Dead City brings the second season teaser to New York Comic Con

The walking dead took a bite out of New York Comic Con on Friday, revealing a first look at the series' second season and announcing when fans can expect a season 2 release for the spinoff Dead city.

Cast and creatives including the Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead universe Scott M. Gimple, executive producers and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, as well as cast members Gaius Charles, Željko Ivanek and Dascha Polanco, were on hand available for discussion and to confirm that the second season will arrive in spring 2025.

They also unveiled a 30-second teaser, which began with just one question: After everything that happened, why do you want to bring Manhattan back?

The first look at season two offered glimpses of what awaits fan-favorite characters Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they navigate post-apocalyptic Manhattan, an island long isolated from the mainland. “You're going to be a little shocked,” Negan promises in the teaser before declaring “Power is power” as the lights on iconic New York landmarks like Radio City come on, suggesting a growing struggle for control with Negan and Maggie on opposite sides . It's a journey that AMC and AMC+ promise to be equal parts anarchy, danger, beauty and terror.

After Dead citycast and creatives Gimple, showrunner executive producer David Zabel, director and executive producer Greg Nicotero, executive producers and stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, and cast member Louis Puech Scigliuzzi were also on hand for a panel discussion of nearly 'now moderated by Robert. Rodriguez for the currently airing second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol.

Premiering last month, attendees were treated to the opening minutes of the fourth episode, which releases Sunday, October 20 on AMC and AMC+. Season two picks up immediately after season one, with Daryl Dixon (Reedus) and Carol Peletier (McBride) facing old demons as she too struggles to find her friend and he grapples with staying in France.

Watch The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 preview photos below.