Marvel Studios returns to New York Comic-Con (NYCC) 2026 with a highly anticipated panel that is set to showcase game-changing reveals about the MCU's upcoming slate. In 2025, Marvel used NYCC to unveil special looks at their future slate, including a look at the black symbiote in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2, and to bring Krysten Ritter on stage alongside Charlie Cox to confirm Jessica Jones' appearance in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. Brad Winderbaum, Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise at Marvel Studios, also unveiled news about X-Men '97 Season 3's renewal and closed the panel with footage from Wonder Man and VisionQuest.
While the MCU is heading into its Multiversal endgame in Avengers: Doomsday later this year, there are still Disney+ projects on the docket that could reshape the franchise's future, such as Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2, Marvel Zombies Season 2, and X-Men '97 Season 3, and these shows are expected to be pushed to the forefront in Marvel's 2026 NYCC panel.
October 8 is a great day to be an MCU fan, with a wave of announcements expected to emerge online soon. Marvel Studios is set to officially start its "Up Next From Marvel Television and Marvel Animation" panel at New York Comic-Con 2026 at 4:15 p.m. ET, promising "an inside look at Marvel Television and Marvel Animation's most anticipated upcoming series on Disney+."
Marvel Studios Updates From NYCC 2026 Panel (Live)
Marvel Studios' 2026 NYCC panel began with a sizzle reel that recapped many of the shows from the Marvel universe, including familiar footage from WandaVision, Loki, She-Hulk, Ironheart, Secret Invasion, VisionQuest, and a quick glimpse at the first footage of Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, showcasing an action sequence of Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock fighting in his prison jumpsuit. There is also footage of epic moments from the TV shows, then fading them into the comic art that inspired them.
Marvel Television's Zodiac
Marvel Television kicked off the panel with the announcement of Zodiac, a new spy thriller set to release on Disney+ in 2028. Production is set to start next year. It's worth noting that the title had already circulated as a working name for a project in development when news broke that Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 would be the final season.
Zodiac's logo is quite interesting, as the front mark closely echoes the original SHIELD insignia, suggesting the resemblance is intentional. This could serve as a visual hint that the organization could be back at the center of a Marvel spy story while also offering clues about the real canon status of Agents of SHIELD.
Marvel Zombies
Brad Winderbaum, Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise at Marvel Studios, also announced three new Marvel Zombies follow-ups, with two-part specials coming each year for the next three years.
Halloween 2027 marks the debut of Marvel Zombies: The Winter Soldier, a story presumably centered on Bucky Barnes, set in the Marvel Zombies universe. The special picks up a thread left dangling in What If...? Season 1. In that installment, Zombie Wanda Maximoff hurled Bucky clear of the fight, and the episode never confirmed whether he survived the throw. Marvel Zombies: The Winter Soldier is positioned as the continuation of that story, turning an unresolved exit into its own chapter.
In Halloween 2028, Marvel Zombies: The Fist of Khonshu takes center stage on Disney+. Not many details about the two-part special have been revealed, but this specific installment is set to revolve around Danny Rand's adventures during the zombie outbreak. This could also open the floodgates for other Defenders to appear.
Marvel Zombies: The Last Guardian, set to premiere in 2029, is expected to focus on a surviving member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but story details about the two-part series are still shrouded in secrecy.
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