SDCC 2025: Titan Comics Announces Panels, Signings, Plus ‘Conan The Barbarian’ And ‘Heat Seeker’ Exclusives

First up, we had IDW’s plans for San Diego Comic Con, and now it’s the turn of Titan Comics, who have a selection of exclusives and a lineup of panels and artists to announce, including SDCC exclusive variant editions by artists Dan Panosian, Joe Jusko, Mike Mignola, Inhyuk Lee, Tehani Farr, Derrick Chew, Kael Ngu, as well as appearances from creators such as Jim Zub (Conan the Barbarian), Tehani Farr (Heat Seeker: Exposed), Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime’s Mike Hammer, Ms. Tree), and Roman Dirge (Lenore)! So, let’s start with those exclusives:

Conan the Barbarian comics have four exclusive-to-SDCC editions:

• A foil variant of Panosian’s cover to Conan the Barbarian #21
• A virgin variant of Jason Shawn Alexander’s Conan the Barbarian #22
• A special foil variant of The Savage Sword of Conan #8 by artist Joe Jusko
• A black-and-white variant of Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring #1 by Mike Mignola.

Hard Case Crime has three exclusive editions of its  Heat Seeker: Exposed:

• An exclusive foil cover of Heat Seeker: Exposed – A Gun Honey Series #1 by Tehani Farr
• A virgin variant by Farr of Heat Seeker: Exposed – A Gun Honey Series #1
• A copic SDCC exclusive edition of Derrick Chew’s cover to Heat Seeker: Exposed – A Gun Honey Series #2

Titan SDCC exclusives will also include:

• Return to Skull Island #1 SDCC Exclusive Inhyuk Lee Inks
• Rebel Moon: Nemesis #1 SDCC Exclusive Kael Ngu Foil Cover.
• Plus, show debuts for Breathtaker, Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep Deluxe Edition and Robotech The Complete Macross Saga Slipcase Edition.

All available at Titan booth #5537

Signings and Panels

THURSDAY JULY 24TH, 2025

SIGNING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN
11:30am, Thursday July 24, Titan Booth #5537

Writer Jim Zub will be signing Conan the Barbarian #21 SDCC Exclusive Dan Panosian Foil and Conan the Barbarian #22 SDCC Exclusive Jason Shawn Alexander Virgin at Titan booth #5537.

PANEL: CONAN THE BARBARIAN: SCOURGE OF THE SERPENT
1PM, Thursday July 24, Room: 5AB   

WARNING! Crom doesn’t care about you—but we do! That’s why this year’s official Conan the Barbarian panel will be exploding with EXCLUSIVE REVEALS & FREE GIVEAWAYS, exploring this year’s unmissable comic event Scourge of the Serpent, the launch of the colorful new Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged, and much more. Join Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures as we welcome award-winning writer Jim Zub, artist Dan Panosian, editor Chris Butera, and Conan YouTube Director Shawn Curley for a packed Conan discussion, exclusive reveals, special announcements, and giveaways. Room 5AB

SIGNING: HEAT SEEKER EXPOSED – A GUN HONEY SERIES #1
2:30pm, Thursday July 24, Titan booth #5537

Cover artist Tehani Farr and Heat Seeker series inker Juan Castro will be signing Heat Seeker Exposed – A Gun Honey Series #1 SDCC Exclusive Tehani Farr Foil and Heat Seeker Exposed – A Gun Honey Series #1 SDCC Exclusive Tehani Farr Virgin at Titan booth #5537.

FRIDAY JULY 25TH, 2025

SIGNING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN
2:30pm, Friday July 25, Titan booth #5537

SATURDAY JULY 26TH, 2025

PANEL: BLADE RUNNER COMICS: A NEW SAGA BEGINS!
11:00AM, Saturday July 26, Room 4

Humans and Replicants alike are invited to join Alcon’s Director of Publishing, Jeff Conner, with special video appearances by Mike Johnson (Blade Runner: 2019, 2029 and 2039), Mellow Brown (Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus and Blade Runner: Origins), Nancy Collins (Blade Runner: Black Lotus), and Blade Runner Comics Editor, David Manley-Leach. Moderator Andrew Sumner (Forbidden Planet TV) and the Blade Runner comics creative team will explore the exciting, enticing, and expanding world of Blade Runner comics. Packed with exclusive reveals and updates for the latest comic series, and future plans for Blade Runner comics. Featuring a special sneak peek at the upcoming Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Las Vegas, this panel is a must for Blade Runner fans! Room 4.

SIGNING: LENORE
1:30pm, Saturday July 26, Titan booth #5537

Writer/Artist Roman Dirge will be signing Lenore: The Time War HC Convention Edition at Titan booth #5537.

SIGNING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN
4pm, Saturday July 26, Titan booth #5537

Writer Jim Zub will be signing Conan the Barbarian #21 SDCC Exclusive Dan Panosian Foil and Conan the Barbarian #22 SDCC Exclusive Jason Shawn Alexander Virgin at Titan booth #5537.

Writer Jim Zub will be signing Conan the Barbarian #21 SDCC Exclusive Dan Panosian Foil and Conan the Barbarian #22 SDCC Exclusive Jason Shawn Alexander Virgin at Titan booth #5537.

SUNDAY JULY 27TH, 2025

PANEL: MAX ALLAN COLLINS: A TITAN AT HARD CASE CRIME
11am, Sunday July 27, Room 32AB

In this special discussion, Comic-Con International Special Guest, writer/novelist/movie director Max Allan Collins (Road To Perdition), sits down with Titan Entertainment/Forbidden Planet TV’s Andrew Sumner to discuss his glorious twenty-year publishing partnership with Titan Books, Titan Comics & Hard Case Crime. Max will be revealing what’s next for his signature PI Nathan Heller, celebrating the Ms. Tree archive series and the completion of the Mike Hammer Legacy Project with the publication of the violent PI’s final case BABY, IT’S MURDER – and taking everyone behind the scenes of his upcoming sequel to Dashiel Hammett’s genre-founding Sam Spade novel: THE RETURN OF THE MALTESE FALCON! Room 32AB