The Phantom at SDCC 2025

The San Diego Comic-Con is one of the larger comic conventions in the USA, and in 2025 we will have some Phantom influence. As we are a Phantom website, this article will only focus on the character and not the other amazing creators, publishers, guests, etc. The SDCC event is held 24-27 July, 2025.

If we have missed any other creators and/or publishers who have Phantom credits and will also be in attendance, please let us know so we can add them.

Mad Cave Studios

Mad Cave Studios will be releasing their standalone Phantom comic series in September 2025 and, we believe production work has started on the second Defenders of the Earth series. They will likely have the Phantom Free Comic Day and Defenders of the Earth comics for sale at their booth.

Unsure if any of their artists will be in attendance at this stage. If we find out more, plus any Phantom-related exclusives for Mad Cave Studios, we will update the article.

Saturday Morning Cards

Saturday Morning Cards (SMC) new Phantom collector card series will be available for purchase at their booth.

Along with the cards, they will also have a special SDCC exclusive card only made available at the convention. This will be limited to 50.

Daniel the Director of SMC will be joining us for an upcoming podcast to hopefully explain the collector card concept more for those who are still struggling to understand.

We believe preorders will be posted out after the event.

Hermes Press

Hermes Press, which produces the high-quality hardcover Phantom Daily and Sunday newspaper reprint stories, will be in attendance with a booth.

They will be selling their new Art of George Wilson book at the event. In 2024, they had a panel about the upcoming book with a family member and Joe Jusko who wrote a foreword to the book.

We assume Hermes will also be selling current and old book stock, including the Phantom hardcover books.

Artists

At this stage, we do not know of any specific creators with Phantom credits that will be attending the event.

Jim Calafiore the artist for the recently finished Defenders of the Earth series published by Mad Cave Studios. A lot of his stories were drawn traditionally, so he is likely to have original artwork for sale plus commissions and signatures. He will be at booth 4301.

You can read an interview with Jim Calafiore talking about his work in the series here. You can watch our reviews on the Defenders of the Earth series published by Mad Cave Studios here.

We do know that Tadam Gyadu's art dealer (Comix Art Studio) will be in attendance at the show and that Tadam has accepted commissions to be collected at the show. You can contact Tadam at his Instagram if you want to contact him about a commission. You can see the original artwork, for sale including Frew cover 1979 on the Comix Art Studio website.

Tadam has created two Frew covers.

Keep an eye on this article and our social media platforms for updates. If you see any Phantom creators announced before us, please contact us. If you know of other Phantom creators attending other events around the world, please also contact us.