Marvel Television and Marvel Animation used their New York Comic Con 2026 presentation to put more shape around a Disney+ slate that now reaches as far as 2029. The major new reveal was Zodiac, a live-action series due in 2028, while returning series received cast appearances, footage, story teases and a notably long-term plan for Marvel Zombies.

For viewers trying to make sense of Marvel’s television output, the panel’s useful takeaway is not simply that several familiar properties are returning. It is that Marvel is dividing its near-future plans across distinct lanes: a concluding chapter for Daredevil, continuing animated worlds for Spider-Man and the X-Men, event-style zombie stories, and a new live-action espionage project apparently connected to S.H.I.E.L.D.

That variety matters. A shared superhero label does not tell an audience much about a show’s format, tone or intended point of entry. The announcements suggest Marvel is leaning on recognizable characters while leaving room for projects with different storytelling structures. Zodiac’s 2028 Disney+ plans and S.H.I.E.L.D. connection are especially significant because the project is a newly announced live-action series rather than another confirmed season of an existing show.

Zodiac is the headline new live-action series

Zodiac is scheduled for Disney+ in 2028. Its on-screen logo reportedly points toward S.H.I.E.L.D., the fictional intelligence and security organization that has long been part of Marvel’s screen universe. The project has been described as a spy series, a label that distinguishes it from the more overtly superhero-driven shows represented elsewhere in the presentation.

“Spy series” is a broad term, and the announcement does not establish a cast, plot, character lineup or exact relationship to earlier Marvel stories. Still, it gives a practical indication of the kind of drama Marvel may be pursuing: espionage is generally built around intelligence gathering, infiltration, shifting loyalties and institutional stakes rather than a simple hero-versus-villain setup. Whether Zodiac ultimately uses that framework in a grounded way, a cosmic way or a mixture of both remains unconfirmed.

Production is set to begin in London in the spring, with casting expected in the coming weeks. Those details establish that the series is moving beyond a name-and-logo announcement, but they should not be read as confirmation of characters or actors before Marvel identifies them. The show’s 2028 release window also places it well after the more immediate programming discussed at the event.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 brings several Defenders back together

Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 was promoted with appearances by Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter and Finn Jones. Cox plays Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Ritter is associated with Jessica Jones, and Jones with Iron Fist. Their shared presence framed the season around a Defenders reunion, even though the panel did not provide story specifics.

Mike Colter, who plays Luke Cage, did not attend; the explanation given on stage was that he was “stuck at work.” This is worth keeping separate from the larger reunion message. An actor’s absence from a convention appearance is not, by itself, evidence about a character’s role in the season.

The panel also presented Season 3 as the final season of Daredevil: Born Again. Cox acknowledged the possibility that a “Save Daredevil” campaign could resurface after the show ends. That remark nods to the character’s highly engaged audience, but it is not an announcement of an extension, revival or replacement series. At present, the concrete point is that Marvel is positioning the third season as an ending.

The distinction is important in franchise coverage. A final season can close a particular production while leaving its characters’ broader futures unstated. Nothing in the panel information confirms what comes next for Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist or Luke Cage beyond the third season’s Defenders-oriented presentation.

The cast and creator of VisionQuest appeared to promote the upcoming Disney+ series. The show has been described as the third part of a sequence that includes WandaVision and Agatha All Along. In that sense, “trilogy” refers to an interconnected run of Disney+ series, not necessarily three seasons of one show.

That framing helps define what the new series represents. Rather than arriving as a wholly separate Marvel launch, VisionQuest is being presented as the next piece of a story line already established through Wanda Maximoff, Vision and their surrounding characters. The panel appearance confirms Marvel is giving it a prominent place in the television lineup, but no additional plot particulars were provided here.

For viewers, the simplest expectation to set is continuity rather than a complete reboot. The trilogy description indicates thematic and narrative links across the three productions; it does not reveal how much prior viewing will be required or which characters will appear.

Animated series get dates, footage and a major X-Men guest appearance

Marvel also showed footage from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2 and gave a release date stated as January 13, 2026. There is an apparent chronology issue in that date: the panel took place in October 2026, so the supplied date falls earlier than the event. No correction or alternative date was provided in the panel details, and it should therefore be treated as a reported date that needs clarification rather than a reliable future-release marker.

This is more than a calendar nitpick. Release-date precision shapes how audiences plan subscriptions and track a franchise’s order of events. When a stated date conflicts with the timing of the announcement, the responsible reading is to avoid quietly substituting a year or assuming a typo. Marvel’s panel did confirm that Season 2 is coming and showed footage, but the year attached to January 13 requires official clarification.

X-Men ’97 Season 3 received a glimpse as well as a striking story detail: Deadpool and She-Hulk will appear at Gambit and Rogue’s wedding. The reveal potentially moves Deadpool beyond the deliberately limited presence associated with Season 2, where the character was referenced through the shapeshifting Morph more as an Easter egg than a full cameo.

An Easter egg is a small reference intended for attentive viewers, while a cameo is a brief appearance by a character or performer. The distinction matters here because the Season 3 announcement indicates a more direct role for Deadpool than a visual or playful allusion. Even so, Marvel did not set out the size of Deadpool’s part, how the wedding factors into the season’s wider plot, or whether She-Hulk and Deadpool are one-off guests or recurring players.

Gambit and Rogue’s wedding gives Season 3 a specific character milestone around which those appearances can occur. It also points to the show’s willingness to combine relationship-driven developments with high-profile Marvel guest characters. That is a useful story signal, but not a replacement for a full synopsis.

Marvel Zombies changes from a conventional season to three two-part specials

Marvel Zombies is returning in a different format: three two-part specials. This means each named installment is planned as a pair of connected episodes or chapters, rather than being described simply as one standard season. The first arrives around Halloween 2027, followed by additional installments in 2028 and 2029.

  • The Winter Soldier — 2027
  • The Fist of Konshu — 2028
  • The Last Guardian — 2029

The titles offer clues to themes and focal points without confirming full plots. “The Winter Soldier” invokes a familiar Marvel identity; “Konshu” is a name associated with Moon Knight mythology. Marvel has not identified who the “Last Guardian” is, preserving that reveal for later. The organization of the specials across three years makes this one of the panel’s longest-range commitments.

For audiences, the benefit of the format is a clearer expectation of contained events: each entry is labeled and dated by year. The trade-off is that there is very little confirmed about connective tissue between them. It would be premature to treat the three titles as separate, self-contained stories or as one uninterrupted six-part narrative until Marvel explains the structure further.

What the slate says—and what it does not

Marvel’s presentation offers a practical roadmap: VisionQuest is the immediate live-action focus; Daredevil: Born Again is heading toward a third and final season; Zodiac is a newly named 2028 live-action project; animation continues with Spider-Man, X-Men and an extended Marvel Zombies run.

It does not answer every larger question around the company’s television strategy. No cast has been announced for Zodiac. No detailed release timing was supplied for Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 or X-Men ’97 Season 3 in these panel updates. And while the S.H.I.E.L.D.-suggestive Zodiac logo encourages speculation, it cannot establish the show’s exact premise.

That restraint is useful. The most solid picture is of a Disney+ lineup built around both continuation and experimentation: established characters return in known worlds, while Zodiac opens a new live-action lane. The announcement cadence extends well beyond the next release, with Marvel Zombies alone occupying Halloween-season territory from 2027 through 2029. The remaining details—casts, plots, trailers and exact dates—will determine how those plans connect once they move from a convention-stage roadmap to finished series.

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