We survived another San Diego Comic-Con! This year saw the return of Marvel Studios to Hall H in celebration of Avengers: Doomsday and the MCU’s future. There were some notable firsts: horror master Mike Flanagan made his SDCC debut, and Apple TV got its own Hall H moment to highlight its genre shows.
And then, well, other stuff was not so great! Here are the winners and losers of SDCC 2026 in the eyes of io9. Winners Lanterns The new DC show Lanterns hit the rare Comic-Con trifecta. Incredible panel with great footage? Check. Jaw-dropping offsite experience that immersed fans in the world of the movie? Check. How about bringing fans who aren’t in town into the fun with an exciting new trailer release? Checkmate. If any other property hit one or maybe even two things at the convention, it would be a success. But Lanterns even took things a step further. There was even a themed charging station near the convention center letting people charge their phones like Hal Jordan needs to charge his ring. How perfect is that? Yes, Lanterns did Comic-Con right. Marvel Studios We’ll admit it. Marvel Studios’ Hall H panel probably didn’t live up to the insane hype it had going into it. Does it ever, though? While we didn’t get news of an X-Men cast or any new footage released online, we did get a lot of hugely exciting and surprising news in the form of a Ryan Gosling Ghost Rider movie, a new Black Panther, and a fantastic Deadpool tease. Sure, the studio has done more in the past, but that was pretty great.
