New York Comic Con 2017: 10 Major Anouncements That Must Happen

Y'know, a Punisher release date would be handy, Marvel...

by Ewan Paterson
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New York Comic Con may not garner as many plaudits as its San Diego counterpart, with the West Coast convention scene outshining the East's in many respects, but NYCC 2017 is gearing up to be a big one.

And not just for Marvel this time either - DC are promising a massive presence at the convention this year, with banners for Justice League adorning the convention centre throughout (another trailer has been mooted). That, and we should be getting some more details on Dark Matter on the convention's first day too, with a panel taking place regarding the relaunch of Earth-M from 4-5PM ET in 1A21 this Thursday.

NYCC is still very much a Marvel show however, and the company are boasting a key presence throughout the event on a whole manner of different fronts. It looks as though Marvel TV will be taking centre stage this year (bar the newly enforced absence of The Punisher), and that - irrespective of how the Inhumans panned out - is enough cause to be excited, on top of the potential for audiences to get their first (non-bootleg) look at Avengers: Infinity War.

There are certain things that fans'll be looking out for, however, and while DC came out on top back in July, one would suspect that Marvel will be making a comeback this October - hopefully with a plenty of announcements to boot.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.