DC will have a big presence at New York Comic Con (NYCC) on Thursday through Sunday, October 8-11, 2026, with an expanded booth, exclusive merchandise, panels, and creator signings. DC’s main booth #4365 will focus on their comics, live-action and animated projects, gaming, and more. Booth #4357 (located beside the merch booth) will be their new 360° cosplay photo installation where cosplayers can strut on the DC runway.

DC’s main booth will spotlight the 1950s, “an era of reinvention, experimentation, and imagination,” per the press release. Attendees can get the free MAD Magazine #1 facsimile featuring classic ads from DC’s archives and it gives first looks at upcoming projects. The MAD facsimile also includes DC’s panel schedule and events at NYCC. DC’s booth will have a 1950s style Daily Planet newsstand and offer a free copy of the Daily Planet with a blank back cover for creator signatures.

DC Comics & Merchandise

A variety of comics, graphic novels, and new DC merchandise will be sold at the booth. That includes limited, special edition foil covers of Absolute Batman #1, Absolute Wonder Woman #1, and Absolute Superman #1 with art by Bill Sienkiewicz, Absolute Catwoman #1 cover by Ben Oliver, Absolute Green Arrow #1 cover by Jeff Spokes, Lanterns #1 Special Edition wraparound cover by Ryan Benjamin, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 cover by Leirix, Batman #1 cover by Mahmud Asrar, Lobo #1 cover by Dan Panosian, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 Facsimile cover by Frank Miller, DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #1 cover by Min Ho Kim, and others.

DC will also have exclusive hardcover editions of Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo, Absolute Superman Vol. 1: The Last Dust of Krypton, and Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon with connecting art by Mark Spears. Batman Vol. 1: Daylight with a Bat-Symbol dust jacket, and DC K.O. with a Javi Fernández dustjacket featuring Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman, and Absolute Wonder Woman.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Shop at the DC booth will sell limited edition Lanterns replica rings, light-up Lanterns replica power battery keychains, t-shirts, and hats. Clayface merch will be available, including a limited quantity in-universe band tour t-shirt. The Absolute versions of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Catwoman, and Green Arrow are represented on limited edition shirts, hats, jackets, and hoodies. More merch features Nightwing, Krypto the Superdog, Supergirl, Lobo, and other DC characters.

DC’s collaborations with other companies will be showcased at the booth, including the reveal of the first Mattel-DC Collector item. They will introduce new additions to the LEGO DC collection, and present collaborations with Shoe Palace and Upper Deck.

Panels

The publisher’s first panel “DC’s Vertigo + Black Label Panel” is on Thursday at 2:30 PM in room 409. Then “DC’s Absolute Universal Panel” is on Friday at 11 AM in room 405. They have two panels on Saturday, starting with “DC’s Next Level & Beyond Panel” at 11 AM in room 409, and then “DC’s Jim Lee & Friends Panel” at 2 PM in room 405. DC’s final panel “DC’s YA Phenomenon – Teen Titans: Together Panel” is on Sunday at 12:15 PM in room 406.3.

Signings

DC’s booth will host signing opportunities throughout the weekend. Thursday’s signings include:

• Jock (Batman) at 11 AM
• Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora (Superman) at 12 PM
• Morgan Hampton (Green Lantern Corps) at 2 PM
• Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, and Jock (Absolute Batman) at 4 PM

Friday signings:

• Mark Spears (Absolute connecting covers) at 10 AM
• Shea Fontana (DC Superhero Girls) at 11 AM
• Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) at 12 PM
• Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, Che Grayson, Frank Tieri, and Francesco Francavilla (Absolute Universe) at 2 PM
• Hayden Sherman, Jason Aaron, Juan Ferreyra, Al Ewing, Belén Ortega, Nick Robles, Pornsak Pichetshote, and Rafael Albuquerque (Absolute Universe) at 3 PM
• Matt Fraction (Batman) at 4 PM
• Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman (Legion of Super-Heroes) at 5 PM

Saturday signings:

• Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Matt Fraction, Javi Fernández, and Frank Martin (Batman of Two Worlds) at 10 AM
• Stephanie Williams, Jamal Campbell, Deniz Camp, and Javier Rodríguez (Next Level) at 12 PM
• Michael Walsh and James Harren (Next Level) at 2 PM
• Jim Lee at 3 PM
• Jim Lee & Friends at 4 PM
• Rafael Grampá and Mat Lopes (Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham) at 5 PM

Sunday signings:

• Azie Tesfai (You’re a Superhero) at 10 AM
• Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo (Teen Titans: Together) at 2 PM