Iconic ’90s Disney Cartoon Announces Long-Awaited Comeback After 30 Years
From multiplexes to the after-school slot, Disney owned the 90s—Renaissance hits in theaters and a Disney Channel lineup that became instant classics.
If you grew up on Disney 's '90s animation run, you know Gargoyles wasn’t just good, it was a problem for everything that came after. The show burned bright from 1994 to 1997 and then… poof. Good news: creator Greg Weisman is back steering an all-new ongoing Gargoyles comic set in 1997, and it sounds like the exact thing fans have been waiting on while that live-action reboot sits quietly in the corner.
Quick refresher: how we got here
Gargoyles ran three seasons, with the final stretch moving to ABC and colliding with new broadcast standards and creative friction that led to Weisman exiting. Even with a noticeable dip that third season, the show had already built enough loyalty to live rent-free in pop culture for decades. An animated movie was floated and fizzled. In 2023, Disney finally announced a live-action reboot, but there hasn’t been much noise out of that camp since.
Now, the actual news
Dynamite Entertainment is launching a new ongoing Gargoyles comic this August. It takes place in 1997, right where the saga would naturally be if you follow the show’s real-time approach. And yes, Weisman is writing it himself. If you’re keeping an eye on the larger '90s-to-now nostalgia wave, this lines up neatly with the X-Men '97 revival, which is also planted in that same era.
"I don't get a dime off of it being on Disney Plus. And yet I'm so thrilled that it is... I've always wanted to do more. I've got a timeline for the show that's 315 pages long... Spin-off notions and all sorts of things. Literally, nothing would make me happier than to go back and do more Gargoyles."
"For me, this is a story thirty years in the making. One I've been longing to tell... Your Gargoyles addiction begins here and now!"
Release details (bookmark this)
- Launch window: August (ongoing monthly series)
- Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
- Writer: Greg Weisman
- Artist: Gerardo Gambone
- Colors: Robby Bevard
- Letters: Jeff Eckleberry
- Cover artists: Meghan Hetrick, Sebastian Piriz, Drew Moss, Frank Paur
- Setting: 1997, continuing the timeline from the original series
So what’s the story?
The book restates the core premise for newcomers: medieval guardians cursed to stone by day and alive at night, now protecting modern Manhattan. From there, it drops into the 1997 status quo the show was building toward. The Manhattan Clan is safeguarding a rare gargoyle egg (they only lay them every 20 years), nicknamed "Egwardo" because of course they did. Then Demona steals it. As the clan races to get the egg back, an ancient and absurdly powerful force wakes up with a bone to pick with, well, everyone. Expect serialized monthly mayhem with character depth and long-game plotting baked in.
If you binged the show on Disney+, read earlier comics runs (including Dynamite’s recent ones), or you’re walking in cold, Weisman says the book is designed to onboard you without homework. And for longtime fans, the continuity threads will be there — the comics have been treating each phase as the next chapter after the show, and this one keeps that approach.
The editor tease
Dynamite editor Nate Cosby is framing this as the first true ongoing in years, with new characters and fresh stakes alongside the familiar Manhattan Clan. Goliath and company aren’t just back; Weisman is supposedly weaving centuries of lore into a story that still lands emotionally in the present.
Why this matters right now
The live-action reboot is still in the vault, but this comic brings the creator back to his own universe with a plan he’s been sitting on for decades. The covers are loaded with talent, the setting hits peak '90s vibes, and the plot kicks off with a clean, high-stakes hook. If you’ve been waiting for a real return to form — not just a rerelease or a one-off special — this looks like the one to watch.