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You already wanted to make it to New York Comic Con 2025, but when you see the guest list for this year’s event, you’ll really want to make it to the four-day event taking over the Javits Center this October. Good thing that organizers (and Popverse owners) ReedPop are making tickets available to the general public today, June 25, at 12pm ET, then.

This year’s line-up of guests includes a reunion of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — including Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, and Chloe Bennet — as well an array of Fox’s X-Men cast, with James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Elliot Page all showing up. Speaking of Marvel, let’s note that Daredevil: Born Again’s Charlie Cox and Deborah Ann Woll will be on hand, as well Shang-Chi himself, Simu Liu.

Not into superheroes? That’s cool; NYCC 2025 is also bringing big names like The West Wing’s Martin Sheen, Ghostbusters’ Annie Potts and Ernie Hudson, and Mission: Impossible star (and Cornetto Trilogy co-creator) Simon Pegg — and we can’t overlook the fact that the casts of Critical Role and Avatar: The Last Airbender are going to be there, as well.

Of course, it’s New York Comic Con, so let’s take a second to call out creators like Jim Lee, Jeph Loeb, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Art Adams, Nick Dragotta, Mark Buckingham, and the Elfquest team of Wendy and Richard Pini being just part of a packed comic creator line-up. When it comes to authors, friends, you’re not ready for a guest list that includes George R.R. Martin, Joe Hill, Tomi Adeyemi, and R.L. Stine.

All round, it’s an embarrassment of riches. Don’t believe me? Just look at the full list:

NYCC 2025 Guests from Film & TV:

• James McAvoy
• Nicholas Hoult
• Elliot Page
• Martin Sheen
• Simi Liu
• Charlie Cox
• Deborah Ann Woll
• Mike Colter
• Tatiana Maslany
• Bryce Dallas Howard
• Simon Pegg
• Annie Potts
• Ernie Hudson
• Steve Burns
• Ming-Na Wen
• Clark Gregg
• Chloe Bennet
• Hamish Linklater
• Wayne Brady
• Breckin Meyer
• Matthew Senreich
• Seth Green
• Tom Skerritt
• Veronica Cartwright
• Peter Weller
• Nancy Allen
• Troy Baker
• Dante Basco
• Zach Tyler Eisen
• George Takei
• Jodi Benson
• Christopher Daniel Barnes
• Abby Trott
• Aleks Le
• AJ Beckles
• Cam Clarke
• Robbie Daymond
• Jack De Sena
• Michaela Murphy
• Christopher Randolph

NYCC 2025 Guests from Comics:

• Jim Lee
• J. Scott Campbell
• James Tynion IV
• Jeph Loeb
• Scott Snyder
• Greg Capullo
• Tini Howard
• Gabriele Dell’Otto
• Babs Tarr
• Denys Cowan
• Frank Cho
• Sanford Greene
• Nick Dragotta
• Liam Sharp
• Stephanie Phillips
• Adam Hughes
• Javier Rodriguez
• DaNi
• Mark Buckingham
• Art Adams
• Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
• Jim Rugg
• Ryan Ottley
• Wendy & Richard Pini
• Thomas Scioli
• Rose Besch
• Cliff Chiang
• Steve Lieber
• Greg Land
• J.G. Jones
• Bernard Chang
• Ken Lashley
• Natasha Allegri
• Erica Shultz
• Kaare Andrews
• Patrick Horvath
• Daniel Warren Johnson
• Jennifer Hale
• David Hayter
• Mae Whitman

NYCC 2025 Guests from Literary:

• George R.R. Martin
• Kim-Joy
• Joe Hill
• Tomi Adeyemi
• Jim Butcher
• Matt Dinniman
• R.L. Stine
• Veronica Roth
• Kami Garcia
• Jaysea Lynn
• Travis Baldree

NYCC 2025 Guests from Gaming: 

• Matthew Mercer
• Laura Bailey
• Travis Willingham
• Sam Riegel
• Liam O’Brien
• Ashley Johnson
• Talisein Jaffe
• Marisha Ray

With (much) more to be announced!

Popverse NYCC Superfans will get early access to the guests listed above, and we’ll have more details on that at a later date. Sign-up to become a Popverse NYCC Superfan member now to guarantee you'll get it all!

As if all of this isn’t enough, NYCC also revealed the first wave of exhibitors at this year’s event, which includes:

NYCC 2025 Booths

• Paramount+
• Nickelodeon
• Marvel
• Funko
• Loungefly
• Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Crunchyroll
• New York Public Library
• Scholastic
• VIZ Media
• New York City Tourism + Conventions
• ... and more!

More information about all of this can be found at the NYCC site, which also has a portal for applying for panels at this year’s show; applications remain open through July 1.

New York Comic Con 2025 runs October 9 through 12 (with an additional day of professional-only programming October 8). Keep your eyes on Popverse for more on the show as it breaks. 

Get ready for New York Comic Con 2025 (and all its spooky theme!) with our guides to the best places to eat near the Javits (and IN the Javits!), the whole bathroom situation at NYCC, and a map of all the iconic comic book locations you can visit while in NYC.