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DC revives Vertigo, Critical Role adds new castmembers, and more: All the big news from NYCC 2025 so far

Here's all the big news coming out of New York Comic Con 2025: in words, in pictures, and in livestreamed video from our biggest panel rooms.

Features by Graeme McMillan, Editor

Published on Tue Oct 07 2025

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As we write this, the first day of New York Comic Con 2025 for fans is winding down. The show floor is closed, many of the panel rooms and activity areas are as well - the After Dark programming is firing up, for many of us it's time to catch our breath, chat incessantly with friends, family, and the casual acquaintances you meet on the street as you leave the Javits Center. A lot happened; too much for one single organism to witness it all. Good thing we're Popverse, with over a dozen writers, photographers, and video crew roaming the halls to capture it all and bring it to you.

On Thursday, October 9, Popverse attended over a dozen panels, interviewed over 20 celebrities, took hundreds of photos, and livestreamed seven of the biggest panels free online to anyone in the world. Don't believe us? Check out the loads of best NYCC 2025 cosplay so far, then dive in here:

NYCC 2025 Panels

This year’s NYCC has some extraordinary panels planned — yes, we made a list of our most anticipated ones — and on Thursday the stars came out. We livestreamed Prime Video's Critical Role panel and HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, along with five others - including the Fantastic Four reunion panel with Ioan Gruffud and Michael Chiklis, moderated by our own Ashley V. Robinson. We filmed several others, and those will be coming up on Popverse later this month for Popverse members.

We also sent writers to many of those Main and Empire panels, as well as other panel rooms for things such as DC Comics' Vertigo: We're Back panel, Marvel Comics' Spider-Man panel, and the Stranger Things: First Shadow panel. Look for more on that in our news section below.

For those who aren’t at the show, don’t worry: we’re livestreaming some of the biggest panels of the convention happening later this weekend, including One Piece, Running Man, IT: Welcome to Derry, Mortal Kombat II, and Hazbin Hotel panels. Check out our schedule of the livestreams here, and if you don’t see your favorites, don’t despair: we’re going to be sharing video of some additional panels after the show, as well. Stay tuned for details.

Oh, and it is New York Comic Con, right? There’s going to be all kinds of comic book panels throughout the entire weekend, and if you’re wishing you could’ve made it to the Marvel and DC panels across the show, we’ve got the next best thing: we’re liveblogging them for Popverse Superfans. Find out more about Popverse membership here.

The big news of NYCC 2025

We are two days into New York Comic Con 2025 (remember, we were here for the Retailer day on Wednesday, October 8), and our team has been catching, processing, and contextually several pieces of big news - both in the obvious places you'd expect, and in perhaps some of the places you'd least expect. Here are some highlights:

Critical Role news from NYCC 2025

DC Comics news from NYCC 2025

Marvel Comics news from NYCC 2025

And we have several interviews in the pipeline, from our two NYCC 2025 interview suites and more.

NYCC 2025 Artist's Alley, Exhibitors, and Booths

The Popverse team has been up and down the aisles of New York Comic Con 2025 since Wednesday, getting the early word on exclusives, doing some back-issue bin diving, and catching up with creators. We got our booknerd fix in with a trip to Kingdom of Threads, and checked out the screen-matched and original sabers from Vader's Vault, One of our team is on a quest to find the most expensive comics in all of New York Comic Con, and what he found - and the story behind it - is amazing. Look for that later this week! We also interviewed several businesses on the floor, and caught up with one of our favorite comic creators, Cliff Chiang, for an interview to run later this year on Popverse. We have a full list of all the Artist's Alley creators right here, as well as a curated list of some of our favorites for you here, too.

If you’re looking for more guidance when it comes to exhibitors outside of Artist's Alley, we’re here for you with our choice of some of the finest booths at the show.

New York Comic Con 2025 runs through October 12 at the Javits Center in New York City.

Here's everything you need to enjoy New York Comic Con 2025:

About New York Comic Con

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Dates

Oct 10 - Oct 13

Location

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Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.