NYCC 2026: Marvel’s Big Changes, Absolute Justice & Major Comics Announcements: The Comic Source

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NYCC 2026: Marvel’s Big Changes, Absolute Justice & Major Comics Announcements

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New York Comic Con 2026 delivered major announcements from Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Skybound, IDW and more, and Jace breaks down over 50 comic book news stories from the convention in this special edition of Comic Source Weekly. Marvel’s new Editor-in-Chief Stephen Wacker discusses major changes to publishing, retailer support, variant covers, creative relationships and the future direction of Marvel Comics. Plus, Kevin Smith’s Marvel/Star Wars crossover expands, Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Hulk saga approaches its finale, Brian Michael Bendis returns to Magneto, and Marvel reveals developments involving Spider-Man, the Midnight Universe, Daredevil and more. DC announces Absolute Justice, the first major crossover bringing together the heroes of the Absolute Universe. Jace also covers upcoming storylines for Absolute Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash, new DC Next Level projects, Tom King and Mitch Gerads’ Superman collaboration, and the latest Black Label and Vertigo announcements. Over at Skybound, major changes are coming to the Energon Universe, including Megatron’s transformation, the arrival of the Dinobots, Battle Force 2000 and a new chapter for Baroness. Skybound also reveals its Visions lineup, including Turok, Bumblebee and G.I. Joe projects. Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang reunite for ROAM at Image Comics, while IDW reveals developments involving James Bond, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek. Which NYCC 2026 comic book announcement has you most excited? Let us know in the comments, along with any important stories we didn’t cover.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 NYCC 2026 Special — Opening Hook
00:28 Introduction
01:04 Marvel — Stephen Wacker’s Plans for Change
12:36 Marvel and Star Wars: Hope Assembles
15:25 Hulk War: Infernal Rage
17:01 Bendis Returns to Magneto
18:11 Immortal Soldiers
19:14 Avengers, Mephisto and Spider-Man
21:51 Marvel Teases 1 Day
23:07 Peter Parker vs. Miles Morales
25:00 Spider-Punk Gets an Ongoing
26:15 Spider-Man Noir Returns
27:10 Marvel’s Sound Effects Anthology
28:10 More Spider-Man Announcements
31:05 Venom’s Unexpected Romance
32:10 Marvel’s Midnight Universe
37:45 Captain Marvel After Armageddon
38:50 X-Men: Regulators
41:10 Daredevil #700
42:35 Marvel’s 2027 Lineup
44:30 Marvel Brick and Renown Collections
47:00 DC — Absolute Justice
48:45 Absolute Justice Preview Pages
49:55 Absolute Batman’s Future
53:15 Absolute Batman Animation
54:10 Absolute Superman’s Next Chapter
55:50 Absolute Green Lantern
57:35 Absolute Wonder Woman
59:40 More Absolute Universe Announcements
01:04:00 Batman’s Murder Mystery
01:06:10 Batman: Justice Year
01:07:30 Batman: Shadow of the Bat
01:09:35 Legion of Super-Heroes
01:10:45 Starfire
01:12:00 Swamp Thing: Hallowed Ground
01:13:10 Superboy-Prime
01:14:30 Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong III
01:15:30 Gotham by Daylight
01:17:10 Superman’s Supernatural Stories
01:19:30 Tom King and Mitch Gerads on Superman
01:20:40 DC Next Level
01:27:40 Green Lantern: The Dying of the Light
01:29:55 DC Black Label Presents Anthology
01:32:20 Joker/Harley: Malicious Intent Returns
01:35:00 Hide Nor Hair
01:36:11 100 Bullets, Black Tower and Bleeding Hearts
01:37:55 Fanatic and Dreambound
01:39:45 Skybound Visions
01:43:30 Transformers — Megatronus Rex and Dinobots
01:44:45 Void Rivals and Cobra-La
01:45:40 M.A.S.K. and Battle Force 2000
01:46:30 G.I. Joe — Baroness Returns to Cobra
01:47:32 Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Reunite for ROAM
01:49:00 D’orc Glow-in-the-Dark Reprints
01:50:30 Jim Zub’s Omen-Bound
01:52:45 Grant Morrison’s James Bond
01:54:30 TMNT Enters a New Era
01:56:20 IDW’s New Star Trek Projects
01:59:30 Murdoch Mysteries Comes to Comics

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