New York Comic Con delivered announcements across comics, television, anime, and gaming. Marvel and DC outlined their 2027 publishing plans, while Paramount+, Crunchyroll, IDW, and Wizards of the Coast revealed new projects tied to established franchises.
The announcements included an Absolute Universe team event, new Spider-Verse titles, an Avatar prequel, and James Bond comics from Grant Morrison. Panels also introduced anime adaptations, theatrical release dates, and games built around Star Wars and Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse.
DC Brings Its Absolute Heroes Together
DC announced Absolute Justice, a five-issue event miniseries launching in April 2027. Jason Aaron will write the series, with Juan Ferreyra providing the art.
The story will unite heroes from the Absolute Universe for the first time. Absolute Martian Manhunter will bring the group together. According to the announcement, the event will have no crossover tie-ins and will not interrupt the ongoing Absolute titles.
Marvel Expands Its Comics Line
Brian Michael Bendis will team with Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart for Magneto: End of Days. The eight-issue miniseries begins in February.
Marvel also announced Hulk War: Infernal Rage, an event miniseries written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Nic Klein. That project also begins in February. Meanwhile, X-Orcists will expand from a miniseries into an ongoing title.
Two one-shots arrive in January. Chip Zdarsky and Christian Rosado will create Immortal Soldiers, while What The–?! returns as a humor anthology.
Kevin Smith confirmed that Star Wars|Marvel: Hope Assembles has expanded from five issues to six. Marvel displayed interior artwork and variant covers for the crossover during its House of Ideas panel.
Spider-Punk and Spider-Man Noir Get New Series
Marvel’s Spider-Web panel introduced an ongoing Spider-Punk series from writer Cody Ziglar and artist Justin Mason. Launching in January, the story sends Hobie Brown to Los Angeles to find his missing Spider-Band while confronting Mz. Negative and Scorpion.
Spider-Man Noir follows in February. Alex Segura will write the series, with Farid Karami handling the art.
The publisher also announced Marvel SFX Thwip!, a five-issue anthology beginning in January. Another project, Crisis of Faith, will connect Amazing Spider-Man and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Joe Kelly and Bryan Edward Hill will write the crossover, which starts in April 2027.
Captain Marvel Returns With a New Creative Team
G. Willow Wilson and Rachael Stott will launch a Captain Marvel ongoing series in May 2027. The story follows Carol Danvers after Avengers: Armageddon and introduces a threat that has been assembling within the Marvel Universe for decades.
Marvel also announced X-Men: Regulators, a five-issue miniseries written by Mikki Kendall and illustrated by Georges Jeanty. The series launches in February 2027.
The panel previewed Daredevil #700, scheduled for March. Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett will continue as the creative team for the milestone issue.
IDW Acquires James Bond and Blumhouse Licenses
IDW announced that it has acquired the James Bond comics license. Grant Morrison will write the first title, Sunbreaker, and discussed the project in a video presented at the convention.
The publisher’s IDW Dark imprint will also produce comics based on Blumhouse’s The Purge, M3GAN, and Happy Death Day. The announcement marks Blumhouse’s first comic adaptations of those horror franchises.
IDW previewed covers for A Quiet Place: Rising Tides, Event Horizon: Pandemonium, and Any Given Smile. Patrick Horvath’s Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Summer and Fall, identified as the final volume, will arrive in 2027.
Paramount+ Expands Avatar and Previews Starfleet Academy
Avatar creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko announced a series order for Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos. The Paramount+ prequel follows the Northern Water Tribe Avatar during his teenage years.
Kuruk travels with his pet Nikik while learning the four elements. His adventures involve pirates, spirits, and efforts to avoid his teacher.
Avatar: Seven Havens also received renewals for its third and fourth seasons. The first season follows twin Avatars Pavi and Nisha. Its release schedule includes three episodes each week through the October 30 finale.
