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What's big at San Diego ComiCon 2024

Hollywood promotes upcoming films and television at this annual convention where fans celebrate geek culture. And then there are the great comics and their creators! Here's what you'll be watching (or reading) soon.

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  • Prime Video just dropped the fourth season, and it's a doozy.
    Graphic Novel, 2008Runnemede, NJ : Dynamite Entertainment, ©2008. — Adult Graphic Novel
  • The big reveal in Hall H this year is the return of Robert Downey, Jr. to the MCU as Doctor Doom, the new big bad. This should make the 4th "Fantastic 4" reboot the lucky one?
    Book, 2020[Nottingham] : Aconyte, 2020. — Adult SciFi Fantasy Book
  • Season 2 of AMC's noteworthy adaptation of this classic vampire novel series was just released.
    Book, 2014New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. — Adult Fiction Book
  • The same studio that produced this film is producing a new TV series on Paramount+ called "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
    DVD, 2023Hollywood, California : Paramount, [2023] — Children's DVD
  • This isn't the movie currently in theaters, but it's a great adventure story none the less. The lucky folks in Hall H got to watch the film with the stars.
    Graphic Novel, 2018New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., [2018] — Adult Graphic Novel
  • The sixth and final season is coming soon!
    DVD, 2019[Montreal] : FX Productions, [2019] — Adult DVD
  • Paramount+ has finally adapted this series of teen books into the streaming series "Starfleet Academy," described as the universe's first live-action comedy. The cast is stacked, including alum from "ST: Voyager" and "ST: Discovery."
    Book, 2012New York : Simon Spotlight, c2012. — Teen Fiction Book
  • This series of compelling novels was adapted into the original TV show "Dexter." Now there's a prequel coming. "Dexter: Original Sin."
    Book, 2004New York : Doubleday, 2004. — Adult Fiction Book
  • Max's animated prequel series "Gremlins: The Wild Batch" continues this fall with season 2.
    DVD, 2007Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007] — Adult DVD
  • This graphic novel series has been adapted into films as well as a TV series. Season 4 of AMC's streaming series drops this year.
    Graphic Novel, 2014London : Titan Books, 2014. — Adult Graphic Novel
  • Prime Video is releasing the second season of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" this year, based on Tolkien's tales of Middle Earth found in "The Silmarillion."
    Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — Adult SciFi Fantasy Book
  • Valentine's Day, 2025 is the expected release date for the first film featuring Sam Wilson as Captain America, battling the notorious Sidewinder, leader of the Serpent Society in "Brave New World."
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2019 — Teen Graphic Novel
  • AMC just wrapped up production on Season 2 which will drop this year. "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol" will also be getting a second season.
    DVD, 2023[Bethesda, MD] : RLJ Entertainment, [2023] — Adult DVD
  • It's been a few years since the TV series based on these graphic novels, but Tubi is producing a 90-minute scripted special, "Wynonna Earp: Vengeance"
    Graphic Novel, 2016San Diego, CA : IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, 2016. — Teen Graphic Novel
  • Batman

    the Caped Crusader, Volume 1

    Starlin, Jim
    Prime Video's animated new series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm.
    Graphic Novel, 2018Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2018] — Adult Graphic Novel
  • The Disney+ original series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" was a smash. They just cast Tyson, Percy's brother. Season two is in the works!
    Book, 2005New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. — Children's Fiction Book
  • The new horror streaming series "Teacup" from Peacock is only loosely based on this novel. Set in rural Georgia, it stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, and Chaske Spencer who will face a mysterious terrifying threat.
    eBook, 1988New York, NY : Open Road Integrated Media, ©1988. — Adult Fiction eBook
  • CBS's adaptation of the British series will be sharing season 4 via Paramount+.
    DVD, 2022Santa Monica, CA : CBS Studios, Lionsgate, [2022] — Adult DVD
  • Season 3 is heading our way on Paramount+ Here's the start of a great new graphic novel series to tide you over in the meantime.
    Graphic Novel, 2024[San Diego] : IDW Publishing, [2024] — Adult Graphic Novel