & TV guests who’ll be showing up for the largest pop culture event in the country: Scream veterans Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Skeet Ulrich and Lee Waddell (no big deal, he’s just the original Ghostface) will be scaring up a crowd at the Javits Center, while Brooklyn 99’s Joe Lo Truglio and Melissa Fumero will be bringing the laughs. And we’ve not even gotten to the Lena Headey, Jamie Campbell Bower, Uncharted voice cast, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cast, or many, many others — but there’s a reason we’ve got a full line-up for you to take a look at below.

But, wait, there’s even more. As it does every year, New York Comic Con 2026 has a top tier list of comic talent that’ll be showing up, headlined by none other than Frank Miller — but he’s far from the only Batman writer fans will be able to find in the real-life Gotham City, because Scott Snyder, Tom King, and James Tynion IV will also be there, as will be creators including Snyder’s Absolute Batman partner Nick Dragotta, Erica Henderson, Stephanie Phillips, Daniel Warren Johnson, Sean and Jacob Phillips, Cliff Chiang and Simon Bisley, who’ll happily talk Lobo to everyone who’s fallen in love with the character after this summer’s Supergirl movie.

Does this sound like a lot? Here’s the full line-up of guests to help you keep it straight, from the newly-released New York Comic Con 2026 poster — which you can see below in all its glory.

NYCC 2026 Guests from Film and TV

• Hayden Christensen
• Ian McDiarmid
• Lena Headey
• Jamie Campbell Bower
• Tom Welling
• Kristin Kreuk
• Erica Durance
• Michael Rosenbaum
• Matthew Lillard
• Jamie Kennedy
• Skeet Ulrich
• Lee Waddell
• Peter Weller
• Kane Hodder
• Joe Le Truglio
• Melissa Fumero
• Wayne Knight
• Joseph Mazzello
• Ariana Richards
• BD Wong
• Matt Vogel
• Dave Goelz
• Bill Barretta
• Bonnie Erickson
• Tyler Hoechlin
• Michael Cudlitz
• Bitsie Tulloch
• Kyle MacLachlan
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NYCC 2026 Guests from Comics

• Frank Miller
• Jim Lee
• Stephanie Phillips
• Scott Snyder
• Erica Henderson
• James Tynion IV
• Tom King
• Nathan Pyle
• Amanda Conner
• Jimmy Palmiotti
• Jock
• Pepe Larraz
• Lee Bermejo
• Frank Martin
• Cliff Chiang
• Daniel Warren Johnson
• Ryan Ottley
• Kami Garcia
• Jody Houser
• Mirka Andolfo
• Werther Dell’Edera
• Simon Bisley
• Marko Djurdjevic
• Javier Rodriguez
• Sean Phillips
• Jacob Phillips
• Ian Bertram
• Pornsak Pichetshote
• Brett Bean

NYCC 2026 Guests from Literary

• Rick Riordan
• J.R. Ward
• Becky Chambers
• Tyler Baldree
• Fiona Davis

NYCC 2026 Guests from Voice Acting

• Jennifer English
• Ben Starr
• Yuri Lowenthal
• Nolan North
• Steve Downes
• Jen Taylor
• Sarah Natochenny
• Tara Platt
• Emily Rose
• Richard McGonagle
• Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
• Haven Burton Paschall
• Mike Liscio
• Rich Keeble
• Kirsty Rider

More information on all of the announced guests can be found at the official NYCC site right here. 

Popverse NYCC Superfans will get early access to photo ops and autographs from many of the guests listed above; if you’re interested, keep your eyes on the site, because we’ll have more details at a later date. Sign up to become a Popverse NYCC Superfan member now to guarantee you'll get it all.

As we said above, this is just the first wave of announcements of guests from the show — there are some very big names that remain under wraps for now, so keep your eyes on Popverse in the coming weeks to find out who else is going to make their way onstage this October at the Javits.

New York Comic Con 2026 runs October 8 through 11 (with an additional day of professional-only programming October 7). We’ve got a guide to what you need to know about the show right here, and we'll keep you updated with all the latest news on the show as it becomes available.

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