Legendary Comics Reveals New Publishing Slate at San Diego Comic-Con 2026

by FilmInk Staff

David Dastmalchian surprises fans by announcing he is writing M. Bison’s story for Street Fighter: The Official Movie Graphic Novel

Legendary Comics unveiled an exciting slate of upcoming publishing projects during its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 panel, hosted by Robert Napton, Legendary Entertainment’s Senior Vice President & Publisher, and Executive Director of Publishing Nikita Kannekanti alongside an acclaimed group of writers and artists. The panel featured exclusive reveals spanning Street Fighter, Dune, Pacific Rim, the Monsterverse, Trick ‘r Treat and the Classic Monsters.

The panel’s biggest surprise came when David Dastmalchian, who portrays M. Bison in Legendary and Paramount Pictures’ upcoming Street Fighter feature film, made a special appearance to announce that he is writing M. Bison’s story for Street Fighter: The Official Movie Graphic Novel. The original story will expand the world of the upcoming film and explore the iconic villain through an all-new graphic novel experience.

Featured Panelists and Creators:

STREET FIGHTER: David Dastmalchian (M. Bison); Nick Marino (Guile and Dhalsim); Amy Chu (Chun-Li)

PACIFIC RIM: FINAL BREACH – VOLUMES TWO AND THREE: Stephanie Williams (writer); EJ Su (artist – Volumes One and Three)

TRICK ‘R TREAT: WITCHING HOURS: Curtis Waugh (“Harvest Moons” writer); El Garing (“Harvest Moons” artist)

DUNE: PART TWO: El Garing (artist)

DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: El Garing (artist)

Panel Highlights

STREET FIGHTER

David Dastmalchian surprised Comic-Con audiences by announcing that he is writing M. Bison’s story for Street Fighter: The Official Movie Graphic Novel.
Legendary debuted artwork from the upcoming graphic novel featuring Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Dhalsim, M. Bison and Dan Hibiki.
Street Fighter: The Making of the Movie, from DK Publishing, arrives October 20.

DUNE

- The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Three – Legacy Edition is now available for pre-order through Simon & Schuster From the new Legendary Publishing imprint
- Legendary Publishing also previewed The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Three, featuring behind-the-scenes imagery, concept art and production design from Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated film. The standard edition is scheduled for December 22.
- The Dune Part One & Two Official Movie Graphic Novel Slipcase Edition, featuring an exclusive poster from Dune: Part Three, arrives October 20.

PACIFIC RIM

Pacific Rim: Final Breach Volume Two, written by Stephanie Williams with artwork by EJ Su, arrives Q2 2027 and continues the official story of the movie series.
Pacific Rim: Final Breach Volume One is available now.

MONSTERVERSE

Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong and Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 are available now.
Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual is available now from Insight Editions.

TRICK ‘R TREAT

Trick ‘r Treat: Witching Hours is an original graphic novel anthology featuring four all-new stories centered on Sam from creator and director Michael Dougherty. The book arrives September 22, 2026.
Attendees received an exclusive preview of interior artwork from the anthology.

CLASSIC MONSTERS