NEW YORK COMIC CON 2026 DAY 3 RECAP: MARVEL SWINGS BIG
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Talk about making an impact!
Day 3 of New York Comic Con was stacked with must attend panels. There was no shortage of momentum for fans as they had tough calls on what to attend. No matter where you looked, each publisher and fandom had something to say!
Saturday, October 10th, 2026 started with some gigantic panels leading the pack while one publisher made it clear they were back in a New York Groove for NYCC!
Let’s do a quick recap on what stuck out from Day 3 of NYCC 2026!
DC COMICS IS ON A NEW LEVEL!
NYCC DC COMICS NEXT LEVEL PANEL
Saturday kicked off panels with DC Comics: Next Level. While the Absolute Universe has been crushing everything in sight, the Earth-Prime universe has been making big strides on their own. With recent additions such as “Teen Titans”, The Doom Patrol” and “Legion Of Super-Heroes” continuing the winning streak, the latest entries on this movement drew a packed house to the panel room.
Joshua Williamson led the way for Matt Fraction, Deniz Camp, Stephanie Williams, Khary Randolph, Cody Ziglar & Javi Rodriguez to speak to the crowd about their books. Fraction was emotional with the impact fans have had on him over the past 12 months. He teased a “Columbo-esque” murder mystery for Bruce Wayne in the upcoming months while hinting at the Matches Malone alias coming into play.
Camp and Rodriguez dove into “Batman: Shadow of the Bat”, their new story after postponing Absolute Martian Manhunter. Camp spoke of the new perspective of Gotham’s latest mystery. This led into arguably the loudest pop in the room: Stephanie Williams breaking down more insight on “Vixen.”
Williams spoke of the excitement of working with Randolph on the project, while clueing the audience in new information on the series. Touting 14 animal changes, a new villain and love interest from the Bat Family, the intrigue grew more for a formal announcement for a release date. Cody Ziglar carried this energy into more updates surrounding “Static”. It closed off the first round of creators before a new set rolled in.
NYCC DC COMICS NEXT LEVEL PANEL
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James Harren (The Demon), Jamal Campbell (Zatanna) and Michael Walsh (Jonah Hex and the Shadow Of Death) joined Williamson for the next round of discussion. Each creator hyped up their new releases, as fans tuned in for the details. This set up two major announcements to close the show down. Alyssa Wong and Belen Ortega were announced as the new creative team behind “Starfire”. The Titans’ solo series begins in April 2027.
Williamson wrapped up events with an announcement of his own. “Superboy Prime Special” with Dan Mora was made official, giving “CK” a proper send-off from his time in “Superman’s main title. It started the day on a strong note before letting the othe rpublishers get rolling!
NYCC RUNS ON ENERGON ONCE AGAIN!
Skybound Entertainment started Saturday with its’ annual “Energon Universe” panel. Robert Kirkman, Dan Watters, Tom Reilly, Jason Howard, Conor Hughes were in attendance talking all things EU. Fans in attendance were witness to major news involving Transformers.
SKYBOUND: ENERGON UNIVERSE PANEL
Issue #38 brings forth the Fate of Megatron. The Decepticon leader’s evolution strikes fear in the heart of the galaxy while Prime and the Autobots look for help. It appears as though their wishes might be coming true. Transformers #42 welcomes Grimlock and the Dinobots into the EU with Dan Mora on art duties, Seeing the legendary characters appear wasn’t the only new debuts.
In M.A.S.K., Battle Team 2000 crash the party. The notable team proves to be a major player in the life of Matt Trakker and compnay.
Another huge move in the EU is a betrayal of sorts involving a certain G.I. Joe. The Baroness is set to join COBRA after the current “Night Force” storyline. This is another fin twist in the fight forever world of Duke and Cobra Commander. The panel caps off another string showing for Skybound at NYCC with a bright 2027 on the horizon.
ONE LAST TIME, MARVEL’S HOME COURT IS NYCC!
miles morales: Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Marvel Comics stole the show on Saturday with two HUGE panels. Marvel Comics: The Spider-Web panel led the back-to-back festivities with huge announcements abound!. SPIDER-PUNK, SPIDER-MAN: NOIR & the anthology series MARVEL SFX: THWIP were all series that had fans’ locked into the world of the web-slinger.
Venom news from Charles Soule teased his new romance with Yelana (White Widow). Factor in news on “Your Favorite Neighborhood Mary Jane” & fans had plenty of exciting news to feast on.
The panel decided to drop one more huge bombshell on the crowd before bowing out. CRISIS OF FAITH slated for 2027 from MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Judging by the teaser trailer and there’s no telling where this story goes.
This lead to the huge “House Of Ideas” panel to close out Saturday. The standing room only crowd heard updates on HULK WAR: INFERNAL RAGE from Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, MAGNETO: END OF DAYS by Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino, and IMMORTAL SOLDIERS from Chip Zdarsky and Christian Rosado.
The major news form this panel was STAR WARS | MARVEL: HOPE ASSEMBLES. The crossover between Star Wars and Marvel will be a 6 issue mini-series by Kevin Smith and David Marquez. The reactions from Iman Vellani and the rest of the panelists as Smith walked through the passion behind this lit up the crowd. Piecing together ideas of mash-up moments spun into an enjoyable closing point for the panel to finish on. It capped off a return to form for Marvel Comics at NYCC that sparked much buzz on the socials after,.
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