Baltimore Comic-Con was held on October 17-19, 2025, once again at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. This convention captures the fun of collector-centric comic book conventions with the style and energy of larger pop culture shows. This is achieved through a very large guest list of comic creators, plus other writers and artists, many comic dealers, collectibles booths, comic auction houses, panels, special photo-ops, gaming, and a family area.

Baltimore Comic-Con hosts hundreds of comic creators every year. The 2025 guest list included Arthur Adams (Batman), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Russ Braun (The Boys), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (Aquaman), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!), Jo Chen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows), Amy Chu (Red Sonja), Chris Claremont (The Uncanny X-Men), Becky Cloonan (Conan the Barbarian), Denys Cowan (Static), Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs), Trish Forstner (Stray Dogs), Barbara Friedlander (Swing with Scooter), José Luis García-López (Superman), Michael Golden (Avengers), Mike Grell (Green Arrow), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Jamal Igle (Molly Danger), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), J.G. Jones (52), Tom King (Batman), Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween), Tula Lotay (SOMNA), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves), Ron Marz (Silver Surfer), Bob McLeod (The New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Al Milgrom (West Coast Avengers), Mark Morales (Thor), Dan Parent (Archie), Khoi Pham (Teen Titans), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Amy Reeder (Amethyst), Rod Reis (Doctor Strange), Stephane Roux (Zatanna), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Louise Simonson (X-Factor), Walter Simonson (Ragnarok), Jeff Smith (Bone), John K. Snyder III (Eight Million Ways to Die), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Billy Tucci (Shi), Brian K. Vaughan (Saga), Mark Waid (The Flash), Mark Wheatley (Songs of Giants), Keith Williams (She-Hulk), Stephanie Williams (Wakanda), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes), among many others. (Check out interviews with Denys Cowan, Trish Forstner, and John Pearson in our Spotlight section.)

Media guests were Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian), Carl Lumbly (Captain America: Brave New World), James and Oliver Phelps and Bonnie Wright (Harry Potter), Michael Biehn (Terminator), Jennifer Blanc-Biehn (Dark Angel), David Errigo Jr. and Vincent Martella (Phineas and Ferb), and an X-Men: The Animated Series voice actors Cal Dodd, Alyson Court, Adrian Hough, and Lenore Zann.

The majority of the vendors at Baltimore Comic-Con are comic-focused. The large list of comic vendors included Anthony’s Comic Book Art, Basement Comics, Cards, Comics & Collectibles, Cryogenic Comics, Gem City Books, Harley Yee Rare Comics, Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find, HighGradeComics.com, Reece’s Rare Comics, Superworld Comics, Third Eye Comics, and Victory Comics. Publishers Bad Idea and Zenescope were there, and auction houses were represented by ComicConnect, ComicLink, and Heritage Auctions. The Hero Initiative, MyComicShop, and CGC were also at the show.

The comic vendors sold books for every collector, with Golden Age keys to Modern Age favorites. They had boxes upon boxes of $1 to $10 issues, many keys in most price ranges, and some keys priced in the thousands. Superhero books were joined by science fiction, horror, crime, Western, romance, and family-friendly titles. Outside of the artist alley, Baltimore Comic-Con had a large area dedicated to indie artists, comic writers, and novelists.

Other vendors sold a lot of items outside of comics. They had the latest action figures from DC and Marvel, vintage Star Wars and G.I. Joe, and wrestling figures, Funko Pops, statues, t-shirts, art prints, dice and other gaming supplies, video games, prop weapons, stuffed animals, LEGOs, leatherworks, neon signs, wood carvings, and many other types of collectibles.

There were hours of panels each day of the con that put the spotlight on comic creators and media guests, plus tutorials and other fun celebrations of comics and fandom. Panels celebrated creators like Jeff Smith, Chip Kidd and Michael Cho, Stan Sakai, Chris Claremont, Howard Chaykin, and Tom King, and celebrity guests Carl Lumbly, Bonnie Wright, James and Oliver Phelps, and X-Men: The Animated Series voice actors. There were artist portfolio reviews, 35 years of Breathtaker, comic book couples, post-apocalyptic titles, Oni Comics spotlight, diversity in cosplay, 90 years of DC, remembrance of Jim Shooter, a writer roundtable, Fantastic Four comics and films, and many more.

It was another successful year at Baltimore Comic-Con with vendors reporting good sales, cosplayers showing off their best costumes, and comic fans getting the opportunity to meet their favorite creators and purchase many new books.

Check back next week to see more photos from Baltimore Comic-Con.