The Star Trek: Starfleet Academy panel confirmed that season two will premiere in March 2027. Bill Nighy will play Nyk Ake, the father of Holly Hunter’s Captain Nahla Ake. Hunter will also portray the captain’s twin, while Rosemarie DeWitt will play Tarima’s mother, Laytha Sadal.
Attendees watched a clip from the season’s opening episode. The footage showed a training away mission interrupted by a new character’s arrival. Hunter joined Sandro Rosta, Bella Shepard, Karim Diané, Robert Picardo, and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau for the discussion.
Crunchyroll Reveals Video Game Adaptations and WEBTOON Deal
Crunchyroll presented Sekiro: No Defeat, an adaptation of FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Kadokawa’s hand-drawn, eight-episode series begins streaming in January.
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is scheduled for 2028. Takanobu Mizuno will direct, with Gen Urobuchi handling series composition and scripts. Satoshi Maejima will also write. Mayumi Saco and Shinya Fukumatsu were announced among the voice cast.
Crunchyroll, HAYATE, and LINE Digital Frontier Corporation announced an agreement to develop 15 anime adaptations of WEBTOON series. The showcase included first looks at The Remarried Empress, Teenage Mercenary, and The Boxer.
Madoka Magica Sets Theatrical and Streaming Dates
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will bring Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising to theaters January 16 through 19, 2027. Screenings will offer subtitled and English-dubbed versions.
SHAFT handles animation production. The franchise’s creative team includes director Akiyuki Shimboh, writer Gen Urobuchi, character designer aokiume, and composer Yuki Kajiura.
The preceding films, Beginnings, Eternal, and Rebellion, will reach Crunchyroll on November 8 and Netflix on January 2. Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubbed versions become available beginning November 15.
Marvel’s Magic Cards Get a Comic Tie-In
Wizards of the Coast and Marvel revealed Darkhold Destiny, a Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond set focused on Marvel’s magical characters. Revealed cards include The Darkhold, Hela, and Magik.
The product lineup includes four Commander decks: Lords of Hel, Midnight Sons, Gods of Asgard, and Strange Academy. Wizards also announced a Draft Night box, an Arcanum Bundle, and two scene boxes.
Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly will write a connected Marvel comic introducing a new character’s origin. The digital edition arrives in February 2027, followed by a physical release in April.
Star Wars Enters Dungeons & Dragons
Wizards of the Coast unveiled two books for its Dungeons & Dragons: Star Wars publishing program. D&D: Star Wars Core Rules, scheduled for 2027, will provide the main rules for playing in the Star Wars universe.
Star Wars: Tyro Squadron will offer adventure missions set between A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. Both books fall under Wizards’ previously announced licensing agreement with Lucasfilm.
Jay and Silent Bob Move Into Farming Games
Nitrate Games presented a gameplay trailer for Jay and Silent Bob’s Joint Venture, with Kevin Smith appearing at the panel. The farming simulation continues the View Askewniverse through an original story.
Players will build an operation and interact with characters from Smith’s films. The announced lineup includes Dante, Randal, Veronica, Brodie, T.S. Quint, Holden, Banky, Hooper, Alyssa, Azrael, Serendipity, Becky, and Elias.
Ernie Altbacker is writing the game. Smith and Jason Mewes have participated in its creative development. The project is approaching playtesting, with a Steam and PC release expected in late spring 2027. A console release is also planned for 2027.
Yen Press Announces New Licenses
Yen Press announced 14 light novel, manga, and manhwa licenses. The slate includes Fate/strange Fake light novels by Ryohgo Narita and a print edition of Kino’s Journey.
Other light novel acquisitions include The Girls Adrift Among the Stars and Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon. Manga announcements include Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Expansion, After Midnight Skin, and Lily: Lost and Found.
The publisher also revealed Steam-pipe Broom Racing, Ice-Core Meteoria, Monstrosities and Me, and Mermaid Observation Diary. Its presentation concluded with A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court, a romance drama incorporating mythology.
