Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2024: Marvel Stuns, DC Dips, Video Game Actors Strike

San Diego Comic-Con 2024 was (mostly) a return to normal. With a few baffling caveats.

Studios brought big presentations to Hall H, the local night life was booming, and fans packed the halls and rooms of the convention center day after day.

At the same time, what was supposed to be a post-strike SDCC serendipitously wasn’t, as SAG-AFTRA went on strike against major video game companies on the first day of the con. Meanwhile, some major studios still stayed away while Marvel...